There are now more than 420 million mobile users, according to the China Internet Network Information Center (Cinic).

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Based on an annual 24 percent growth rate, the CINIC estimates are optimistic, but not entirely unattainable, given the country's burgeoning middle class and the proliferation of cheaper, more powerful computers throughout the mainland.

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