In 2021, the “two centenary” goals meet in history, a new struggle journey is started, and China’s information and communication industry stands at a new historical starting point and gives a beautiful start.
In 2021, there will be many bright spots in the development of digital industry, the integration and application of digital technology will accelerate, the digital transformation of various industries will enter a rapid growth period, the digital governance capacity will be comprehensively improved, and the digital ecology will be increasingly improved; 5g coverage is further expanded, and large-scale application enables thousands of industries; Poverty alleviation has been successfully completed, Rural Revitalization has been continued, and the existing administrative villages have fully realized “broadband access to all villages”; Internet space is clean and healthy, and data security and personal privacy are protected by law; The information and communication industry has developed healthily and entered the development track of synchronous, sustained and stable volume and revenue and good momentum
In 2021, China’s information and communication industry will face difficulties and continue to strive to promote the construction of a manufacturing power and a network power. The editorial department of the people’s post and Telecommunications newspaper selected the top ten news of China’s information and communication industry in 2021. Let’s draw strength from looking back, move forward to a new journey together, and create new brilliance for realizing the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
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the vitality of the development of digital economy continues to increase
In 2021, the development vitality of China’s digital economy will continue to increase. In terms of tackling key core technologies, a large number of achievements on domestic chips, domestic operating systems and domestic core materials are coming to the fore, and the independent innovation process of core technologies of digital infrastructure has entered the fast lane; In terms of new infrastructure construction, the world’s largest 5g SA network and optical fiber broadband network have been built, the number of 5g base stations has exceeded 1.29 million, the transformation of optical fiber has been fully completed, and all prefecture level cities have built “optical network cities” with full coverage of optical fiber network; In terms of integration with the real economy, “5g + industrial Internet” has developed rapidly; In terms of regulation, regulators have repeatedly made heavy blows in breaking monopoly and preventing unfair competition, so as to create a fair competitive environment for the development of digital economy.
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release of the 14th five year plan series for information and communication industry
The “14th five year plan” period is the first five years for China to seize the momentum to embark on a new journey of building a socialist modern country in an all-round way and march towards the goal of the second century. It is also a key period for building a network power and digital China and promoting the high-quality development of the information and communication industry.
In order to implement the 14th five year plan for national economic and social development of the people’s Republic of China and the outline of long-term objectives for 2035, and guide the development of the information and communication industry in the next five years, the Ministry of industry and information technology has intensively issued development plans in many fields, Including the “14th five year plan” for the development of information and communication industry, the “14th five year plan” for the construction of new infrastructure, the “14th five year plan” for the development of big data industry and other development plans. In addition, three-year action plans have been issued for several subdivided fields to accelerate the digital development of economy and society and make a good start for the high-quality development of the industry.
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5g scale development enables thousands of industries
2021 is a year when China’s 5g business has made an important breakthrough. By October 2021, more than 1.29 million 5g base stations have been built in China, accounting for more than 70% of the world. It is the largest and most advanced 5g SA network in the world. 5g network has covered all prefecture level urban areas, more than 97% of county urban areas and more than 50% of township and town areas in China. The number of 5g mobile terminal connections exceeded 470 million. China’s 5g industry application has achieved a breakthrough of “from 0 to 1”. There are more than 10000 5g application innovation cases in China, which have been applied in 39 of the 97 categories of the national economy. 5g development has formed a benign development model of “promoting use by construction and combining construction with use”.
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A-Shares of the three operators
On December 13, 2021, China Mobile received the IPO approval issued by the CSRC, ended the subscription on December 22, and announced the strategic placement results on December 23, becoming the largest IPO of A-Shares in recent ten years. According to the prospectus of China Mobile, the fund-raising purpose of this A-share IPO will focus on “new infrastructure, new elements and new kinetic energy”, promote the transformation of digital intelligence and build a new digital intelligence ecology. On August 20, 2021, China Telecom Corporation Limited(601728) was listed on the main board of Shanghai Stock Exchange. China Telecom Corporation Limited(601728) said it would take the A-share listing as an opportunity to deepen the “cloud to digital transformation” strategy. In addition to China United Network Communications Limited(600050) listed on a shares, by the end of 2021, the three operators will share the development achievements of the enterprise with the majority of users, bringing more opportunities for investors and relevant industrial chains.
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Internet special rectification
In 2021, government regulation made heavy blows, and Internet chaos such as “one out of two”, “big data cooked”, “infringement on users’ personal privacy” was significantly curbed.
