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China's 5G smartphones will be available in the second half of 2019, and can be widely used next year, Zhang Yunyong, president of the China Unicom Research Institute, told the press on Sunday ahead of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). Clearly, the 5G race is heating up and entering a critical period. It's the time to quit paying lip service and demonstrating some real applications.