January

January 7, China Telecom obtained the 3G mobile license and the new version of telecom operating license from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China. 

January 7-9, China Communications Services Corporation hosted the Annual Work Meeting.

January 15, China Telecom hosted in Beijing the Spring Thanks-Giving Meeting Entitled as ¡°Welcome Spring with Tianyi (3G mobile brand) and Travel Freely around the World¡± for the VIP Customers.

January 16, China Telecom hosted a work report for the department leaders from the headquarters for 2008.

January 25, China Telecom issued the Tianyi international telephone cards, while expanding the roaming countries and regions from 16 to 220.

January 25, The Company Executive accompanied by the Labor Union leaders paid a visit to six provinces and offered help, and met with the local employees in Sichuan, Gansu and some northern provinces affected by the natural disasters.

February

China Telecom completed preparative work for the relevant network optimization for the 3G formal operation

China Telecom obtained the official approval for the CDMA 825-831 MHz 2X6 frequencies

China Telecom completed the application procedures for joining the Institute of Electrical and Electronics for Engineers (IEEE).

March

March 3, China Telecom and its subsidiary Shanghai corporation were awarded the ¡°Advanced Units for the National Legal Knowledge Popularization¡± by the Propaganda Department of the Chinese Party Committee, the Ministry of Justice, and the National Legal Knowledge Popularization Office.

March 9, China Telecom signed the Strategic Cooperation Agreement in Beijing with Zejiang Provincial Government for the ¡°Digital Zejiang Project¡±.

March 11, China Telecom signed the Strategic Cooperation Agreement in Beijing with Hunan Provincial Government for the ¡°Ten Information Industry Projects in Hunan.

March 12, China Telecom signed the Strategic Cooperation Agreement in Beijing with Haixin Group Company and Haier Group Company.

March 20, China Telecom signed the Strategic Cooperation Agreement in Jinan with Shandong Provincial Government for Promoting the Information Industry Construction.

March 24, China Telecom issued the 2008 Annual Report for China Telecom Corporation Limited.

March 30, Mr. Li Rongrong, Chairman of the Stated-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC) paid a working visit to China Telecom.

March 30, China Telecom successfully completed the communications guarantee for the two Conferences (i.e. the National People's Congress and the Chinese Political Consultative Conference) and the Letter Inquiring work for the social stability

March 30, China Telecom organized the group company to implement the deep study of the Scientific Outlook on Development.

March 30, China Telecom became the designed dealer for the entrance tickets for the Expo 2010 Shanghai.

April

April 2, China Telecom issued 2008 Annual Report for China Communications Services Corporation Limited.

April 2, China Telecom signed the Strategic Cooperation Agreement in Nanjing with Jiangsu Provincial Government for Promoting National Economic and Social Development Information Industry Construction.

April 3, Mr. Liu Qi, a member of Political Bureau of CPC and the Secretary of Beijing Municipal paid a working visit to China Telecom.

April 10, Mr. Wang Ercheng, Deputy Group Leader of the Central Stated-Owned Enterprises Leading Group for Implementing the Scientific Outlook on Development and Deputy Director of Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee, paid a working visit to China Telecom.

April 10, China Telecom signed the Strategic Cooperation Framework in Beijing with the Information Centre of the Stated-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council

April 13, Mr. Xi Jinping, Standing Member of the Political Bureau of CPC, Secretariat of the Central Committee, Vice Chairman, Group Leader of the Studying the Scientific Outlook on Development paid a working visit to China Telecom for inspection of the study activity and the business operation. After the inspection, the Party Leader Group of the China Telecom immediately organized a meeting to study about the speeches made by Mr. Xi Jinping, Vice Chairman, and made a detailed plan to carry out the spirits within the whole company.

April 16,  A News Release was held about the ¡°Tianyi 3G Roaming¡± product, which upgraded the ¡°Tianyi¡± brand seamless to the 3G Internet Mobile Handset, the official announcement that 3G service was made available to the public.

April 20, The group company held an exchange conference for the deep study of the Scientific Outlook on Development. Mr. Wang Ersheng, Deputy Minister of the Organization Department of CPC and the deputy group leader for the Central Enterprise Studying Group from the CPC, and Mr. Zhu Shen, the third Study and Inspection Group of the Enterprises under the central government, also attended the conference.

