mobile communication & internet in china professor wang xiangdong guest eijs stockholm school of economics dsv university from iqte chinese academy social sciences august october 2001 i summary became the number one country world terms subscriber base as at july when its user size increased to 120 6 million it is very impressive see that telephony grows so quickly on hand and wap fails pave way market other however there have been some important changes taking place field based background s telecommunications take off last decade this paper discusses issues sector with a special focus progress date part result my academic visit sweden ii preface acknowledgements was written during most advanced countries has now