On November 19 solstice 21, the 2020 China 5G+ industrial Internet conference co-hosted by the ministry of industry and information technology and Hubei people's government was held in Wuhan. This is also the first national conference of 5G+ industrial Internet in China.
"5G is an important foundation for realizing the Internet of everything, the industrial Internet is an important cornerstone for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and 5G+ industrial Internet is a key driving force for realizing the digital transformation of the economy and society." Lin Xiao, director of the Information and Communication Administration of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT)’s business resources Department, said on Nov 19 that the first 5G+ Industrial Internet Conference is of great significance and the location in Wuhan has a deeper meaning.
Assembly calls for integrated Development of 5G+ Industrial Internet
Lin said that the past three years are the beginning of the development of China's industrial Internet. The convening of the first Conference is not only a summary and review of the development of the past three years, but also a rallying cry for the next step of 5G+ industrial Internet integration.
Why "+" is needed for 5G and industrial Internet? Lin believes that 5G is not a simple superposition of "4G+1G". 5G has three scenarios: high bandwidth, low latency, high reliability and large connection. "If 4G changed people's lives, then 5G will be enough to change the whole society." In the future, more than 70 percent of 5G applications will be in industries such as manufacturing, the lifeblood of the national economy, Lin said. The upgrading of industrial Internet needs to realize the connectivity of the whole industrial chain and all factors, and more flexible wireless technology is needed. 5G technology is the first one, "Fundamentally speaking, 5G and industrial Internet are attracted and connected to each other".
The first China 5G+ Industrial Internet Conference was held in Wuhan
"Hubei is a big industrial province. It is also a big information and communications province. It has an industrial base. It is a natural choice for the congress to be held in Wuhan." Lin Xiao said that Wuhan is the national important industrial base, science and education base and comprehensive transport hub, the key to revive after in Hubei Wuhan epidemic period, MIIT will the first "China Internet 5G + industry conference" held here, is of great significance, both for Wuhan "a hand, lend a hand" specific actions, further help to speed up the recovery of Hubei Wuhan, consolidate and enlarge base advantage, promote the industry exchanges and cooperation and promote application of technical demonstration, and accelerate the transformation and upgrading of industry cluster development. At the same time, it also provides strong support for Wuhan to develop and strengthen the digital economy, promote high-quality economic development, and participates in the construction of a new development pattern with domestic major circulation as the main body and domestic and international double circulation promoting each other.
"Wuhan has managed to contain the spread of the epidemic in a relatively short time, which has strengthened the city's determination to hold the first conference in Wuhan," Lin said.
We will help Wuhan become a model city in the field of industrial Internet
Lin believes that the convening of the first 5G+ Internet Conference will play an encouraging and driving role in the development of relevant industries in Hubei province and help Wuhan to become a model city in the field of industrial Internet.
It is reported that there are four industrial Internet industry demonstration bases in China, namely Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Wuhan. "By building demonstration bases, the upstream and downstream of the industrial chain will be concentrated and the demonstrative and leading effect of 5G+ industrial Internet industry will be generated." Lin said that Wuhan has the national industrial Internet network, platform, security three systems, at the same time, industrial Internet identification analysis system is one of the country's top node cities. In addition to Wuhan, the hub is also currently only Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chongqing four cities.
