Every four Chinese will have one mobile phone by the end of this year, according to the Ministry of Information Industry.

Around 24.5 percent of Chinese will have mobile phones, the ministry source said at an international mobile telecommunication forum held in Beijing on June 6.

The mobile business has contributed to almost half of the telecom industry's operating revenue in China, the source said.

In the first four months of this year, China's mobile phone users rose by 27.06 million people to 295.75 million.

Short message and wireless Internet service users are soaring and there are hundreds of providers in the market to offer services like downloading phone call rings.

So far 20.8 percent of Chinese have mobile phones.

Source: Xinhua