Company Name: China Mobile Communications Corporation (China Mobile) ( 中国移动通信集团公司 ( 中国移动 ) )

Ownership Type: State-owned

Industry: Services

Rank (ranked by the total sales revenue in 2004): 4

Headquarters' Location (Zip code): No.29 Financial Street, Xicheng District, Beijing , China ( 中国北京市西城区金融大厦 29 号 (100032) )

Legal Representative and Chairman: Wang Jianzhou

Telephone: 86-10-63604903

Fax:  86-10-63604902

Total Revenue (2004): RMB 198.293 billion

Number of Employees(2004): 120,800

Net Profit (2004): RMB 42 billion

Registered Capital: RMB 51.8 billion

Total Asset (2004): RMB 400 billion

Total Issued Shares: NA

Company website: www.chinamobile.com

Brief History

China Mobile Communications Corporation (China Mobile for short) was officially established on April 20th, 2000 and is directly under the central government. It is a key state-owned enterprise based on the mobile business that split from the former China Telecom as a result of the reform and restructuring of China 's communications industry.

China Mobile Communications Corporation has a registered capital of 51.8 billion RMB yuan, assets of over 320 billion RMB yuan and 120,800 employees. It has wholly-owned subsidiaries in 10 provinces (autonomous regions) in China and fully holds the equity of China Mobile (HK) Group Limited.

Major share holders

China Mobile is a key state-owned enterprise based on the mobile business that split from the former China Telecom as a result of the reform and restructuring of China 's communications industry.

China Mobile fully holds the equity of China Mobile (HK) Group Limited. China Mobile (HK) Limited, of which China Mobile (HK) Group Limited is the major shareholder, set wholly-owned subsidiaries in 21 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government) in China and went public in HK and New York Stock Exchanges.(0941)

Business overview

China Mobile operates not only basic mobile voice services but also value-added services such as data, IP telephone and multimedia. It has the right to operate Internet services and the international gateways, reputed for its brands like GoTone, Shenzhouxing and M-Zone, and provide services through network number of 139, 138, 137, 136 and 135.

Top management

Wang Jianzhou: President. Mr. Wang was born in December 1948 and graduated from Zhejiang University of China. Mr. Wang once was appointed Chairman and President of China Unicom Co.,Ltd and he worked in communication fields for many years. Mr. Wang once posted as Director General of Hangzhou Telecommunication Bureau, Deputy Director General of Zhejiang Post & Telecom Administration Bureau, Department Officer of Post & Telecom Ministry Program Construction Department, etc. respectively.