China has built a modern industrial system with complete categories.

　　"China has become the only country in the world that has all the industrial categories listed in the United Nations industrial classification." At the press conference held by the State Council Press Office on September 20th, Miao Wei, Minister of Industry and Information Technology, introduced the development of industrial communication industry, saying that since the founding of New China 70 years ago, our party has United and led people of all ethnic groups across the country to successfully embark on a new industrialization development path with China characteristics, and has gone through the industrialization process of developed countries for hundreds of years, creating a miracle in the history of human development.

　　"China has built a modern industrial system with complete categories, independence and integrity, and the scale of industrial economy ranks first in the world." Miao Wei said that China’s industrial added value increased from 12 billion yuan in 1952 to more than 30 trillion yuan in 2018, an increase of about 971 times at constant prices, with an average annual growth rate of 11%.

　　According to World Bank data, in 2010, the added value of China’s manufacturing industry surpassed that of the United States and became the largest manufacturing country. "This marks that since the mid-19th century, after a century and a half, China has regained its position as the world’s largest manufacturing country. Take steel as an example. In 1949, China’s steel output was only 158,000 tons, accounting for only 0.1% of the world’s steel output in that year. In 2018, China’s steel output has exceeded 900 million tons, an increase of 5,799 times, accounting for half of the world’s steel output for a long time. " Miao Wei said.

　　Great changes have taken place in China’s information and communication industry since the founding of New China 70 years ago. Miao Wei said that in serving the people’s lives, it has solved three major problems: less coverage, slow network speed and expensive tariffs. "In the past 70 years, we have built the largest information and communication network in the world, with the length of optical cable exceeding 45 million kilometers, the total number of telephone users reaching 1.7 billion, the number of Internet broadband access users reaching 440 million and the number of netizens reaching 854 million." Miao Wei said.

　　Miao Wei said that in the construction of new infrastructure such as 5G, industrial internet and artificial intelligence, we have achieved synchronous development with the world, and even have a leading position in some areas. New formats and new models are constantly emerging. Applications in the fields of autonomous driving, smart home appliances, VR/AR, distance education and telemedicine are also in the ascendant.

　　"At present, the open cooperation in the information and communication industry has reached a new level. As the most prosperous information and communication market in the world, we encourage private capital to enter the fields of mobile communication resale, broadband network access services and Internet data centers. We are also willing to share development opportunities with enterprises from all over the world and gradually improve the level of opening up in the telecommunications field. " Miao Wei said.

　　In terms of technological innovation capability, the industrial communication industry has been greatly improved. "With the in-depth implementation of the innovation-driven development strategy, China has achieved ‘ Have a place ’ The strategic goal. " Miao Wei said. Taking the mobile communication industry as an example, China has achieved a historic leap of 4G synchronization and 5G leadership through 2G follow-up and 3G breakthrough, and the number of necessary patents for 5G standards ranks first in the world. Under the strong traction of information and communication technology, by the end of 2018, the scale of China’s digital economy had reached 31 trillion yuan.