Automated guided vehicles supported by 5G networks are used to carry loads at a solar cell production facility in Jinhua, east China's Zhejiang Province, April 27, 2023. [Photo by Hu Xiaofei/China News Service]

The number of China's 5G base stations had exceeded 2.64 million by the end of March this year, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said on April 20, 2023.