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Communications of China

Telephones - main lines in use:368 million (2006)
Telephones - mobile cellular:437.48 million (2006)
Telephone system:general assessment: domestic and international services are increasingly available for private use; unevenly distributed domestic system serves principal cities, industrial centers, and many towns; China continues to develop its telecommunications infrastructure, and is partnering with foreign providers to expand its global reach; 3 of China's 6 major telecommunications operators are part of an international consortium which, in December 2006, signed an agreement with Verizon Business to build the first next-generation optical cable system directly linking the US mainland and China
domestic: interprovincial fiber-optic trunk lines and cellular telephone systems have been installed; mobile cellular subscribership is increasing rapidly; a domestic satellite system with 55 earth stations is in place
international: country code - 86; satellite earth stations - 5 Intelsat (4 Pacific Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean), 1 Intersputnik (Indian Ocean region) and 1 Inmarsat (Pacific and Indian Ocean regions); several international fiber-optic links to Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Russia, and Germany (2000)
Radio broadcast stations:AM 369, FM 259, shortwave 45 (1998)
Radios:417 million (1997)
Television broadcast stations:3,240 (of which 209 are operated by China Central Television, 31 are provincial TV stations, and nearly 3,000 are local city stations) (1997)
Televisions:400 million (1997)
Internet country code:.cn
Internet hosts:232,780 (2006)
Internet Service Providers (ISPs):3 (2000)
Internet users:123 million (2006)

China Quickstats

  • Population: 1,321,851,888 (July 2007 est.)
  • Area: 9,596,960 sq km
  • Density:
  • GDP (total):
  • GDP (per capita):
  • Literacy: 90.9%

Languages of China

  • Standard Chinese or Mandarin
  • Yue
  • Wu
  • Minbei
  • Minnan

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China Internet

  • Usage: 162,000,000
  • Penetration: 12.3 %
  • Top Domain: .ch

WT eBusiness info:

  • Success Ranking: 100
  • Market testing: Untested
  • Overall risk: High
  • Overall reward: Low

e-maturity:

  • Tourism: 10%
  • eCommerce: 10%
  • Gaming: 10%
  • eLearning: 10%

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