China's mobile phone output is expected to reach 340 million units this year, with 250 million units to be exported, the Ministry of Information Industry predicts.

 

Statistics released by the Ministry's Economic Operation Department said China produced 303 million mobile phones in 2005, up 30 percent on the previous year, and it exported 228 million units, a rise of 56 percent.

 

An official of the department said that mobile phone manufacturers of domestic brands stepped up the exploration of international markets in 2005.

 

Their yearly export hit 13.21 million units, up 106.2 percent, of which Ningbo Bird brand contributed 6.05 million units or 46 percent. Meanwhile, Zhongxing Telecom has become a global supplier of 3G terminals.

 

(Xinhua News Agency February 28, 2006)