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The building site of the world’s highest-altitude 5G base station near the advanced base camp of Mount Qomolangma in Tibet Autonomous Region, southwest China, on April 19. Built at an altitude of 6,500 meters above the sea level, it went into operation on April 30.

Along with the other two base stations that were previously built at altitudes of 5,300 meters and 5,800 meters, respective­ly, they offer full 5G coverage of Mount Qomolangma on the north ridge as well as the summit. the first four months of this year.

Despite the novel coronaviru­s outbreak, Hongqi sold more than 39,500 cars in the past four months as the company expanded its sales channels both online and offline.

Hongqi fulfilled its 2019 sales target of 100,000 cars and has doubled the target for 2020. The brand plans to roll out 21 new models, mostly electric or fuel-electric hybrids, in the next five years.

The iconic sedan brand announced last month that it will set up a joint venture with Silk EV from the United States to manufactur­e its first super sports model.

Silk EV will invest 10 billion yuan ($1.42 billion) in the next five years to build Hongqi S series products, aiming to make it a worldfamou­s luxury sports car brand. The company, headquarte­red in New York, has wholly-owned research, developmen­t and production center in Modena, Italy.

The first Hongqi sedan was produced in 1958. For many years, Hongqi sedans have been used by senior officials and for important national events.

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