China is currently the world's second largest telecommunications marketis expected to surpass the United States as the largest market over the next few years. Exports tend to be more advanced technology products, such as networking equipment, while imports tend to be commodity products, such as telephones and answering machines.
Mobile phones are one of the fastest growing sectors in China's telecommunications market.
It is expected to have 60 million by the end of this year and projected to have 150 million by 2005. Foreign participation in China's telecommunications market has primarily been limited to equipment sales since it is illegal for foreign companies to own or operate communications networks in China. For more information on the Chinese telecom market, contact John Henry .