TEDA and IMIE Pursue Breakthroughs in Japan by Connecting China's Mobile Communications Industry with Overseas Markets

TEDA and IMIE Pursue Breakthroughs in Japan by Connecting China's Mobile Communications Industry with Overseas Markets

September 29, 2007

IMIE 2008 Triggers Partnership Programs at CEATEC JAPAN
2007


    TIANJIN, China, Sept. 29 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- The
organizers of the International Mobile Phone Industry
Exhibition & Forum (IMIE) announced today that IMIE
will launch its new global partnership program at CEATEC
JAPAN 2007. IMIE is the largest mobile communication
industry event in China that is annually held in Tianjin,
the biggest mobile phone manufacturing base of China. At
this CEATEC, IMIE will work with a leading market research
agency from China to organize a seminar in its booth (booth
number: 5G09).  TEDA and IMIE will disclose their
partnership programs at "the Seminar on the
Opportunities and Access to the ICT market of China".

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    China's information and communications technology (ICT)
industry has experienced a continuous fast growth since the
first public mobile communications service was introduced
20 years ago, so the ICT industry here is expecting a
series of new growth opportunities and changes.  These
coming opportunities drive IMIE expand its coverage to
global market and new technology sources.  IMIE 2008, which
will be held during June 12-14 next year in Tianjin will
depict these opportunities.

    In the 1st half of 2007, the electronics and
information industry of China kept a high-speed growth. 
The statistics from the Ministry of Information Industry of
China shows that the whole industry recorded a revenue of
RMB2175.16 billion in this period, a growth of 18.2%
compared with the same time last year.  The manufacturing
industry caught a revenue of RMB1915.01 billion, a growth
of 17.6% over the same period of last year.  The software
industry implemented a revenue of RMB260.15 billion, up 23%
compared to the same period last year.

  
    The yield of main products of China's ICT industry
    (January - July 2007)

    Product                  Unit     Year to July  
Production   Year over  
                                       production      in
same       Year    
                                                     period
last   Growth (%) 
                                                       
year             
    Mobile handsets (GSM    Million      
     and CDMA)               Sets        302.75       
235£®69        28.5                                 
    Mobile communication    Million           
     base stations           Channels      9.31         
5£®47        70.4                                
    LCD TVs                 Million           
                             Sets          7£®45         
4£®22        76.4                             
    Laptop computers        Million          
                             Sets         44£®81        
32£®14        39.4
    Servers                 Million           
                             Sets          2£®32         
1£®21        91.7                              
    Semiconductor IC        Billion          
                             Pieces       22£®94        
19.840       15.6                                
      Source: the Ministry of Information Industry of
China


    Under the situation of high speed growth, some great
changes are happening within the ICT industry of China. 
For example, a lot of global leading ICT enterprises
started to relocate their R&D in China after their
manufacturing facilities, the driving forces resulting from
the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the deployment of the
homegrown 3G mobile communications international standards
(TD-SCDMA) of China, as well as the fast improving design
& manufacturing capabilities of mobile handsets.

    In China, the central government has launched a new
state policy to hasten the development of the Binhai New
Area (BNA).  BNA is located Tianjin, the center of China's
Bohai Bay Industry Circle in Northern China.  The
development of BNA has the hinterland of Beijing, Tianjin
and Hebei, and serves the full Bohai area.  The Bohai Bay
Indsutry Circle has very close connections to Northeastern
region of Asia. 

    The ICT industry is one of the pillar industries in
Tianjin and the whole Bohai Bay economic circle.  The core
of BNA is the Tianjin Economic-Technological Development
Area (TEDA), and this area plays a very important role in
the mobile phone industry of China. Motorola (China)
Electronics Co., Ltd., Tianjin Samsung Communications
Technology Co, Ltd., and Tianjin Sanyo Communications
Equipment Co., Ltd. are based here in Tianjin, sharing more
than 25% of the whole yield of China.  If counted, the
manufacturers like Nokia China, Daxian Group, Haier Group,
Lenovo Mobile, Sony Ericsson, Panasonic Putian and CECT,
all based here, the yield of mobile phones in the Bohai Bay
Area exceeded 200 million sets in 2006.  There are other
advantages in the Beijing-Tianjin area.  The area collects
operators, headquarters, value-added service providers,
content providers, software vendors, and chip and
components makers. Hence, the mobile phone industry in this
area plays a significant role in China and even throughout
the world.

    "The mobile phone industry of China in 2007 will
achieve two 500 million breakthroughs, the first one is
that the subscriber base of mobile phones in China broke
500 million users not long ago.  China has already become a
single market that owns the largest number of mobile service
subscribers.  Another 500-million breakthrough is the
production of mobile phones manufactured in China.  The
statistics from the Ministry of Information Industry of
China showed that the total yield this year in China was
560 million sets so far this year, and we are very
confident of this figure from year to date shipments of
leading manufacturers in TEDA," said Wang Ying, the
deputy director of the TEDA Office in Japan. 

