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# China invests big in information infrastructure in the past 3 years
- URL: https://www.alwihdainfo.com/china-invests-big-in-information-infrastructure-in-the-past-3-years-a58867/
- Published: 2017-10-25T21:29:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-02T14:23:35.000Z
- Description: By the end of 2016, China has built the world’s largest 4G network, with an almost full coverage of fiber-optic network in each city. China has seen 930 million 4G users by the end of this August, which accounted for 67.2% of its total mobile phone users, he wrote in a published article.
- Author: peoplesdaily
- Tags: English News, #Import 2026-04-02 14:21

By Wan Yu from People’s Daily

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China has invested a total of 1.2 trillion yuan ($182 billion) in improving and constructing fiber-optic and 4G networks from 2015 to 2017, said Miao Wei, the country’s Minister of Industry and Information Technology recently.“As an important infrastructure, information communication network lays a foundation to build China’s strength in cyberspace,” the minister said.  
  
By the end of 2016, China has built the world’s largest 4G network, with an almost full coverage of fiber-optic network in each city. China has seen 930 million 4G users by the end of this August, which accounted for 67.2% of its total mobile phone users, he wrote in a published article.  
  
The improved infrastructure has bred an accelerated rise of Internet economy. Data showed that the downloads of more than 8 million mobile applications nationwide have exceeded 1.5 trillion, making China a global leader.  
  
The industrial chain of Internet of Things has been updated as well. China is currently the world’s largest machine-to-machine (M2M) market, with more than 100 million terminals deployed.  
  
In 2016, transaction of Chinese e-commerce business exceeded 26.1 trillion yuan ($4 trillion), accounting for 39.2% of the online retail sales worldwide.  
  
The intensified pace to promote the Internet, telecommunications and broadcasting networks connection also brought China a flourishing development of integrated business.  
  
By May 2017, the number of IPTV users in China has surpassed 100 million, and transaction of mobile payment has exceeded 81 trillion yuan ($12.3 trillion), topping the world as well.  
  
In addition, the country’s shared economy has experienced explosive growth, with 25 million online car-hailing orders made each day and over 100 million users of bike-sharing service.  
  
Pic:  
Sunway Taihu Light is a supercomputer independently developed by China. (File photo)