Development of the Chinese Mobile Phone Key Component Industry

In 2006, annual mobile phone production volume in China reached 460 million units. This figure represented an increase of 53.5% compared to 2005; China' s share of total global mobile phone production rose from 37.5% in 2005 to 46.7% in 2006. Leading international mobile phone vendors have been expanding their mobile phone production capacity in China, such as Nokia and Sony Ericsson in Beijing, Motorola and Samsung in Tianjin. The role that China plays within the global mobile phone supply chain is becoming steadily more important. The development of mobile phone industry clusters within China has stimulated the growth of the mobile phone component industry. This report will examine the current state of mobile phone IC, structural component, optoelectronic component, application module, and functional component production in China.