Guangdong’s draft 15th Five-Year Plan for the information and communications
sector, released for public comment, proposes provincial support for satellite
and space‑ground network development. The draft calls for organizing firms to
join national satellite‑IoT commercial trials and planning an integrated
communications‑navigation‑remote‑sensing LEO constellation for the
Guangdong‑Hong Kong‑Macao Greater Bay Area. It seeks deployment of ground‑space
interconnection centers and gateway stations as key fusion nodes, integration of
satellite and terrestrial mobile infrastructure, and exploration of network
coverage for low‑altitude airspace above 300m and for remote areas. The plan
promotes direct‑to‑phone satellite services and satellite IoT, targeting a
satellite‑communications user base of 1 mln, and launches a ‘Broadband Guangdong
Sea’ initiative to build a maritime 5G/5G‑A + subsea fiber + satellite
communications and sensing network.
