As US sanctions targeting strategic Chinese companies fizzle & lose steam, the Chinese just adapt & keep wining – China announces massive 5G expansion

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China announces massive 5G expansion

File photo: A 5G sign at a China Mobile booth during the China Internet Conference in Beijing, July 13, 2021. ©  REUTERS/Tingshu Wang

Follow RT onAll cities and towns in China, as well as “most” villages, will be covered by 5G networks by 2025, the Ministry of Industry in Beijing has announced in a new infrastructure development plan.

Under the plan, the number of 5G base stations per 10,000 people will be increased to 26, and gigabit optical fiber networks will be extended to most urban and rural areas of China, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) announced on Tuesday.

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Digital infrastructure has been defined as a “strategic, basic and pioneering industry to help build a new type of digital infrastructure and support economic and social development,” according to MIIT official Xie Cun. 

Information technology will be “deeply integrated” with the economy and society, with the goal of spurring internet innovation and creating a business boom, the ministry added. Meanwhile, the authorities are working on “a new type of supervision system” as well as measures to protect users’ personal information and data.

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