Zhao Zhiguo, spokesperson and chief engineer of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, stated at a recent press conference of the National Development and Reform Office that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will actively promote the construction of 5G networks, continuously expand the breadth and depth of 5G network coverage, promote the deep coverage of 5G networks in key scenarios in urban areas, and further extend to towns and rural areas. At the same time, we will carry out a special action on "signal upgrading" to comprehensively improve the quality of 5G networks in key scenarios. Expand the application scale of pilot fields such as industry, and deeply explore typical application scenarios in pilot fields such as healthcare, education, culture and tourism. In recent years, the breadth and depth of 5G integration applications in China have continued to advance, and application scenarios have blossomed everywhere. 5G applications have been integrated into 60 major categories of the national economy, accelerating their expansion and deepening into key fields such as industry, healthcare, education, and transportation, with a cumulative number of application cases exceeding 50000. The innovation of new applications such as 5G new calls and virtual digital people is active, with 676 million 5G mobile phone users and 42.9% of 5G traffic. By the end of June, China's 5G base stations had totaled 2.937 million, covering all Prefecture-level city and county towns, and the breadth and depth of coverage continued to expand; Launch the world's first trial commercial trial of 5G cross network roaming, accelerating the development of 5G networks towards intensive, efficient, green, and low-carbon. (New News Agency)