On the large screen of the main media center, alpine skiers sprint down, and the splashing snow particles are clearly visible. 5G-A millimeter wave technology enables 8K ultra high definition live streaming; The Yabuli Snow Sports Zone integrates communication, perception, and computing capabilities with 5G-A sensing integrated base stations, which can monitor the flight trajectory of unmanned aerial vehicles with a radius of 1 kilometer and an altitude of 300 meters in real time. As the first international large-scale sports event to apply 5G-A technology on a large scale, the venue of the 9th Asian Winter Games is also a showcase for the commercial landing of 5G-A technology. 2024 is considered the '5G-A Commercial Year'. This year, the first version of 5G-A standard was frozen; Huawei officially announces the direction of 5G-A industry technology evolution; Several major telecom operators have launched commercial deployment plans and service packages. The 5G-A network truly achieves a breakthrough from 0 to 1. 5G-A has entered a new stage of scale development At the just concluded 2025 Mobile World Congress (MWC 2025), Li Peng, Senior Vice President and President of ICT Sales and Services at Huawei, stated that "human society is accelerating towards an intelligent world, and ubiquitous intelligent applications are placing higher demands on network capabilities. The continuous evolution from 5G to 5G-A will unleash the infinite potential of networks." From the laboratory to the application field, 5G-A, as an "upgraded version" of 5G, integrates cutting-edge technologies such as sensory integration and passive IoT, and can achieve a leap in capabilities ten times that of existing networks. In the past year, policy documents such as the "5G Scale Application 'Sail' Action Upgrade Plan" and the "National Data Infrastructure Construction Guidelines" have been successively issued, clearly promoting the upgrade and evolution of 5G networks to 5G-A. Various regions are taking active actions. Taking Beijing as an example, the relevant action plan proposes to build or renovate over 20000 5G-A base stations, promoting the city to enter the era of "dual 10 gigabit" network. At the same time, the three major telecommunications operators are actively expanding the commercial scale of 5G-A and launching rich 5G-A services in key scenarios such as live streaming, online entertainment, and mobile office in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong, and other places. The relevant measures not only provide support for the large-scale deployment of 5G-A, but also accelerate its transition from the laboratory to the application field through standard setting, scenario pilot, and industry collaboration. Hu Jianbo, Vice President of the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, stated that China has led over 30% of the projects and proposed standards in the 5G-A international standard, and will continue to lead the evolution of 5G enhanced technology standards. CCID Consulting predicts that during the 15th Five Year Plan period, the number of 5G-A users in China is expected to approach 1.3 billion, accounting for over 50% of the total global 5G-A users, and network coverage will achieve a dual leap in depth and breadth. Quietly changing production and lifestyle, it takes about 200 milliseconds for a person to blink an eye. The communication latency of 5G network is about 10 milliseconds, while 5G-A can achieve unidirectional 4 milliseconds. This gives it greater room for imagination in fields such as large-scale device connectivity, industrial automation, and intelligent manufacturing. Entering the welding workshop of Great Wall Motors Xushui plant in Baoding, Hebei, on the 5G-A flexible automotive production line, intelligent equipment collaborates seamlessly through the 5G-A network to truly achieve "black light" production; On the Baosteel steel rolling production line in Shanghai, Shanghai Telecom has built a 5G-A private network to achieve a series of intelligent innovations in scenarios such as remote control of overhead cranes, automatic driving of heavy-duty AGVs, and steel surface quality inspection... At the same time, on the moving Shanghai Metro Line 18 trains, the 5G-A network allows passengers to no longer have to worry about lagging videos or web pages that cannot be loaded; In the Badaling Great Wall Scenic Area in Beijing, simply scan the QR code with your phone to place an order, and the drone can deliver the goods to tourists in a timely manner... New technologies are like a gentle stream, quietly shaping social life and integrating into daily life. Regarding this, Cao Ming, Vice President and Wireless Product Line President of Huawei, believes that "5G-A, with its powerful network capabilities, can provide differentiated services for different users and scenarios; 5G-A greatly expands the connection boundary and can connect all mobile terminals in daily life and work in one network; 5G-A can achieve the combination of connectivity and perception, thus opening up new business areas For example, the important 5G-A capability of integrated sensing has become a key support for the development of low altitude economy. Zhang Min, deputy to the National People's Congress and general manager of China Telecom Hubei Company, proposed to build an air link communication network and build a 5G-A special network in the airspace below 300 meters based on the existing network to achieve continuous coverage of key urban agglomerations; Standardize the deployment of integrated sensing base stations to improve the positioning accuracy of key areas. Promoting the integration and innovation of 5G-A and AI. Currently, 5G-A continues to innovate while AI is constantly evolving. The collision and integration of two hot technologies have opened the prelude to the era of mobile AI. At the 2025 Mobile World Congress, Huawei showcased the industry's first 5G-A architecture with AI at its core, as well as a full range of 5G-A product solutions for all scenarios. China Mobile jointly launched the 5G-A × AI Top 100 Business Plan with partners, and plans to launch 100 demonstration 5G-A and AI integration application projects worldwide, covering smart cities, industrial Internet, medical health and other fields. China Unicom and China Telecom have released innovative achievements in the 5G-A evolution of shared networks, covering areas such as carrier aggregation and AI. Both sides are actively promoting the upgrade and evolution of shared networks towards 5G-A, completing carrier aggregation scale deployment in over 300 cities, upgrading and deploying RedCap lightweight IoT in 150 cities, and conducting experimental low altitude communication networks in 10 cities, opening a new stage of high-quality development of 5G-A. Looking ahead to the future, Cao Ming believes that mobile AI services will be ubiquitous, which poses diverse requirements for network experience: multimodal AI interaction requires high uplink capability, real-time AI agent invocation requires ultra-low latency, and ubiquitous intelligent objects require seamless coverage between urban and rural areas. He stated that Huawei will continue to promote 5G-A innovation, perfectly integrating 5G-A with AI through the latest 5G-A solution to meet the growing demand for mobile AI. (New Society)