How can I put it? In fact, studying patents can basically determine a country's leading level in some fields. So you can understand that China is moving faster in the development of 6G. Of course, this is no secret to the insiders, because as we all know, as early as the development of 5G, preparations for the development of 6G communication technology have already begun. For example, when Huawei developed 5G, there was actually a team developing 6G at the same time, because the research and development of this underlying technology was time-consuming and labor-intensive. If the next generation technology is mature, the progress of such research and development will slow down, so many enterprises will.
There is a saying that China's research in some frontier fields can keep pace with other developed countries or be ahead of other countries. Just like this 6G technology, most of the 6G technology patents in the world are contributed by us. Of course, we can't simply think that the number of patents can determine the development level of a country, because other countries may overtake in corners, which is the case with technology research and development. However, the leading number of patents at least means that our research in this field is really in-depth, which also means that we have a greater probability of successfully developing 6G technology. But don't be too optimistic, because you can't make this thing yourself, or you can't avoid the patent restrictions of other developed countries, just as most of the 5G patents are owned by Huawei, but Huawei still needs some 5G patents from Qualcomm.
Generally speaking, the large number of specialties shows that our research on 6G is more and more advanced.