April 23, China Telecom signed the Strategic Cooperation Agreement in Guangzhou with Guangdong Provincial Government for jointly promoting the ¡°Digital Guangdong¡±

April 23, The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and the State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission under the State Council held an appraisal meeting for the enterprises under the State Council. 19 Advanced Collectives and 29 Individuals from China Telecom had received the formal appraisal.

April 24, China Telecom signed the Strategic Cooperation Agreement in Haikou with the Hainan Provincial Government for jointly building the ¡°Information and Intelligence Islands¡±

April 24, China Telecom was awarded as the ¡°2009 Best Lawyer within the Chinese Invested Companies¡± and the ¡°Best Lawyer within China by the magazine of ¡°Asia Legal Business¡±

April 27, China Telecom signed the Strategic Agreement with Microsoft (China) for the all-around cooperation in many areas such as mobile communications, cloud computing, etc.

April 28, China Telecom signed the Strategic Cooperation Agreement in Shanghai with Shanghai Municipal Government for the Informatization Construction and the Promotion of the ¡°Four Centres¡± Development.

April 28, China Telecom signed the Strategic Cooperation Agreement in Nanchang with Jiangxi Provincial Government for Promoting the Informatization Construction.

April 28, The Signing Ceremony was held at Puxi Shanghai Expo Centre for the Information Museums joint built by China Telecom and China Mobile entitled as ¡°Information and Communications, Dream of the Modern Cities¡±.

May

In May, a democratic life meeting was held by the corporation leaders for summarizing the study of the Scientific Outlook on Development and came up with an analysis report.

May 8, China Telecom signed the Strategic Cooperation Agreement in Beijing with VIA Technologies, Inc.

May 14, China Telecom signed the Strategic Cooperation Agreement in Zhengzhou with Henan Provincial Government for Promoting the Informatization Construction.

May 16, China Telecom signed the Strategic Cooperation Agreement in Huhhot with Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Government for Promoting the National Economic Development and the Informatization Construction.

May 17, China Telecom signed the Strategic Cooperation Agreement in Kunming with Yunnan Provincial Government for Promoting the Informatization Construction.

May 18, China Telecom signed the Strategic Cooperation Agreement in Chengdu with Sichuan Provincial Government for Promoting the Informatization Construction and the Great Development of the Northwest China.

May 21, China Telecom signed the Strategic Cooperation Agreement in Beijing with Beijing Municipal Government for Promoting the Informatization Construction and the Development of the Information Industry.

May 26, China Telecom signed the Supplementary Agreement in Beijing with Microsoft and Shanghai MSN Network Technology Limited for the Messenger Joint Brand and released the news for Tianyi Product, which indicated that China Telecom¡¯s Instant Live Messenger was on the commercial use.

May 27, China Telecom signed the Strategic Cooperation Agreement in Wuhan with Hubei Provincial Government for Promoting the Informatization Construction.

June.

June 2, China Telecom signed the Strategic Cooperation Agreement in Hefei with Anhui Provincial Government for Promoting the National Economic Development and the Social Informatization Construction.

June 3, Mr. Guo Yanyan, Party Group Leader Member of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and Inspection Group Leader  stationed in the Ministry by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the CPC, and the Deputy Group Leader for the Guiding the Industry into the nominal operation, paid an inspection visit to China Telecom.

June 3, China Telecom signed the Cooperation Agreement with Shenzhen City Government and became the only official global all-service partner for the 26th World University Student Game.

June 5, China Telecom signed the Strategic Cooperation Agreement in Nanning with the Government of Guangxi Zhuang Nationality Autonomous Region for Promoting the Informatization Construction.

June 16, Madam Louis Munga Isozi, Minister of the Posts and Telecommunications of Congo (Congo-Kinshasa) paid a visit to China Telecom and China Communications Services Corporation Limited.

June 17, China Telecom signed the Strategic Cooperation Agreement in Xi¡¯an with Shaanxi Provincial Government for Promoting Economic, Social and the Informatization Construction.

June 18, China Telecom signed the Strategic Cooperation Agreement in Lhasa with the Government of Tibet Autonomous Region for Promoting the National Economic Development and the Social Informatization Construction.

June 23, China Telecom signed the Agreement in Beijing with the Ministry of Agriculture for Building the ¡°Maritime Fishery CDMA Communications System¡±.

