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Tech innovation leads China s coal-rich Shanxi on smarter, greener path Xinhua | Updated: 2021-07-05 13:25 Tashan Coal Mine. [Photo/Jinneng Holding]
TAIYUAN In a coal mine 500 meters underground, Chen Jianlong holds a 5G mobile phone, opens an app and taps the screen to hail a vehicle. In less than a minute, a rubber-tyred vehicle approached. In the past, workers had to call for vehicles through wired telephones and wait for word from the ground, said Chen, a technician with Tashan Coal Mine, located in the city of Datong, North China s Shanxi province.
The introduction of the 5G network in this coal mine has changed things, with services allowing for one-click vehicle hailing, intelligent patrolling by robots and smooth video calls with ground staff.
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