There were 729.537 million subscribers of mobile communication services in China as of the end of October 2009, growing by 1.35% on month and 16.30% on year, according to statistics published by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).

The number of subscribers at the end of October accounted for 54.3% of the country's population (user density).

Also at the end of October 2009 there were 321.38 million subscribers of fixed telecommunication networks in China, translating into a user density of 24.4%.

In October 2009, mobile phone subscribers in China sent 67.26 billion text messages, averaging 2.99 messages per subscription a day.

source:digitimes