China conducts 5G research and development in line with the world since the end of 2012, director of Department of Communications Development of MIIT Wen Ku said at the industry and communication development conference in 1Q17 on April 26.

China has made a series of positive progress in 5G by far concerning vision, demand, concept, wireless technology and network framework, and its main points have been agreed by the international counterparts.

China has entered the second phase of 5G testing now, paying more attention to the integration and achievability of technical solutions. China has planned the test field in Beijing where planning of 30 sites were finished, meeting the demands of field single station and networking performance test.