Telecom giant accelerates to explore America

WASHINGTON - As he witnesses the booming tourism and business exchanges between China and the United States, Tan Yijun, president of China Telecom Americas (CT Americas), is excited about the huge market potential in mobile and data communication service.

"This is the market we must work on," Tan told China Daily from the company's headquarters in Herndon, Virginia - a state where the company is the largest Chinese investor.

According to the US Department of Commerce, in the first 10 months of last year, visits from the Chinese mainland rose 36 percent annually to a record 940,000.