On June 17th, 2026, the Guangdong Province 6G Industry Innovation Development Alliance Establishment Conference and Guangdong Province 6G Innovation Development Seminar were held in Guangzhou. The event marked the official establishment of the Guangdong Province 6G Industry Innovation Development Alliance, aiming to advance coordinated innovation and high-quality development across the 6G industry.

Guangdong plans to take early steps in laying out frontier basic technologies for 6G. Leveraging its strengths in telecommunications manufacturing, the province will focus on R&D for full-chain communication equipment, including 6G base stations, core networks, and bearer networks. With abundant industrial resources and diverse application scenarios, it intends to build a number of replicable and scalable 6G-integrated innovation demonstration projects in areas such as industrial manufacturing, embodied AI, and smart terminals, offering a Guangdong model for the rest of the country.

China Unicom Guangdong has already made deep inroads into 6G-related fields. The company continues to bolster 6G R&D in the Greater Bay Area through two major platforms, the Greater Bay Area Unicom Innovation Institute and the China Unicom 6G Laboratory Southern Base. It has previously accumulated technological expertise in 5G and 5G-Advanced, and has delivered application outcomes in smart manufacturing, low-altitude economy, smart ocean, urban governance, and other sectors, laying a solid foundation for the commercialization of 6G technologies.

At present, Guangdong's 6G industry as a whole is firmly positioned in the global first tier. On the industrial front, leading players such as Huawei, ZTE, OPPO, and vivo are deeply engaged in global 6G standard-setting, giving the province a prominent voice in the industry. On the ecosystem front, the province boasts a complete information industry chain and a vast array of application scenarios. Technologically, its strong AI industrial cluster provides all-round empowerment for 6G network upgrades and deployment. In addition, Guangdong has built the world's largest 5G/5G-A local network, serving as a premium testing ground for 6G technological iteration.