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downtown speed is above 800 Mbps.
Meanwhile, the district has initially released 10 5G applications, covering medical services, education, finance, retail, public security, fire prevention, urban management, construction and sports. Many of the services are being offered at hospitals, schools, construction sites and sports venues in Hongkou.
Shanghai General Hospital, for example, has been working with China Mobile on patient information transmission and communication between ambulance doctor and hospital via 5G.
Shanghai East Foreign Language School Affiliated to SISU has begun sharing foreign language classes with a middle school in southwest China’s Yunnan Province.
Preferential policies
The Hongkou government has released a series of industry guidelines to accelerate the construction and application on 5G network while promoting industrial development. The district aims to become a demonstration area for the city as well as a leading global 5G application zone with preferential policies, complete facilities, open scenarios, technological services, funds, incubation and other services, according to the government.
Hongkou has established a number of major innovation parks and maker spaces to create an innovative 5G ecological system. They include the newly unveiled 5G International Innovation Harbor, HuaweiShanghai 5G+VR/AR/MR Innovation Center and Lingang 5G scientific park.
Regarding the World Artificial Intelligence Conference this year, Hongkou district government signed an agreement with Huawei to develop the innovation center. It will focus on the Internet of things, cloud computing, big data, block chain and AI to serve Hongkou-based companies and attract more to the district.
As a highlight, a 5G industry application exhibition center has been planned at the Huawei innovation center to showcase the latest achievements on 5G applications. There will be various events such as exhibitions, global developers’ meeting and forums for innovation and startup firms from around the world.