This year’s autonomous region government work report proposes to speed up the construction of new infrastructure, build gigabit cities and 100-megabyte villages, deepen 5G commercial scale, promote the large-scale application of the industrial Internet and the Internet of things, and accelerate the digital transformation of traditional infrastructure and public service facilities . On September 29, the Press Office of the People’s Government of the Autonomous Region held a press conference on the progress of the construction of new digital infrastructure in Guangxi , inviting the relevant persons in charge of the Big Data Development Bureau of the Autonomous Region and the Communications Administration of the Autonomous Region to introduce the situation and answer the reporters Ask.

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Since the beginning of this year, under the strong leadership of the party committee and government of the autonomous region, the construction of new digital infrastructure in our region has carried out solid actions for the three-year congress of information network infrastructure construction to cultivate new momentum for growth and development. Digital Guangxi’s "14th Five-Year Plan" started well and laid a solid foundation.
5G network realization
The main urban areas of 14 districted cities basically and continuously cover
This year, our district has completed the printing and distribution of "dual gigabit" network, integrated big data center collaborative innovation system, government affairs informatization, building digitization, etc. Plan and measure documents, accelerate the expansion of the scale of 5G commercial network construction, comprehensively promote Gigabit-to-home all-optical networks, continue to implement "smart radio and television" and telecommunications universal services, coordinate and optimize the construction of new data centers, and promote the construction of multi-level industries The Internet system has implemented the intelligent transformation of traditional infrastructure in an orderly manner. As of the end of August this year, a total of 51.901 billion yuan has been invested in the three-year war on infrastructure construction of the region's "information network".
The construction of the mobile communication network has made significant progress. has built a total of 288,000 base stations, including 185,000 4G base stations, 4G network covering all administrative villages and more than 20 natural villages; 33,000 5G base stations, 5G network to achieve basic continuous coverage of the main urban areas of 14 districts and cities, counties And key coverage in towns and villages. The 4th "Blooming Cup" 5G Application Contest selected 40 outstanding 5G application projects in Guangxi Regional Competition; Nanning Metro Line 5 4G/5G wireless commercial signal coverage has basically completed construction,The service operation will be synchronized with the opening of the subway. The length of the optical fiber cable in the whole region reached 2.34 million kilometers, and a high-level all-optical network was initially completed, realizing 100% administrative villages and 85.7% natural villages to reach optical fiber network . Nanning's national-level Internet backbone direct connection point was approved and planned to be completed within this year. The inter-provincial export bandwidth reached 36.44 million megabytes, the fixed Internet broadband access users reached 21.03 million, and over 26,000 communities completed the gigabit fiber construction and transformation. Gigabit optical network coverage in urban areas above the county level. The scale of data center is growing rapidly. There are 14 data centers under construction this year, with a planned carrying capacity of 290,000 standard racks. The Yulin Twin Computing and Big Data Cloud Service Center project is about to be completed and put into trial operation to fill the gap of intelligent computing power in our region. The Guangxi Super Computing Center project has been launched. The first "5G Mobile Edge Computing (MEC)" in our district was deployed in Guangxi Iron and Steel Group in March this year, and the collaborative innovation system of Guangxi's integrated big data center is advancing steadily. Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) has achieved continuous coverage in areas above townships and deep coverage in key areas, and the number of end users has reached 24.31 million. has established the China-ASEAN Industrial Internet identification analysis secondary node and the Liuzhou Industrial Internet identification analysis secondary node in the industrial Internet . The cumulative number of logo registrations exceeds 180 million, and the cumulative number of logo resolutions exceeds 600 million. Industrial Internet security The situational awareness platform was initially completed. The development of artificial intelligence technology-related industries has achieved initial results, and the promotion of the intelligent transformation of traditional industries has achieved significant results. Guangxi's artificial intelligence industry development plan will be released during the year. Guilin University of Electronic Technology and Guangxi University for Nationalities have established artificial intelligence colleges. currently,There are about 280 artificial intelligence-related companies in our district. The services support various fields such as atmospheric governance, traffic management, agricultural planting, sugar processing, aluminum refining, automobile manufacturing, port operations, medical assistance, education and teaching.

Nanning Metro Line 5. Source: Nanning Rail Transit
By 2025
100% urban areas, more than 60% rural areas
achieve gigabit network coverage
According to the current overall plan, by 2025, 100% urban areas, 60% More than% of rural areas have achieved gigabit network coverage, and the number of network ports with a rate of 10 gigabit and above accounted for more than 90%. There will be more than 100,000 5G base stations built in the entire region, and will achieve full coverage of 5G networks in all cities, counties, urban areas and key towns (streets).
According to the integrated spatial layout of the "one core and multiple points" large-scale data centers in the whole region, plans to formulate a three-year action plan for new data centers, and accelerate the construction of various types of super computing centers, intelligent computing centers, edge computing centers and other new computing resources , To promote the integration of a batch of small-scale, high-energy-consuming self-use data centers with a scale of less than 100 racks and an average annual PUE of more than 1.8 to develop towards intensive and efficient development.
There are more than 3 leading companies with over 10 billion revenue in the main business of the Internet of Things, and more than 20 key companies with more than one billion yuan in the region. Build 4 comprehensive industrial Internet identification and analysis secondary nodes to create an industry-level Internet of Things public service platform , Striving for the landing of the national-level telematics pilot area.
Continue to build and improve our district’s wisdom-integrated traditional infrastructure and smart and convenient public service facilities, form a number of industrially influential artificial intelligence industry clusters, introduce and cultivate more than 10 artificial intelligence leading companies, and cultivate more than 100 subdivisions A leading artificial intelligence high-tech enterprise.

