Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: There are more than 1,500 "5G+Industrial Internet" projects nationwide

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Recently, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology held a field work meeting on "5G+Industrial Internet" for the mining industry in Taiyuan, Shanxi. At the meeting, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released the first batch of key industries and application scenarios of "5G+Industrial Internet", involving five key industries and ten application scenarios.

The first five key industries of "5G+Industrial Internet" include: electronic equipment production, equipment manufacturing, steel, mining, and electricity. The ten application scenarios involve collaborative R&D design, remote equipment control, equipment collaborative operation, flexible production and manufacturing, on-site auxiliary assembly, machine vision quality inspection, equipment fault diagnosis, factory intelligent logistics, unmanned intelligent inspection, and production intelligent monitoring.

Zhao Zhiguo, director of the Information and Communications Administration of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said that as of now, there are more than 1,500 "5G+Industrial Internet" projects across the country, covering 22 important industries of the national economy, and have made a series of phased and landmark progress, and have also formed a number of mature models and development experiences.

Data released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology showed that as of the end of March 2021, my country had built 819,000 5G base stations, accounting for more than 70% of the world's total, covering all cities at the prefecture level and above, and built the world's largest 5G independent networking network.

Zhao Zhiguo said that "5G + Industrial Internet" has become one of the areas with the highest industry enthusiasm, the most active innovation and the most significant results in the development of Industrial Internet and 5G. This year, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will focus on four aspects of work:

First, we should strengthen the industrial foundation. We should continue to rely on the Industrial Internet Innovation and Development Project and, through fiscal guidance, accelerate the research and development and industrialization of key products and systems of "5G+Industrial Internet" to lay the foundation for large-scale applications.

Second, we will promote the application of mature models. We will release the second batch of key industries and typical application scenarios of "5G+Industrial Internet"; continue to carry out pilot demonstrations of "5G+Industrial Internet", release a number of outstanding project results, continuously strengthen demonstration and guidance, and promote the application and promotion of mature models in more industries and fields.

The third is to deepen and expand the innovation model. Create 3-5 5G fully connected factory demonstration benchmarks, explore and form implementation plans for the integrated development of IT, OT, and CT, and promote the penetration of 5G applications from peripheral auxiliary links to core production links.

Fourth, we will focus on the development and growth of the industrial ecology. Focusing on "5G+Industrial Internet", we will select 2-3 national-level industrial Internet industry demonstration bases to promote industrial agglomeration and collaborative innovation. We will promote extensive participation from all parties in the industry, cultivate solution providers, support leading enterprises to take the lead in integrating the industrial chain, form innovative consortia, and form a "team competition" model of win-win cooperation.