Shenzhen Mayor (Chen Rugui ) announced on Monday, the 17th of August,  that the city has achieved full coverage of 5G independent networking. 

 He said at a press conference that Shenzhen has realized the goal set in 2019 of 45,000 5G base stations deployed by the end of August 2020 to support the establishment of the citywide 5G network.  The number of 5G base stations in Shenzhen  so far totaled  46,000,  ahead of the schedule realizing the target.

Shenzhen, as the tech hub in the South China's Guangdong Province, is home of Chinese tech heavyweights including Huawei and Tencent, and the tech startups.  Its GDP rose about 6.7 percent year on year, in 2019 reaching more than 2.69 trillion yuan (387.6 billion U.S. dollar).

The municipal goverment indicated,  next step the city will promote the development of 5G industries by making a number of breakthroughs in 5G technologies and building a comprehensive 5G application ecosystem.