    Wang added, "TEDA is paying much attention to the
construction of the mobile communications industry chain at
the center of BNA.  Each year, we jointly hold the IMIE with
some other leading local partners, and the IMIE has been
supported by China's Ministry of Information Industry (MII)
and Ministry of Commerce (MOC).  Both TEDA and IMIE have
become shortcuts for overseas companies to access China's
fast growing mobile communications industry and markets. 
Now, we have a plan to connect this event to more overseas
partners. That's the reason why we participate actively in
CEATEC JAPAN.  Besides meeting with our potential partners,
we hold two high-class seminars everyday to help the related
enterprises and partners in Japan to understand the market
of China.  The seminar will help them to find a direct
approach to the China market."

    In 2008, the annually held IMIE will have its 6th
session in TEDA.  The co-organizers of IMIE are the China
Institute of Communication, the TD-SCDMA Industry Alliance,
the Tianjin Commission of Commerce, the Tianjin Municipal
Economic Commission, the Information Industry Office of the
Tianjin Municipal People's Government, the Tianjin
Communication Administration and the Administrative
Commission of TEDA.  This exhibition will be held in the
Tianjin Binhai International Convention and Exhibition
Center from June 12 to 14, 2008.

    As the biggest mobile phone industry exhibition and
conference in China, IMIE provides a shortcut to access
China's fast developing ICT industry. This exhibition will
set five main pavilions, including: the fashion technology
pavilion, where the exhibitors will be global mobile
service carriers, mobile phone producers, handheld device
makers (PHS, PDA and handheld computers), phone design
houses, ODMs, OEMs and EMS providers; the core technology
pavilion, where exhibitors will be global mobile phone
module makers, hardware platform suppliers, chip venders,
key parts producers, and material and equipment suppliers;
the value-added applications pavilion, with exhibitors
being the global value-added application solutions
providers, software venders in the area of operation
systems, JAVA applications, BREW business, mobile phone
navigation, mobile TV and mobile commerce; the parts
suppliers pavilion, with exhibitors from the global mobile
phone parts business and structure material manufacturers;
and the manufacturing and industry service pavilion, with
exhibitors being the mobile phone testing and packaging
service providers, and material and equipment suppliers.

    The goal of IMIE is to become a tier-1 international
mobile phone industry event.  Based on the successes of the
previous five exhibitions, IMIE plans to spread its
international influence through broader overseas
partnerships. Currently, IMIE has partnered with JEITA,
CIAJ and CEATEC in Japan.  The organizers of IMIE are
talking with many industry organizations, publishers, and
chambers of commerce for further cooperation. 

    During the CEATEC JAPAN 2007, IMIE invited speakers
from TEDA and Beijing New Synergy Consulting Co, Ltd., a
professional market research and promotion company in
China.  IMIE will hold "the Seminar on Opportunity and
Access to China ICT Market" everyday at 10:30 in the
morning and 14:30 in the afternoon in its booth (No. 5G09),
from Oct 2 to 4, 2007.  The topics of the seminar include
the introduction of the trends of the China mobile
communications market, BNA, TEDA and industrial cooperation
among Northeast Asia, as well as how to use industry events
like IMIE to enter the fast growing China markets. This
forum is free, but the participants need to send an email
to [e-mail] to register their
participation.

    "Japan is very successful in mobile communications
industry.  We want to establish communication channels
between Japanese enterprises along the mobile
communications industry chain and our Chinese partners. 
One of the goals that brings us to Japan is to provide
clear information and early services to our potential
clients and partners," said Jason Tian, the project
manager of IMIE, "Through the exhibition, we hope to
find Japanese partners for shows and forums, recruit local
sales and service representatives and increase awareness
for potential exhibitors and press in Japan.  We are sure
that these aims can be achieved."

    About Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area
(TEDA)

    Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area (TEDA)
was established in 1984 with the approval of the State
Council of the People's Republic of China.  It is one of
the first state-class economic-technological development
areas in the country. 

    TEDA is located in the center of a larger area
bordering Bohai Sea and the east of the Asia-Europe Land
Bridge, thus serving as the gate to the two super cities of
Beijing and Tianjin, and the throat connecting the northeast
of China.  By the end of 2006, 4,299 foreign companies have
landed in TEDA.  Of the Fortune 500 companies, 57
multinational companies, from 10 countries and regions,
including such well-established multinational giants as
Motorola, Samsung and Toyota, invested in 123 enterprises
in TEDA.  In 2000, "Fortune" listed TEDA as one
of the most highly recommended economic areas in China.  In
2002 UNIDO listed TEDA as one of the most dynamic areas of
China together with Shenzhen, Suzhou, Wenzhou, Shanghai
Pudong and Xi'an High-tech Park.


    For more information, please contact:

     Ding Lei
     Phone: [phone]

     Yang Chonghao
     Phone: [phone]
 
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