On September 28, the Nanning Shajing to Wuxu highway was completed and opened to traffic.There are 6 Beidou differential base stations built on the Shawu Expressway to build a Beidou high-precision ground-based enhancement network to provide vehicles with real-time and accurate location information. Photo courtesy of Guangxi Trading Group
In order to promote the construction of new digital infrastructure in our district with high quality and efficiency, work will be carried out around the following three aspects.
One is Strengthen Guangxi’s position as an important fulcrum of China-ASEAN information hub, accelerate the establishment of a comprehensive communication facility "one network", build a data collection "a cloud", cultivate data application "one end", Strengthen the "one wall" of safety protection, and significantly enhance the support capacity of new infrastructure.
The second is to integrate the construction of new infrastructure with traditional infrastructures such as transportation, energy, water conservancy, and municipal administration, as well as the construction of public service facilities such as education, medical care, culture, radio and television, and social security, to promote traditional infrastructure and public services The digital transformation of facilities will improve the level of networking and intelligence, and achieve empowerment upgrades.
Third is Accelerate the construction of safe and reliable prevention and control facilities, improve the level of anti-attack, anti-tampering, anti-virus, and anti-theft of important digital infrastructure and important information systems, ensure the safe and stable operation of information infrastructure, and actively promote information technology Apply innovative network products and services, expand the digital certificate application range, and promote security technology, product and service innovation.

Nanning 5G base station construction site. Photo by Huang Zhenguang
Answering reporters' questions at the press conference (excerpts)
Q: May I ask what work has been done in our district to promote the construction of new digital infrastructure, and what phased results have been achieved?
Answer: Our district mainly adopts the following measures to promote the construction of new digital infrastructure:
First, strengthen overall planning and top-level design.It has successively issued plans, action plans and implementation plans for Guangxi's new infrastructure construction, Guangxi "information network" infrastructure construction, big data center development, blockchain development, and Guangxi integrated big data center collaborative innovation system. Combining with the actual situation of our region, the appropriate advance layout has clearly guided the development direction of digital infrastructure construction.
The second is to do a solid job in the construction of the "information network" conference. Strengthen scheduling management and control, and timely grasp the difficulties in project construction and the progress of actual work. As of the end of August, there were a total of 401 projects for the construction of the "Information Network" in the region. The total planned investment this year is 36.3 billion yuan, and 24 billion yuan has been completed. A total of 32,984 5G base stations have been opened, and the Internet's inter-provincial export bandwidth has reached 36.44 million megabytes. Nanning's national-level Internet backbone direct connection point is planned to be completed and put into operation within this year. The data center has started construction of more than 10 large or super large projects, with a planned carrying capacity of 290,000 standard racks. There are approximately 24.31 million narrowband IoT users in the region.
The third is to give full play to the role of organization and coordination. Regularly convene autonomous region and city-level "information network" congress project construction scheduling meetings, give full play to the power of the "information network" special class, and make every effort to promote the implementation of digital infrastructure construction as planned and on schedule. Efforts are made to solve the problem of blockages in the construction of digital infrastructure. For example, in July this year, in conjunction with the Autonomous Region's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the "Notice on Matters Concerning Electricity Market-based Transactions for Big Data Center Users in Our Region in 2021" was issued to effectively reduce data center electricity costs and promote Data center scale development.
Q: The big data center is an important part of the new digital infrastructure construction. What is the development direction of Guangxi in this regard?
Answer: Guangxi is at the fulcrum and important gateway position of the two international and domestic markets, including ASEAN, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area , and the Western Land-Sea New Corridor. Our bureau will strive to build Guangxi into a major data resource circulation channel facing ASEAN, and a cooperation fulcrum and export portal for domestic computing power to ASEAN services.
Currently there are 14 data centers under construction in the entire district, with a planned carrying capacity of 290,000 standard racks; for example,The Diankeyun (Guilin) International Big Data Development Center started construction in the first quarter of this year with a total investment of 18.9 billion yuan; the first 5G edge computing technology (MEC) smart edge data center was deployed in Fangchenggang Guangxi Iron and Steel Group in March this year; Yulin The twin computing and big data cloud service center project as an intelligent computing power data center will soon be completed and put into trial operation in the fourth quarter; the specific planning work of the Guangxi Supercomputing Center project has started.
In terms of planning and layout, we have issued a series of documents such as the "2020-2025 Guangxi Data Center Development Plan" and "Accelerating the Construction of Guangxi Integrated Big Data Center Collaborative Innovation System Implementation Plan". In the next step, actively guide the data center to take an efficient, clean, intensive, and circular green development path, orderly integrate self-use data centers with a scale of less than 100 racks and PUE higher than 1.8 to intensive and efficient development, and clarify the development of new big data The center must be incorporated into the spatial layout of the entire district data center before it can be constructed, and the PUE value is strictly controlled to be lower than 1.4. At present, we are preparing to compile a three-year action plan for our district's new data center, which will put forward more specific tasks on the technical capabilities, computing efficiency, network quality, and energy efficiency level of our district's data centers.
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