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1. ZTE Collaborates with Chengdu to Build a 5G-A Low Altitude Ecological Platform, Supporting a Trillion-Level Low Altitude Economy
Abstract: ZTE has deployed a 5G-A sensing system in Chengdu, collaborating with over 30 organizations to establish a low altitude ecological platform.
Academician Zhu Weiqiu from the Chinese Academy of Sciences estimates that the low altitude economy market will reach 2 trillion by 2030 and may exceed 6 trillion by 2035, indicating significant development potential. To seize this strategic opportunity, ZTE, under the coordination of the Intelligent Manufacturing Bureau in Sichuan Tianfu New Area, has completed the pilot deployment of the 5G-A sensing system by the Xinglong Lake. This system integrates communication, perception, and computing power, enabling continuous perception of airspace below 600 meters, covering over 99% of current drone activity areas, with an identification accuracy of over 90% for drones and birds. It can also achieve sub-meter level positioning and AI target classification through edge computing. Meanwhile, ZTE has led the initiative to establish a “low altitude ecological platform” with over 30 ecological units, encompassing drones, navigation monitoring, and other forces, promoting the standardization of integrated perception and laying the foundation for building a new low altitude information infrastructure in Chengdu, thus supporting the high-quality development of the local low altitude economy.
Source: Sohu
2. Qualcomm Promotes 5G-A and AI Collaboration, Emphasizing Intellectual Property Protection to Foster IoT Innovation
Abstract: Qualcomm’s Qian Kun stated that the integration of 5G-A and AI promotes innovation, and intellectual property protection is crucial.
Data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology shows that by the end of July 2025, the total number of 5G base stations in China will reach 4.598 million, with over 1.1 billion 5G mobile phone users. The large-scale commercial use of 5G and advancements in AI technology are deeply integrated. Qualcomm’s Senior Vice President Qian Kun pointed out that the collaborative evolution of 5G Advanced and AI can unleash unprecedented innovative momentum, while intellectual property protection can enhance the confidence of foreign enterprises and stimulate innovation among Chinese companies, creating a favorable environment for global innovators. Qualcomm invests about 20% of its revenue in R&D each year, totaling over $100 billion, contributing several key technologies in the 5G field, such as the flexible OFDM technology for network adaptation, and is pushing for the completion of the 5G-Advanced Rel-19 standard by the end of 2025. Additionally, Qualcomm has laid out early R&D for 6G, planning to work with Chinese industry partners to advance 6G standardization, supporting the continuous iteration of IoT technology.
Source: Industry Media Interview
3. China Tower Appears at the Service Trade Fair, “Digital Tower” Empowers IoT Applications Across Multiple Industries
Abstract: China Tower showcases 5G infrastructure at the Service Trade Fair, transforming “communication towers” into “digital towers” to serve multiple fields.
At the 2025 China International Service Trade Fair, China Tower exhibited under the theme “5G New Vision, Smart Drive New Future,” showcasing 5G infrastructure and innovative applications of “digital towers.” As of now, China Tower has built over 2.97 million 5G base stations, accounting for over 50% of the global total, with indoor coverage in buildings reaching 13.85 billion square meters, and public network coverage in subways and high-speed rail tunnels exceeding 13,000 kilometers and 17,000 kilometers, respectively, supporting a 1.6-fold increase in the total number of sites available for telecom operators. Meanwhile, China Tower is promoting the upgrade of “communication towers” to “digital towers,” utilizing site resources to mount cameras, sensors, and other devices. Its algorithm warehouse contains 460 algorithms, 80 of which are at the industry-leading level, widely applied in emergency response, forestry, and water conservancy. Additionally, its “Tower Battery Swap” business addresses the anxiety of delivery riders, with over 3.17 million charging ports deployed nationwide, and it has implemented “slow live streaming” to present real-time views of scenic spots, facilitating the application of IoT technology in multiple scenarios.
