At the “CCSA Next Generation Optical Transport Network Industry and Technical Standards Promotion Committee (TC618) inaugural meeting” and the “New Generation Optical Transport Network Development Forum (NGOF) 2020 Annual Meeting” held today, Wu Hequan, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, said: The optical fiber communications will continue to play an important role as the foundation of digital infrastructure.

Wu Hequan pointed out: 2020 is unforgettable in the world, not only the globalized new crown pneumonia epidemic, but also the “decoupling” of anti-globalization. The representative is the “clean 5G network path plan” concocted by the United States, which is directed at China’s mobile communications and Internet technology products and services, and China’s optical fiber submarine cable system and international telecommunications operating companies in the United States are not immune.

Will the upcoming 2021 continue the major changes that have not been seen in a century or will there be a bright future? Wu Hequan believes that the international situation in 2021 will still have great uncertainty, but the trend of information technology-led technological revolution and industrial transformation will be even more obvious and the recovery of the global economy after the epidemic has higher expectations for the digitization, networking and intelligence of the economy and society.

“What is certain is that the new generation of information technology will still be the main engine for a long time in the future among many technological variables. It is the commanding height of international competition, and it is also the starting point for our country to create a new pattern of development. It is an accelerator for a smooth double cycle. Optical fiber communication will continue to play an important role in the foundation of digital infrastructure, and the country’s mission is glorious!” said Wu Hequan.