Global 500 
China Telecommunications
Rank: 279 (2005 rank: 262)
Employees: 407,982
  
CEO: Wang Xiaochu
Address: 31 Financial St., Beijing, 100032
Phone: 86-10-5850-1688
Website: http://www.chinatelecom.com.cn
Revenues 22,735.8 5.4
Profits 2,376.3 -1.9
Assets 67,751.7 --
Stockholders' Equity 36,473.7 --
Industry: Telecommunications
1 Nippon Telegraph & Telephone 24 94,869
2 Verizon Communications 50 75,112
3 Deutsche Telekom 54 74,062
4 Vodafone 66 65,314
5 France Télécom 71 60,933
6 Telefónica 108 48,833
7 AT&T 121 43,862
8 Telecom Italia 141 39,765
9 BT 162 34,808
10 Sprint Nextel 165 34,680
11 China Mobile Communications 202 28,778
12 KDDI 221 27,034
13 Vivendi 239 25,061
14 China Telecommunications 279 22,736
15 Comcast 285 22,255
16 BellSouth 314 20,613
17 Telstra 383 17,043
18 KT 397 16,749
19 América Telecom 398 16,719
20 BCE 405 16,506
21 Carso Global Telecom 450 14,956
22 Royal KPN 457 14,831
23 Qwest Communications 494 13,903
From the July 24, 2006 issue
Footnote:
Government owned 50% or more.
How the Countries Stack Up
United States 170
Japan 70
Britain, France (tied) 38
Biggest employers
Wal-Mart Stores 1,800,000
China National Petroleum 1,090,232
State Grid 844,031
Most profitable companies
Exxon Mobil 36,130
Royal Dutch Shell 25,311
Citigroup 24,589
Top 5 in Asia
Toyota Motor 185,805
Sinopec 98,784
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone 94,869
Honda Motor 87,510
State Grid 86,984

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