Source: China News Network
4. Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: Two-Thirds of Prefectural Cities Nationwide Meet Gigabit Standards, IoT Infrastructure Covers Urban and Rural Areas
Abstract: The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology reports that two-thirds of prefectural cities nationwide meet the gigabit city standard, with urban and rural IoT infrastructure improved.
At the press conference on the series of news releases regarding the “High-Quality Completion of the 14th Five-Year Plan,” Zhang Yunming, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, introduced that during the “14th Five-Year Plan” period, China is advancing digital information infrastructure construction from three aspects: “broad coverage, promoting collaboration, and strengthening empowerment.” In terms of “broad coverage,” two-thirds of prefectural cities nationwide have reached the gigabit city standard, completing deep coverage of mobile networks in 240,000 key locations, and cumulatively supporting the construction of fiber optic networks and 4G/5G base stations in 130,000 administrative villages. By the end of July 2025, the number of 5G base stations will reach 4.598 million, with gigabit ports totaling 30.532 million, achieving “gigabit access in every county, 5G access in every town, and broadband access in every village.” In terms of “promoting collaboration,” the development of new information infrastructure is coordinated, with 10.85 million standard racks of computing power facilities in use, and an intelligent computing scale of 788 EFLOPS. In terms of “strengthening empowerment,” over 20,000 projects integrating “5G + Industrial Internet” are promoted, assisting IoT technology to integrate into the real economy and opening up the information “arteries” for economic and social development.
Source: CCTV
5. 2025 Service Trade Fair: AI and Digital Technology Integration Empowering IoT Service Trade Scenarios
Abstract: At the 2025 Service Trade Fair, technologies like AI and VR are implemented in multiple scenarios, promoting innovation in IoT services.
The 2025 China International Service Trade Fair will be held at Shougang Park in Beijing, where AI and digital technologies are deeply integrated to create multiple innovative scenarios related to IoT. In the communication-themed exhibition, the “5G Life Full Chain Scenario” features China Mobile’s 5G new calling service, which achieves real-time translation between Chinese and English, processing language through a large model with only a few seconds of delay, and supports call transcription sent via SMS. The intelligent training product “Daily Eight-Section Brocade” uses AI to recognize user skeletal nodes, comparing actions in real-time and scoring them, generating exercise reports. The AIGC technology in the Beijing Audio-Visual Exhibition area can upload photos to generate digital humans, input lyrics to automatically compose music, and has launched micro-films like “Sanxingdui: Future Revelation.” The “Digital Human Customer Service” at the Summer Palace can generate customized itineraries in one second, while the “Dream Back to Yuanmingyuan” VR project replicates historical sites 1:1, integrating IoT technology to make cultural experiences more immersive, promoting the intelligent upgrade of service trade.
Source: Beijing Youth Daily
6. Syntiant FG23L Wireless SoC Supply Supports Sub-GHz IoT Device Deployment
Abstract: Syntiant’s FG23L wireless SoC is fully supplied, offering high cost-performance for various IoT scenarios.
Low-power wireless solution provider Syntiant announced that the second-generation wireless development platform’s FG23L wireless SoC will be fully supplied by September 30, 2025, with the accompanying development kit available through global distribution channels. This product is designed for the Sub-GHz IoT field, with a link budget of approximately 146 dB, achieving twice the transmission distance of similar products, +20 dBm transmission power, high receiving sensitivity combined with ultra-low power characteristics, enabling over 10 years of battery life, meeting the needs of large-scale IoT deployments. The FG23L integrates a 78 MHz Cortex-M33 core, dual-core wireless architecture, and Secure Vault™ Mid security technology to resist security threats, and is equipped with 23 GPIO ports and streamlined design tools, supporting rapid development in global Sub-GHz frequency bands. It is suitable for industrial sensors, building automation, smart city infrastructure, and agricultural IoT scenarios, allowing developers to seamlessly migrate to other Syntiant Sub-GHz series products, accelerating the deployment of IoT devices.
