CCTV News: On April 18, the State Council Information Office held a press conference on the development of industry and information technology in the first quarter of 2025. Xie Shaofeng, chief engineer of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, introduced that in the first quarter of this year, my country's digital industry has reached a new level. Digital technologies represented by 5G, artificial intelligence models, etc. have developed rapidly, with the business revenue of the digital industry increasing by 8.2% year-on-year in the first two months. The network infrastructure capabilities continue to increase. As of the end of March, a total of 4.395 million 5G base stations have been built and opened, the number of 10G PON ports with gigabit network service capabilities has reached 29.25 million, the penetration rate of 5G users has reached 75.9%, and the number of gigabit broadband users has reached 218 million.
