The latest data shows that as of the end of August this year, China has built a total of 4.042 million 5G base stations, and 5G industry applications have been integrated into 76 major categories of the national economy. What changes has 5G brought to the industry and society over the past five years of commercial use, from smart electricity and smart healthcare to smart water conservancy and smart agriculture? A reporter from Economic Reference Daily recently conducted in-depth interviews in multiple locations in Zhejiang Province with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology's "New Industrialization Media Research Tour". With the buzzing sound of the propeller, the drone carries high-definition lenses to measure temperature, patrol and take photos of the switch on the column according to the preset route, and sends them back to the intelligent operation and control center in real time through the 5G network. Recently, the inspection personnel of State Grid Zhejiang Power Distribution Line operated the drone to conduct a comprehensive "physical examination" of a power supply line. Most of the State Grid Zhejiang power lines cross mountains, forests, and ravines, and power grid inspection is a "laborious task". Dong Dachu, a staff member of the Transmission Operation and Inspection Center of State Grid Hangzhou Power Supply Company, deeply understands this: "In the past, if you wanted to observe the line inspection carefully, you had to climb the pole for inspection, which was time-consuming, laborious, and implied safety risks. Since the use of 5G drones, details such as insulators and grounding wires on the tower can be finely captured by 4K high-definition cameras and transmitted back in real time through 5G networks. With the help of artificial intelligence analysis in the background, any problems can be promptly alerted. It is reported that the 5G+unmanned aerial vehicle autonomous inspection application jointly developed by Zhejiang Mobile and State Grid Zhejiang Electric Power has established the first "5G networked unmanned aerial vehicle" autonomous inspection demonstration base in Hangzhou Bay New Area, achieving autonomous inspection operations of 473.6 kilometers of power lines and 760 towers in the area. While expanding and integrating application scenarios for emerging industries such as low altitude economy, 5G is also accelerating the empowerment of traditional industries to develop from "new" to "smart". Walking on the Xingguang Agricultural Rice Field Planting Base in Nanxun District, Huzhou City, different IoT facilities can be seen at regular intervals on both sides of the road. A 5G smart network gathers various field and field information such as soil temperature, moisture, air humidity, and light intensity, making rice paddies "smart and visible". The number of manual daily patrols has been reduced by 70%, and the amount of fertilizer used has been reduced by 28%. In Anji County, unmanned aerial vehicles, unmanned boats, and unmanned vehicles are used for daily management and maintenance of Huxi. Relying on the characteristics of low latency, large bandwidth, and wide connectivity of 5G, we have built an integrated three-dimensional monitoring system for water, land, and air, "Wan Chongshan, a staff member of Anji County Water Resources Bureau, told reporters. For example, unmanned ships can not only perform mobile sampling of water quality and detect sediment, but also detect illegal discharge through thermal sensing systems. We use 5G to empower thousands of industries as a lever, promote the continuous improvement of information and communication technology, networks, applications, services and other supply capabilities, and build a new path for the integration of data and reality The relevant person in charge of Huzhou Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology stated. According to information from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, 5G industry applications have been integrated into 76 major categories of the national economy, and have achieved scale replication in industries such as industry, mining, power, ports, and healthcare. More than 1000 relevant policy documents have been issued nationwide according to local conditions, forming a good trend of departmental cooperation, central local linkage, and industrial synergy to jointly promote the development of 5G Sun Ji, Deputy Director of the Information and Communication Development Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said, for example, 5G+AI quality inspection, precision equipment control and other intelligent scenarios have emerged in 5G applications in the industrial field, and more than 13000 "5G+Industrial Internet" projects are under construction. The application of 5G in the field of power has expanded from unmanned inspection in the "transmission" link to the five major links of "generation, transmission, transformation, distribution, and utilization". The application of 5G in the medical field has gradually expanded from remote diagnosis and treatment to full process service scenarios including pre hospital emergency, in-hospital emergency, inpatient treatment, rehabilitation and discharge. According to calculations by the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, the commercialization of 5G has directly driven a total economic output of about 5.6 trillion yuan and indirectly driven a total economic output of about 14 trillion yuan over the past five years, providing strong support for high-quality economic and social development. The reporter noticed that with the rise of technologies such as 5G-A and 5G lightweight, many are accelerating their deployment and promoting the innovative development of 5G. Sun Ji stated that she will continue to strengthen the network foundation, steadily promote the construction of 5G networks, systematically layout 5G-A networks, and promote 5G-A network coverage in key cities and hotspot areas. Continuously expanding integrated applications, issuing policy documents for the development and continuation of 5G applications, and continuously deepening the integration of 5G applications. Continuously strengthening technological innovation, continuously promoting the development and commercial deployment of products such as 5G Evolution (5G-A) and 5G Lightweight (RedCap), and continuously promoting industrial optimization and upgrading. Localities are also actively exploring. Fu Yinggang, Deputy Director of the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Economy and Information Technology, stated that Zhejiang will continue to enhance its product innovation and supply capabilities, promote the integration and cluster development of emerging industries such as 5G and artificial intelligence, low altitude economy, and vehicle road cloud integration, and future industries. In the future, we need to continue to promote the evolution and upgrading of 5G networks, accelerate the verification of 5G-A technology and its integration with industry applications, explore the integration and innovation of cutting-edge technologies such as 5G and artificial intelligence, explore new scenarios for 5G integration in emerging industries such as low altitude economy and marine economy, and use 5G to enhance the overall level of digital intelligence in traditional industries Xin Wei, Director of the Wireless Information Technology Research Department at the Standards Institute of the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, said. (New Society)