Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: A total of 1.425 million 5G base stations have been built and opened, and the Gigabit optical network covers 300 million households

IT House January 20 news, this morning, the State Council Information Office held a press conference to introduce the development of industry and informatization in 2021.

Tian Yulong, chief engineer and spokesman of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said that in 2021, the revenue of telecommunications business increased by 8% year-on-year, the revenue of software and information technology service industry increased by 17.7% year-on-year, the construction of "double gigabit" network facilities accelerated, the gigabit optical network covered 300 million households, the cumulative number of 5G base stations built and opened reached 1.425 million, and 512,000 administrative villages across the country fully realized "village broadband".

According to reports, the problem of difficult communication in poor areas has been historically solved. Some special projects such as special rectification of the Internet industry, special rectification of App infringement on the rights and interests of users, and adaptation of Internet applications to aging have made great progress. Solidly promote the prevention and governance of telecommunications network fraud, personal information protection, and data security management.

IT Home learned that Tian Yulong pointed out that it is currently making every effort to ensure the communication and network security of the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. All venues in the two places and three divisions have now achieved full 5G coverage, providing strong support and guarantee for the cloud broadcast of events and the smart Winter Olympics.

In addition, new technologies, new industries and new formats such as industrial software, big data, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence have grown strongly. In particular, the rapid development of new energy vehicles that everyone is more concerned about, with production and sales exceeding 3.5 million units last year, an increase of 1.6 times year-on-year.