Xiaochu Wang: China Telecom Chairman

The Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of China Telecommunications Corporation, is of Han nationality and a graduate of the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications. For further studies he went to the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and obtained a doctorate degree in business administration in 2005.

Wang was the director-general for telecommunications bureau in Hangzhou and in the same position for the post administration bureau at Tianjin City.  In this role he led the information technology projects including the China telecommunications and telephone net management system. For his work Wang was bestowed the third award of national science and technology advancement and the highest awards in science and technology advancement from the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications. International Investor Magazine also gave him the Best CEO in China award.

Other positions that Wang has held include Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of China Mobile (Hong Kong) Limited, Vice President of China Mobile Communications Corporation, President of China Telecommunications Corporation, Chairman of the board of directors and a Non-executive Director of China Communications Services Corporation Limited.

Wang is the Honorary Chairman of China Communications Service Corporation Limited. He has over 30 years management experience in the telecommunications industry.  In his mid-50s Wang has managed projects in very large scales owing to the fact that China is a very large country. China Telecommunication Corp. is one very large company whose customer base is even larger than the population of entire countries. It is the world’s largest CDMA Mobile operator, the world largest broadband operator, and the world’s largest wireline operator.

The firm is an integrated information full services operator providing basic telecommunications services like wireline telecommunication services and mobile telecommunications services and value-added telecommunications services like internet access service and information service in China. At the end 2012 China Telecom has wireline access in service of around 163 million, wireline broadband subscribers of around 90 million and mobile subscribers of around 161 million. The firm’s H shares and American Depository Shares are listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited and the New York Stock Exchange, respectively.