Source: Syntiant Official Release
7. Alibaba and Tencent Increase Investment in AI IoT, State Council’s “Artificial Intelligence +” Action Promotes Industry Implementation
Abstract: Alibaba and Tencent’s AI business growth, State Council’s “Artificial Intelligence +” action promotes IoT integration.
In 2025, Alibaba and Tencent’s semi-annual financial reports show that AI business has become a new growth engine, with both investing heavily in AI infrastructure, large models, cloud services, and application software, yielding returns. The State Council issued the “Opinions on Deepening the Implementation of the ‘Artificial Intelligence +’ Action,” clearly stating that by 2027, artificial intelligence will be widely and deeply integrated into six key areas including technology, industry, and consumption, and by 2035, the country will fully enter the intelligent economy stage. Internet giants are shifting from “platform economy” to “technology companies,” lowering the threshold for small and medium-sized enterprises to apply IoT through the “AI as a Service” model, allowing small and medium-sized e-commerce businesses to optimize operations with AI large models. Currently, AI has empowered IoT scenarios such as intelligent manufacturing “dark factories,” AI-native consumer terminals, and full-cycle management in healthcare, promoting the industry from technological exploration to large-scale implementation, activating new productive forces.
Source: 21st Century Business Herald
8. High-End Smartphones Integrate IoT Technology by 2025, AI and Foldable Screens Become Core Competitors
Abstract: In the first half of 2025, high-end smartphone sales increased by 8%, with AI and foldable screens integrating IoT functions.
According to a report by Counterpoint Research, in the first half of 2025, global high-end smartphone sales increased by 8% year-on-year, surpassing the overall market growth of 4%, driven by consumer demand for IoT functions. Apple leads with a 62% market share, but its growth is only 3%, while the Chinese market faces competition from Huawei and Xiaomi. Huawei launched the foldable Mate XT, integrating IoT connectivity technology; Xiaomi synergizes its electric vehicle and IoT business to enhance its smartphone IoT ecosystem. Google’s Pixel 9 series positions itself as an AI-first device, returning to the top five high-end phones; Samsung’s S25 series sees increased sales, with the Z Fold7 expected to be more popular due to hardware upgrades. Foldable smartphones are becoming a brand differentiation strategy, with Apple planning to enter this field in 2026; over 80% of high-end phones are equipped with generative AI, capable of linking with smart home and wearable IoT devices, making the AI ecosystem a key factor in consumer choice, driving high-end smartphones to become the hub of IoT.
Source: Sohu
9. Guangxi Promotes AI + IoT Projects, Supporting China-ASEAN Industrial Collaborative Development
Abstract: Guangxi showcases AI + agriculture and transportation IoT projects at the ASEAN Technology Conference, promoting regional cooperation.
At the 2025 ASEAN International Technology Transfer and Innovation Cooperation Conference, Guangxi showcased multiple AI + IoT application projects, supporting China-ASEAN industrial collaboration. The “AI + Agriculture” smart cloud platform, jointly developed by Guangxi Shengyuanxing and Guilin University of Technology, integrates IoT data collection, fusion analysis, and intelligent decision-making functions, achieving all-weather intelligent management of agricultural production, saving 15%-30% of water and fertilizer in demonstration bases, reducing labor costs by 20%, and also decreasing pest and disease occurrences, improving crop yield and quality, with plans to replicate in Southeast Asia’s climate-similar regions. The “AI + Transportation” road disaster prevention model, jointly developed by Guangxi Transportation Science Research Institute and others, collects road data in real-time through IoT devices, with AI automatically identifying bridge cracks, landslides, and other hazards, providing early warnings, replacing traditional manual inspections, and aiming to achieve a 40% coverage of intelligent early warning systems for key roads in Vietnam by 2027, driving revenue growth for Guangxi Transportation Science Research Institute in ASEAN technology services and promoting the cross-border implementation of IoT technology.