June 25, China Telecom signed the Strategic Cooperation Agreement in Lanzhou with Gansu Provincial Government for Promoting the Informatization Construction.

June 25, China Telecom hosted the ¡°Tianyi 3G Terminal Industry Chain Summit Forum¡±.

June 30, China Telecom and China Communications Services Corporation Limited signed the Strategic Cooperation Agreement respectively with China Development Bank.

China Telecom Corporation Limited was awarded with the ¡°Best Investor Relations (the first)¡±, the ¡°Best Corporate Management (the second¡±), the ¡°Best Enterprise Social Responsibility (the second), the ¡°Best Corporate Governance¡± (the third), and the ¡°Best Stock Dividend (the third)¡± by ¡°Asia Finance¡± in 2009. Meanwhile, in the individual elections, Mr. Wang Xiaochu, Chairman of the Board and CEO was elected as the ¡°Best CEO¡± in Great China in Asia (the first), Madam Wu Andi, Vice President & CFO was elected as the ¡°Best CFO¡± in Great China in Asia.

China Telecom was awarded the Golden Ant Prize entitled as the National Excellent Achievement for the Golden Card Project in 2009.

July

As the first Model Company of the Ten Great State-Owned Enterprises in 2009, China Telecom was on the high agenda of the medias such as China Central Television, Xinhua News Agency, Peoples¡¯ Daily, etc, organized by the Propaganda Department of CPC Central Committee and the State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council

July 8, China Telecom signed the Cooperation Framework in Beijing with China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited.

July 13-15, A symposium was held in Heilongjiang for the General Managers.

July 17, China Telecom signed the Strategic Cooperation Agreement in Chengdu with Wuliangye Brewery Company Limited.

July 22, China Telecom signed the Strategic Cooperation Agreement with the Import and Export Finance Insurance Company of China.

July 30, China Telecom realized the EVDO coverage across 31 provinces, 342 cities, 2055 counties and more than 6000 townships. China Telecom officially launched the multimedia messages and newspapers on the mobile handsets.

China Telecom Corporation Limited was elected as ¡°2009 Best Governance Company in Great China in Asia¡± by the magazine of ¡°Corporate Governance Asia¡±.

China Telecom Corporation Limited was elected consecutively for four years as the Excellent Telecom Enterprise in China in 2009 by the ¡°Capital¡± Magazine.

August

Aug. 5, China Telecom held a Signing Ceremony with Beijing Municipal Government for the ¡°Beijing 800 MHz Wireless Governmental Network¡±.

Aug. 8, China Telecom won the Brand China ¡°Huapu Medal¡± on the third China Brand Festival.

Aug. 11, China Telecom jointly hosted the Maritime Fishery CDMA Mobile Communications System Applications Seminar and the ¡°Fishery E-Communications¡± Promotion Meeting with the Fishery Bureau of the Ministry of Agriculture in Fuzhou.

Aug. 18, China Telecom signed the Strategic Cooperation Framework with China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.

Aug. 20, China Telecom signed the Strategic Cooperation Agreement in Beijing with Fujian Provincial Government for Jointly Promoting the Haixi Economic Zone Development.

Aug. 22-25, Xinjiang subsidiary company of China Telecom successfully completed the video transmission work when Mr. Hu Jintao, General Secretary of CPC Central Committee, made an inspection in Xinjiang.

Aug. 25, China Telecom hosted the 2009 High Level Governmental Informatization Forum in 2009

Aug. 26, China Telecom commissioned the first terrestrial optical fiber system with India.

Aug. 27, The interim report for China Telecom Corporation Limited was released.

Aug. 27, China Telecom signed the Strategic Cooperation Agreement in Haerbin with Heilongjiang Provincial Government for Promoting the Informatization Construction.

Aug.31, China Telecom signed the Strategic Cooperation Agreement in Guiyang with Guizhou Provincial Government for Promoting the National Economic Development and the Informatization Construction.

September

Sept.7, The interim report for China Communications Services Limited was released.

Sept.21, The Party Leadership Group of the Company hosted the enlarged meeting in order to convey the meeting spirits of the Fourth Plenary Sessions of the 17th Party Central Committee and made a decision on how to implement them. 

Sept. 22, Mr. Su Jinsheng, the Chief Engineer from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology came to China Telecom for an inspection and study.

