China ends 2025 with 4.83 million 5G base stations, surpassing targets as telecom sector posts steady growth.
Beijing: China’s telecommunications industry closed 2025 with a robust performance, according to official data released by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
By the end of the year, China had built 4.838 million 5G base stations, translating to 34.4 stations per 10,000 people, exceeding the country’s national planning target by 8.4 units.
The telecom sector’s total business volume, based on constant prices from the previous year, rose 9.1 percent year-on-year, while revenue grew 0.7 percent, reaching 1.75 trillion yuan (approximately US$250.8 billion).
China also reported strong momentum in emerging technologies, with cloud computing, big data, Internet of Things (IoT) and data centres contributing 25.7 percent of total industry revenue.
The nation continued to assert leadership in global 5G development, with 42 percent of all declared 5G standard-essential patents originating from China. Infrastructure coverage also reached new heights, with gigabit optical network access in every county, full 5G coverage in all towns, and over 95 percent coverage in administrative villages.
