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China sees steady progress in 5G base station construction

5G base stations in China. Photo by Xinhua.
5G base stations in China. Photo by Xinhua.

The number of 5G base stations in China registered stable growth amid the country's efforts to advance the construction of its 5G network in recent years, official data shows. This was reported by The Xinhua News Agency.

China had over 2.1 mln 5G base stations by the end of August, accounting for 19.8% of its mobile base stations, up 5.5 percentage points from the end of 2021, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

Some 677,000 5G base stations were built in the first eight months of this year, according to the ministry.

The number of 5G mobile users in China hit 475 mln by the end of July, according to data from the ministry.

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China has built the world's largest 5G network. By the end of 2021, the number of 5G base stations in the country accounted for over 60% of the global total, according to a report from the National Bureau of Statistics.

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