China Telecommunications Corporation (China Telecom) is an extra-large state-owned telecom operator organized according to China's telecom industry reform scheme. As a principal telecom enterprise and the greatest basic telecom operator of China, China Telecom owns the global largest fixed-line telephone network that covers the cities and towns as well as the rural areas of China and penetrates to every corner of the world. Member units of China Telecom include 31 provincial (municipal and autonomous regional) enterprises which provide telecom services nationwide.

Managed by the central government of China, China Telecom is an experimental state holding corporation in that investment channels are subject to the approval by the State Council.

With a registered capital of 158 billion yuan, China Telecom's main businesses currently
include: operating various kinds of domestic and international fixed line telecom networks; providing telecom network-based voice, data, image, multimedia and information services; carrying out account settlements for international telecom services and developing overseas markets; production, sales, import and export of telecom equipment; designing and implementing telecom projects.

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