This article was written by the Organizing Committee of the World 5G 
Convention(reported by Science and Technology Daily):

On November 17th, 2020, the journalist learned from the press conference of The 
2020 World 5G Convention held by the information office of People's Government 
of Guangdong Province that The 2020 World 5G Convention, co-hosted by the 
People's Government of Guangdong Province of the PRC, National Development and 
Reform Commission of the PRC, Ministry of Science and Technology of the PRC, 
and Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the PRC, will be held in 
Guangzhou from November 26 to 28. The theme of the Convention is "5G+ By All 
for All ".

The World 5G Convention is the world's first international event in the 5G 
field, and it was held in Beijing for the first time in 2019. The Convention 
gathered experts and scholars as well as business executives from all over the 
world to conduct in-depth discussions centering on the theme of "5G - Change 
the World, Create the Future". Here is the list of the participants of the 
opening ceremony: Cai Qi, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central 
Committee and Secretary of the CPC Beijing Municipal Committee; Wang Yong, 
State Councilor; Wang Zhigang, Minister of Ministry of Science and Technology 
of the PRC; Miao Wei, former Minister of Ministry of Industry and Information 
Technology of the PRC; and Lin Nianxiu, Deputy Director of the National 
Development and Reform Commission of the PRC. It fully embodies the high 
attention the Party and state leaders pay to 5G development.

The 2020 World 5G Convention will be held in Guangzhou, where it will gather 
important and influential scientists in the global information and 
communication field, world-renowned 5G service providers, and 5G industry 
application providers to conduct exchanges and discussions on cutting-edge 
technologies, industry trends, and innovative applications in the 5G field. The 
Convention will fully reflect the traction of 5G in the world's new economic 
form and the importance of 5G in the new dual-cycle development pattern and 
highlight that 5G promotes the upgrading of traditional industries and a new 
"smartly benefited" digital life, ,demonstrating the role and value of 5G 
industry empowerment to the world.

5G application scenarios have sprung up like mushrooms 

In the beginning of 2020, 5G had played a crucial role in the battle against 
COVID-19 and the process of "back to work and production". 5G was applied in 
remote education, remote medical services, pandemic control, remote work and 
smart transportation. 5G application scenarios have sprung up like mushrooms 
and gained explosive growth. People can already see how 5G benefits their daily 
life in general. The development of the deep integration between 5G and other 
sectors also further reveals its potential economic benefits and social 
benefits.

Statistics show that there are more than 690,000 5G base stations in China by 
the end of September 2020, making 5G available in almost every city in China. 
And the number of 5G terminals has exceeded 160 million. China Academy of 
Information and Communications Technology predicts that the cumulative 
investment in China's 5G network construction is potential to reach RMB 1.2 
trillion by 2025. It will fuel the upstream and downstream industrial chain and 
application investment in various industries to exceed RMB 3.5 trillion. 

As of May this year, China had put 484 5G applications into operation in 
real-life scenarios. In terms of industry segments, 5G has been first 
implemented in fields such as smart health care, news media, smart city, the 
Internet of Vehicles and the industrial Internet.

5G will benefit all humankind

While the 5G industry is booming in China, the unified global 5G standard has 
led the deep integration of the international 5G industrial chain. The 
development of the global mobile communications industry has already formed a 
pattern of "each having something of the other": Enterprises of equipment, 
terminals, chips and test instruments cooperate in order to achieve mutual 
benefit and to seek 5G development and innovation. They lead 5G technological 
progress through technological innovation, facilitate 5G technology maturity 
through expanding application and promote 5G information sharing through 
international cooperation. In addition, "deepening cooperation and opening up 
for win-win results" will always be the theme of the 5G industry.

In the Plenary Session of the 23rd St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 
President Xi Jinping called for joint efforts and win-win cooperation to face 
the world's profound changes unseen in a century. China is willing to share its 
latest research and development achievements including the 5G technology with 
the rest of the world. In addition, China's 5G development has always been 
guided by the principles of independent innovation, opening-up and cooperation. 
We also attach importance to discussion, joint construction and sharing of 5G 
development in the process.

China's 5G construction will bring revolutionary changes to domestic economic 
and social development as well as production and life. It will also open the 
door to the world and have demonstrative effect on the global mobile 
communications industry. China is ready to actively absorb global wisdom, 
cooperate with each other and make progress with concerted efforts.

The success of 5G stems from the joint efforts of the global industry. 5G will 
also benefit all humankind and empower our life and industry. According to the 
introduction released by the Organizing Committee of the World 5G Convention, 
the Convention will be held in a new click-and-mortar way, consisting of an 
opening ceremony, a main forum and summit forums.

The theme of the conference is "5G+, By All for All". The main forum is fully 
focused on this theme, and other ten forums have elaborated on "5G+, By All for 
All" from different perspectives. International guests and more than 60 
overseas operation representatives will attend the forum. During the 
Convention, an exhibition with an area of about 12,000 square meters will be 
held from November 26 to 28.

5G will be promoted to empower the construction of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao 
Greater Bay Area 

In the Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay 
Area issued by the Central Committee of the CPC and the State Council in 
February 2019, it is clearly stated that we should promote the new-generation 
information technologies and develop them into new pillar industries, and 
foster a number of major industrial projects in key areas such as new display 
technologies, new-generation communication technologies, 5G and mobile Internet.

As one of the organizers of the Convention, Guangdong province has been 
actively promoting the development of 5G industrial application. In 2019, 
Guangdong Province issued the Guangdong Provincial Action Plan for Accelerating 
the Development of 5G Industry (2019-2022), specifying the goal and direction 
for the development of 5G industry. As one of the first 5G pilot cities in 
China, Guangzhou attaches great importance to seizing the opportunity for the 
rapid development of 5G, accelerating the cultivation of new business types, 
new economies and new momenta, and creating new momentum led by science and 
technology, so as to provide important support for Guangzhou to realize the 
goal of "old city, new vitality". 

The Convention will explore the new starting point, new directions and new 
opportunities of 5G combining the development trend of the Guangdong-Hong 
Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area and taking account of the commercial implementation 
process, promote the integration of 5G into all industries, and link all things 
to benefit the public, and empower the construction of the Greater Bay Area.

The registration channel for participating the 2020 World 5G Convention and the 
exhibition is now open. For details, please refer to the official website of 
the Convention www.w5gc.com.


SOURCE: Science and Technology Daily