The reporter learned from the regular press conference on economic data of the State Information Office held on April 18 that my country's information and communications industry's opening up to the outside world continues to expand. As of the end of March, more than 2,400 foreign-invested telecommunications companies have increased, an increase of 26.5% over the same period last year.

  Xie Cun, Director of the Information and Communication Development Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, introduced that since this year, the network foundation of the information and communication industry has been continuously consolidated, application empowerment has been continuously demonstrated, industrial innovation has been continuously deepened, and opening up has been continuously expanded. my country's 5G standard essential patent statement accounts for more than 42% of the world, and the technology industry is leading the world. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology guided the establishment of the IMT-2030 (6G) promotion group to gather efforts to promote 6G innovation, released more than 50 research results such as "6G Overall Vision and Potential Key Technologies", and organized testing and verification of key 6G technologies such as synesthesia integration and wireless AI to accelerate the maturity of technology. Further deepen international exchanges and cooperation with countries and regions such as the EU, South Korea, India in the field of 6G.

  The reporter learned that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will increase policy support and factor guarantees, and make greater efforts in breadth, depth and intensity to promote high-quality development of the industry.

  Work hard to expand the breadth of network construction and application, continuously improve the coverage of "dual gigabit" network of 5G and gigabit optical networks, and systematically promote the development of computing power networks. Deeply implement the three-year action plan for the upgraded version of the "5G+Industrial Internet" 512 project and the "integration" signs, carry out summary and evaluation of key cities in the "Showing Sail" action for 5G application, and continue to promote large-scale applications in typical industries and key areas. Actively cultivate innovative applications in emerging fields such as marine industry and low-altitude equipment.

  Work hard to promote the integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, gather the forces of all parties in industry, academia, research and application, accelerate the development of 6G technology, standard formulation, medium-test and industrial implementation, strengthen breakthroughs in integrated technologies such as communications, perception, intelligence, and computing, and forward-looking layout and cultivating an application industry ecosystem for 6G.

  Work hard to expand the opening up of the telecommunications industry, orderly promote the first batch of value-added telecommunications business opening pilot projects, timely study and further expand the scope of opening up, and attract more qualified foreign-funded enterprises to invest and operate telecommunications business in my country. (Reporter Cui Shuang)

[Editor in charge: Zhou Jingjie]