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China Daily | Updated: 2014-07-25 07:33
Nation reports first-half sales of 200m smartphones
Consumption of information products and services in China surged 20 percent year-on-year in the first half of 2014, according to a Chinese official. Information consumption topped 1.35 trillion yuan ($218 billion), Zhang Feng, chief engineer at the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, told a press conference on Thursday. Nearly 200 million smartphones were shipped during the period, accounting for 87 percent of total mobile phone output, Zhang said. E-commerce transactions expanded 26.7 percent.
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