5G is expected to drive a technological reform lasting 15 years and create a series of start-up opportunities, a senior official of the US chip giant Qualcomm told a local forum over the weekend. Driven by 5G technology, people will see billions of Internet of Things, mass data and new capabilities, such as abundant perceptions, local storage, protection for privacy and security of industrial application, along with efficient, real-time, automated and personalized capabilities, Shen Jin, vice president of Qualcomm and managing director of the company's venture capital investment sector, told the Demo World innovation summit. China has 285 million 5G subscribers with more than 819,000 5G base stations, accounting for 80 percent of the world's total and making it the world's biggest 5G market, according to the world's biggest mobile chip maker.