消息称，到今年年底，四分之一的中国公众将拥有手机，中国将进一步巩固其全球最大手机市场的地位。消息称预计到2004年晚些时候，24.5%的中国公众，即大约3.2亿人将拥有一部手机。

　　在今年前4个月，中国手机用户人数增长了2710万人，达到了2.958亿人。在中国电信行业，手机业务占到了大约所有运营营收中的一半，其中手机短信和无线互联网服务被视作重要的增长点。

　　One in four Chinese people will have a mobile phone by the end of the year, as the world's most populous country consolidates its status as the largest cell market, state media said.

　　By late 2004, it is expected that 24.5 percent of the people, or about 320 million, will own a cellular phone, the Xinhua news agency reported, citing the ministry of information industry.

　　In the first four months of this year, China's mobile phone users rose by 27.1 million people to 295.8 million, Xinhua said.

　　Cell phones account for about half of all operating revenue in China's telecom industry, with short message and wireless Internet services seen as important growth sectors, the agency said.