Source: Industry Media Reports
10. Bund Conference: Cloud Device Technology Analyzes IoT Data Infrastructure Upgrade Directions in the AI Era
Abstract: At the Bund Conference, Cloud Device Technology pointed out that the IoT data infrastructure needs to be upgraded in the AI era.
The 2025 Bund Conference, themed “Reshaping Innovative Growth,” featured Cloud Device Technology as a data infrastructure service provider, focusing on the upgrade of data infrastructure in the context of AI and IoT integration. Currently, the competition for large models is essentially a competition for data capabilities, and traditional data platforms struggle to meet IoT demands, facing three core issues: data needs to shift from “human-centric” to “AI-centric” to ensure efficient access by large models; balancing real-time performance and cost to meet the “second-level freshness” data requirements of IoT; and addressing the unified management of multimodal IoT data such as text and images. Cloud Device Technology co-founder Guan Tao stated that data infrastructure needs to upgrade from a “support system” to an “intelligent engine,” not only storing and computing data but also actively mining data value to support IoT device collaboration and business decision-making, ultimately helping enterprises build an AI-adapted IoT data foundation to promote technology implementation.
Source: Dajing News Network
11. Xiamen “Little Giant” Showcases IoT Hard Technology, Empowering Intelligent Manufacturing and Smart Cities
Abstract: Xiamen “Little Giant” showcases IoT-related intelligent manufacturing technologies at the Investment Fair.
At the 25th Investment Fair, over 50 specialized and innovative enterprises from Xiamen participated, half of which are national-level “Little Giants,” showcasing multiple IoT-related hard technologies. Yudian Temperature Control Technology’s semiconductor temperature controller achieves a measurement accuracy of 0.001°C, breaking foreign monopolies, suitable for temperature control in IoT devices; Weizhun Automation’s intelligent visual dispensing machine enhances production efficiency through camera positioning, adapting to intelligent manufacturing IoT scenarios; Tuopu Software’s 2D/3D digital twin platform can replicate the operational status of smart factories, aiding IoT data visualization; Youxin Technology’s industrial delivery AMR robots can self-organize and collaborate for material delivery; Xinda IoT’s new generation RFID tags enable full lifecycle IoT tracking of products. Xiamen is also building a diversified financing system through policy support to help these enterprises promote the implementation of IoT technology in manufacturing and smart city fields.
Source: Southeast Network
12. Upgraded IoT System for Vending Machines Leads Intelligent Transformation in the Adult Products Industry
Abstract: In 2025, the adult products industry vending machine system undergoes an intelligent upgrade, enhancing operational efficiency.
In 2025, the adult products industry’s vending machine system will undergo an intelligent upgrade, with IoT technology becoming the core driving force. Leading brands like Jiaoyue Xiaohuangwu have launched a new generation of systems that integrate “visual recognition + weight sensing + RFID” multimodal IoT technologies, improving product recognition accuracy to 99.7%, reducing settlement delays to 0.8 seconds, and collecting customer behavior data through high-definition cameras to support operations. Their “three-circle analysis method” optimizes site selection using IoT location data, with the core circle targeting areas with over 3000 residents, and the radiation circle avoiding areas with dense competitors, showing that community stores have a repurchase rate 2.3 times that of business districts. Jiaoyue Group’s central warehousing employs blockchain traceability IoT technology to achieve full-process information encryption, with an intelligent inventory system predicting demand based on historical sales data, reducing the elimination rate of unsold products by 37% and achieving a turnover rate 2.1 times the industry average. Brands like Ai Ai Gu are also linking IoT terminals through membership systems to enhance repurchase rates, but the industry faces challenges such as high technical maintenance costs and policy compliance, with leading enterprises building barriers through ecological integration.
Source: Sohu
13. Meige Intelligent Launches Qualcomm Platform Handheld Terminal, Ultra-High Frequency RFID Empowers IoT Management
Abstract: Meige Intelligent launches a handheld terminal based on Qualcomm platform, enhancing IoT efficiency with ultra-high frequency RFID.
