Report on BEREC International Mission to China

BEREC Chair 2019 Mr Jeremy Godfrey (ComReg) and the Vice-Chairs Johannes Gungl (RTR), Mr Dan Sjöblom (PTS), Ms Tanja Muha (AKOS), Mr Konstantinos Masselos (EETT), Mr Marcin Cichy (UKE) accompanied by Ms Elisabeth Aarsæther (NKOM), Ms Elisabeth Dornetshumer (RTR) and Mr Tom Boyce, BEREC CN Chair 2019, travelled to China to meet institutional and industry stakeholders. The meetings were held in Beijing, Shenzhen and Hong Kong and covered a wide range of topics. The delegation was particularly interested in the following topics: 5G rollout and use cases, ultra-fast broadband, IoT and spectrum assignment. Regarding 5G rollout, from the discussions with the different stakeholders, it appears that China is making big efforts to be in the leading countries in the race towards 5G deployment. Net neutrality issues were discussed with one stakeholder and while there is no legislation underpinning the OI principles, it appears that Chinese companies are monitoring the varying regional approaches on this subject across the world.