In 2021, the competent authorities will make intensive deployment and vigorously rectify to escort the innovative development of the digital economy. In the first half of 2021, China issued the largest ticket in antitrust history, and Alibaba group was fined 18.2 billion yuan for abusing its dominant market position. The supervision of the Internet industry has been intensively carried out. In July 2021, the Ministry of industry and Information Technology launched a special rectification action in the Internet industry to focus on actions that disrupt market order, infringe on users’ rights and interests, threaten data security, violate resources and qualification management regulations, etc. In September 2021, the Ministry of industry and information technology required that all Internet platforms must be unblocked according to the standards within the time limit, otherwise disposal measures will be taken according to law to break the barriers between Internet platforms.
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China’s existing administrative villages have fully realized “broadband access to every village”
By the end of November 2021, China’s existing administrative villages have fully realized “broadband access to all villages”.
China’s universal telecommunications service compensation mechanism has supported the construction of optical fiber networks in 130000 administrative villages and 60000 rural 4G base stations, promoted the proportion of broadband access in administrative villages, poor villages and “three districts and three states” deep poverty-stricken areas from less than 70%, 62% and 26% to 100% respectively, and the average download rate of rural optical fiber exceeds 100Mbps, The level of communication infrastructure in rural and remote areas has been significantly improved.
Basic telecom enterprises continue to give basic communication service tariff discounts of 50% or less to rural poverty alleviation households. The precise fee reduction measures have benefited more than 28 million rural poverty alleviation households, with a cumulative profit of more than 8.8 billion yuan. The Internet penetration rate in rural areas reached 59.2%, double that in the early stage of the 13th five year plan, and the difference between urban and rural penetration rates narrowed by 15 percentage points.
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implementation of data security law and personal information protection law
Without network security, there will be no national security, and it is difficult to protect the interests of the broad masses of the people. In 2021, China has taken solid steps in the legislative work related to the digital economy. The data security law of the people’s Republic of China officially implemented on September 1 is a major achievement of China’s basic law in the field of data, which means that the state stipulates and restricts the data security management, development and utilization from the legal level, so as to further improve the national data security guarantee ability. The personal information protection law of the people’s Republic of China, which came into force on November 1, 2021, establishes the principles that should be followed in personal information processing, ensures the rights and interests of personal information effectively, and defines the legitimacy boundary of business behavior for the information industry. This marks the gradual maturity of the system construction matching China’s network and digital powers.
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communication industry returns to the track of healthy development
From January to November 2021, China Telecom Corporation Limited(601728) business revenue increased by 8.1%. From the perspective of business structure, emerging business is the main driving force driving the development of the industry: from January to November 2021, the revenue from emerging business was 203.9 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 28.4%. From the perspective of basic business, data and Internet business revenue maintained steady growth: from January to November 2021, three basic telecom enterprises completed fixed data and Internet business revenue of 236.3 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 11.1%; Mobile data and Internet business revenue reached 588.1 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.4%. From the “dark moment” of negative growth, to the “Jedi counterattack” of contrarian growth during the epidemic, and then to the “beautiful answer sheet” of 8.1%, the development of the communication industry has walked out of a V-shaped reversal curve and entered a development track of synchronous, sustained and stable volume and revenue and good momentum.
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700MHz network construction blooms everywhere
On January 26, 2021, China Mobile and China Radio and television signed a “5g strategy” cooperation agreement in Beijing, officially launching the joint construction and sharing of 700MHz 5g network. In September 2021, China Mobile and China Radio and television signed a supplementary agreement on 700MHz 5g Network Co Construction and sharing on the basis of the 5g co construction and sharing cooperation framework agreement signed in 2020. The cooperation between China Mobile and China Radio and television on 700MHz co construction and whole network sharing has entered the stage of practical construction and tackling key problems. The construction of 700MHz 5g network all over the country has blossomed, and local demonstration stations have been opened one after another, accelerating the overall process. In 2022, a 5g boutique network with wide coverage, excellent performance and good experience will be built.
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all people share the dividend of information and communication development
In 2021, the information and communication industry adheres to the people-centered development idea, deeply carries out the practical activity of “I do practical things for the masses”, takes multiple measures to carry out aging service, further promotes the aging adaptation and barrier free transformation of Internet applications, provides exclusive products, services and charges for elderly customers, and helps the elderly better integrate into the information network society.
The Ministry of industry and information technology promoted relevant enterprises to clean up and rectify fraudulent telephone cards, IOT network cards and associated Internet accounts according to law, and deeply promoted the special rectification action of APP infringing on users’ rights and interests. The “card breaking action 2.0” was launched, which was closely combined with the crackdown on new violations and crimes in telecommunications networks, “cat beating” action and the special action of “all people against fraud”, cut off the criminal chain, effectively curbed telecommunications network fraud and effectively safeguarded the legitimate rights and interests of the broad masses of the people.
(people’s post and Telegraph)