Sept. 22-24, China Telecom hosted a symposium for the General Managers from the provincial companies.

Sept. 25, The new supervision team from the State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission under the State Council came to work in China Telecom

Sept.25, China Telecom hosted the singing contest in celebration of the Nation¡¯s 60th Anniversary, with participants from all subsidiary companies based in Beijing.

Sept.28, China Telecom signed the Strategic Cooperation Agreement with Qsinghua University.

October

Oct. 13, China Telecom signed the MoU of Building China-Russia Terrestrial Cable System with Synterra from Russia.

Oct. 17, China Telecom was awarded as one of the ¡°Sixty Models for Charity of New China¡±.

Oct.20, China Telecom signed the Cooperation Agreement for the QQ customer services with Tencent.

Oct.23, China Telecom signed the Strategic Cooperation Framework with the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, and also signed the Strategic Cooperation Agreement with Perot Systems Corporation of America.

Oct. 24, China Telecom was awarded with the ¡°2009 Excellent Contribution for Digital Urban Construction by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development.

Oct. 25, China Telecom signed the Supplemental Agreement for the Strategic Cooperation Framework with the Provincial Government of Xinjiang Autonomous Region

China Telecom was awarded with seven rewards entitled as the ¡°Ten-Year Excellent Applications for the China Electronic Administration¡±.

In the annual selection by the ¡°International ARC Rewards¡±, China Telecom Corporation Limited was awarded with the Golden Prize for the 2008 Annual Report in the Asia Telecom Group, at the same time, China Telecom Corporation Limited was awarded as the Best (the First) for its Annual Report, and China Communications Services Corporation Limited was awarded as the Best for its Annual Report Printing and Making, and Bronze Prize for the Report as a whole.

November

Nov.10, In the 2009 (the third) China brands festival, China Telecom¡¯s registered trademark was selected as the most competitive service trademark in 2009 by the Organizing Committee.

Nov.23, China Telecom IOT (Internet of Things) Applications and Promotion Centre and China Telecom IOT Key Laboratory were established in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province.

Nov. 27, China Telecom signed the Strategic Cooperation Agreement with China Electronic Science and Technology Corporation.

Nov.30, China Telecom held a Briefing Conference for Summarizing the Study of the Scientific Outlook on Development and the Follow-up Actions.

Nov.30, China Telecom signed the Strategic Cooperation Framework in Guangzhou with China Southern Airlines Co. Limited.

China Telecom completed the web announcement of the ¡°Internet Expo 2010 Shanghai China¡±, and completed the telecommunications warranty for the Video Conference between Chairman Hu Jintao and the Teachers and Students in Nanyang Technology University in Singapore, and the Dialogue between the President Obama of the United States of America with the Students in Shanghai.

China Telecom was awarded as the CDMA Operator Leader in the World.

China Telecom procured 600 tons of bananas from Guangxi affected by the natural disaster and got high appraisal from the Provincial Government of Guangxi Zhuang Nationality Autonomous Region

December

Dec.4, China Telecom signed the Strategic Cooperation Agreement in Guangzhou with Amway£¨China£©Daily Consumes Products Limited.

Dec. 8, China Telecom held the Executive Meeting to convey the working conference spirits of the Central Economic Work Meeting and properly made arrangements for the work next year after the careful study and analysis of the current situation.

Dec. 14, China Telecom held a video conference to carry out the meeting spirits decided by the nine Ministries and Departments under the State Council in combating with the pornographic websites and pornography on the mobile handsets.

Dec. 17, China Telecom signed the Strategic Cooperation Framework in Shenzhen with China Wanke Co., Limited.

Dec. 23-25, China Telecom held 2010 Annual Work Meeting.

Dec. 28-29, China Telecom held 2010 Market Management Meeting¡£

China Telecom was awarded as one of the ¡°Best Ten Innovation and Honesty Enterprise¡± for the successful brand marketing.

China Telecom Corporation Limited was ranked first in 2009 as the ¡°Most Potential Enterprise in China¡± in the telecom industry group by the magazine of ¡°The Asset¡±.

China Communications Services Corporation Limited was awarded in 2009 as the ¡°Most Honesty Enterprise in China¡±.

By the end of December, the total number of CDMA network subscribers of China Telecom exceeded 60 million.