On the occasion of World Telecommunication and Information Society Day 2024, Zhang Zhiyong, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of China Tower, delivered a message on Telecommunications Day: The digital wave is stirring and innovation is shaping the future.
Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of China Tower
Zhang Zhiyong
The digital wave is stirring, and innovation is shaping the future
On the occasion of World Telecommunication and Information Society Day, on behalf of China Tower, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks and sincere greetings to governments at all levels, shareholders, customers, partners and all walks of life who care about and support the company's reform and development.
At present, a new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, characterized by digitalization, networking and intelligence, is being deeply integrated and promoted around the world, becoming an important engine for promoting high-quality development, injecting new impetus into economic and social development, providing new momentum and creating new advantages. The theme of this year's World Telecommunication and Information Society Day is "Digital Innovation for Sustainable Development", highlighting digital innovation as a key force for economic, social and environmental sustainability, and also giving the information and communication industry a greater responsibility and mission at the forefront of digitalization.
It is necessary to accelerate the construction and innovation of digital infrastructure and promote sustainable development. In recent years, the information and communication industry has made every effort to promote the construction of new digital infrastructure, and has built the world's largest and technologically advanced broadband network, with more than 60% of the world's 5G base stations and more than 70% of gigabit users. As the national team and main force in the construction of digital infrastructure, China Tower has made every effort to serve telecom operators, continuously promoted product innovation and construction model innovation, continued to deepen the co-construction and sharing of telecom infrastructure, and continuously created new advantages of "three excellent and one low" of "excellent comprehensive cost, excellent construction and delivery, excellent maintenance services, and low management risk", solidly promoted the special actions of "signal upgrade" and "broadband frontier", promoted the high-quality development of "dual gigabit" networks, and built a solid foundation for the digital economy.
It is necessary to strengthen digital technology innovation and promote sustainable development. At present, the industry is oriented to strategic emerging industries and future industries, and continues to increase scientific and technological research in key areas. China Tower adheres to the world's frontier of science and technology, the main battlefield of the digital economy, the major national strategies, the production needs and customer needs, focuses on more than 10 scientific and technological innovation fields and more than 80 key research tasks, continues to increase the innovation of digital technologies such as 5G-A, 6G, edge computing power network, video AI algorithm, medium and high-point Internet of Things, energy Internet, etc., and works with industry and industrial partners to continue to strengthen original, forward-looking and leading technological research. Enhance the ability of independent control and original innovation in key areas, and accelerate the formation of new quality productivity.
It is necessary to strengthen digital application innovation and promote sustainable development. With the in-depth promotion of the 5G application "Sail Plan" and "Internet +" action plans, the industrial Internet has covered 49 major categories of the national economy, and the application scenarios have been accelerated to expand, continuously empowering thousands of industries. Focusing on "what the country needs, what the tower can do", China Tower makes full use of the company's resource endowment and professional operation advantages, accelerates digital application innovation, and strives to build a world-class platform and algorithm around the digital needs of visual perception, data collection, information processing, etc., through "tower + big data + AI", changing "communication tower" to "digital tower", changing "communication room" to "data room", and installing "clairvoyance", "tailwind ear" and "smart brain" for many industries, and fully serving the construction of digital China. At the same time, relying on the distributed power network and battery energy storage system, it provides uninterrupted power services for the industry at the same time, and provides the society with comprehensive utilization services of new energy such as charging, battery swapping, power backup, power protection, and energy stewardship, so as to help the green and low-carbon transformation of the economy and society.
The digital wave is surging, and innovation is shaping the future. China Tower will keep in mind the major mission entrusted by the CPC Central Committee to state-owned central enterprises in the new era and new journey, continuously enhance core functions, improve core competitiveness, give full play to the role of scientific and technological innovation, industrial control and security support, fully fulfill the political, social and economic responsibilities of state-owned central enterprises, play a role in better supporting and serving Chinese-style modernization, and make new and greater contributions to creating a better digital future.
China Tower Co., Ltd
Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the Board
Zhang Zhiyong
Guidance: Xin Wen
Editor: Xiaoyan
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