As of the end of September, China has built 4.089 million 5G base stations

According to Zhao Zhiguo, spokesperson and chief engineer of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China, at a press conference held by the State Council Information Office on October 23, 2024, as of the end of September, China had built a total of 4.089 million 5G base stations, with a 5G user penetration rate of 69.6% and 196 million gigabit broadband users.

Specifically, China has achieved gigabit access in every county, 5G access in every township, and broadband access in every village. Continuously deepening the empowerment of integrated applications, 5G industry applications have been integrated into 76 major categories of the national economy, deeply integrating the core links of key areas such as industry and medical care, and the number of "5G + Industrial Internet" projects has exceeded 15,000.