On September 14, the press conference of "2021 China International Information and Communication Exhibition" was held in Beijing. Xie Cun, director of the Information and Communication Development Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, attended the meeting and introduced the preparatory organization of the exhibition. Qian Tao, general manager of China General Technology China Post and Telecommunications Appliances Group Co., Ltd., the organizer of the exhibition, attended and answered reporters' questions. The press conference was presided over by Zhang Hongyu, a secondary inspector of the general office of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. More than 50 major central media, industrial media and online media such as China Media Group, Economic Daily and China News Agency attended the meeting.

Xie Cun introduced that China International Information and Communication Exhibition has been held for nearly 30 sessions. Over the past 30 years, the exhibition has played a window and bridge role in displaying the latest achievements of vigorous development in the field of information and communication and promoting exchanges and cooperation in the field of global information and communication. "2021 China International Information and Communication Exhibition" will be held in Beijing National Convention Center from September 27 to 29. With the theme of "innovation lights up the digital future", this exhibition includes three sections: exhibition, forum and activity. It aims to build a comprehensive platform for exhibition, exchange, cooperation and sharing for the whole industry, fully display the emerging technologies and application innovation achievements in the field of information and communication, and promote the exchange and cooperation in the field of global information and communication.

In the past two years, 5G commercial uses has achieved positive results. China has built more than 1 million 5G base stations, accounting for more than 70% of the world. 5G end users have exceeded 400 million, which is the largest user group in the world. This exhibition brings together representative enterprises at home and abroad. It will show the latest application achievements of 5G and other representative technologies in industrial manufacturing, energy, transportation, agriculture, water conservancy, education, medical treatment, culture and tourism, Internet of vehicles, smart city and other fields with rich cases and scenes, and comprehensively show the innovative exploration of information and communication technology to promote the digital transformation of economy and society. The exhibition has a special information accessibility zone, which will show the positive progress made by the information and communication industry in promoting information accessibility, helping the elderly, the disabled and other groups to integrate into the information society and make people's life convenient with digital empowerment. The exhibition will set up an exhibition on network paving the road to prosperity, showing the struggle process and fruitful achievements of the information and communication industry in promoting the pilot of universal telecommunications services and helping to win the battle against poverty.

The "ICT China 2021 High Level Forum" held at the same time of the exhibition consists of nearly 50 theme forums and thematic forums. Forum topics include 5G, dual Gigabit, data center, IPv6, industrial Internet, Beidou, artificial intelligence, blockchain, quantum computing, Internet of vehicles, smart city, data security, emergency communication and other hot fields. Many industry elites, well-known experts and scholars are gathered to share research results and exchange development ideas. The exhibition will also hold the launching ceremony of the "Guanghua Cup" gigabit optical network application innovation competition, invite relevant enterprises to introduce the typical application cases and successful experience of gigabit optical network, hold special job fairs in the information and communication and Internet industries, actively promote the employment of talents in the industry and serve enterprises, and ensure stability in employment, financial operations, foreign trade, foreign investment, domestic investment, and expectations and ensure security in job, basic living needs, operations of market entities, food and energy security, stable industrial and supply chains, and the normal functioning of primary-level governments.

In addition, China information and Communication Research Institute, IMT-2020 (5G) promotion group and 5G application industry matrix will release technical white papers and research reports, and many enterprises will hold product release, discussion and matchmaking activities.