Meige Intelligent has fully launched a new handheld terminal based on Qualcomm’s Q-6690 platform, integrating 5G + Wi-Fi 7 smart handheld terminal with ultra-high frequency RFID functionality, providing solutions for IoT data management. Qualcomm’s Q-6690 is the world’s first enterprise-grade processor to fully integrate ultra-high frequency RFID functionality, with an 8-core CPU and a clock speed of up to 2.9GHz, providing 6 TOPS of edge AI computing power to efficiently process massive data collected from IoT devices locally, while also incorporating security protection mechanisms to ensure data security. This terminal integrates IoT technologies such as 5G, Wi-Fi 7, image recognition, and NFC, supporting intercom and backend management functions, suitable for large factories, warehouses, supermarkets, and hospitals, enabling rapid inventory, tracking, and management, enhancing IoT management efficiency. The device supports IP68 waterproof rating, includes eSIM, is compatible with 3GPP R16 protocol, covering mainstream operator frequency bands globally, and supports OTA upgrades from Android 15 to 20, extending product lifecycle and ensuring long-term stable operation of IoT devices.
Source: Official Release
14. 2025 Yiwu Logistics Expo Kicks Off, IoT Technology Builds Global Logistics Ecosystem
Abstract: The 2025 Yiwu Logistics Expo in December will leverage IoT technology to facilitate global logistics collaboration.
From December 6-8, 2025, the 10th China Yiwu International Logistics Industry Expo will be held at the Yiwu International Expo Center, themed “Developing Modern Logistics, Sharing Logistics Economy,” planning 2200 international standard exhibition booths, and is expected to attract 60,000 professional buyers. Yiwu, as a global procurement and distribution center for small commodities, has deeply integrated IoT technology into the logistics industry, gathering 1056 international freight forwarding companies and 4876 import and export companies, with branches of 18 international shipping companies established, forming a logistics network covering “sea, land, and air.” In 2024, the total foreign trade volume exceeded 668.9 billion yuan, with cross-border e-commerce transactions reaching 140.1 billion yuan. The expo will feature nine exhibition areas, covering logistics express, cross-border e-commerce logistics, and logistics application technologies, among which the logistics application technology area will showcase digital solutions such as RFID, IoT, and logistics software. Concurrently, foreign trade factory exhibitions and multiple forums will be held to promote the “logistics – foreign trade – production” IoT collaboration, helping enterprises build efficient logistics systems and share the dividends of the global logistics economy.
Source: Sohu
15. Chun’an Police Use IoT Technology to Protect Qiandao Lake, Practicing a New Model of Ecological Policing
Abstract: Chun’an Police uses IoT technology to build defenses, protecting the ecology and water source safety of Qiandao Lake.
In Zhejiang, Chun’an Police leverages ecological policing to protect Qiandao Lake, an important drinking water source, constructing “three lines of defense” to ensure water source safety. The first line of defense relies on national-level water quality monitoring IoT devices to strengthen management of upstream rivers entering the lake, promoting the construction of ecological interception ditches; the second line of defense integrates waterborne, shore-based, and aerial IoT sensing devices through the “Smart Fishery Administration” platform, forming a “three-in-one” intelligent management model to monitor water area dynamics in real-time; the third line of defense focuses on the water intake grid, enhancing IoT data sharing through party-building alliances and joint law enforcement models, solidifying protective barriers. Currently, the water quality in the Qiandao Lake basin maintains a surface water Class I standard, with a 100% compliance rate for drinking water source quality. Additionally, Chun’an Police has established 72 ecological police officers at various levels, forming volunteer teams like the “Green Tide Watchers,” and developed the “Riding Encounter Qiandao Lake” app to collect traffic and visitor data through IoT technology, serving the event economy and achieving a win-win for ecological protection and economic development.
Source：Democracy and Law Network
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