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75th Academy Award > Best Foreign Film > English title Hero
76th Academy Award > Best Foreign Film > English title Warriors of Heaven and Earth
Cinema attendance	140,000,000		[7th of 78]
Cinema attendance (per capita)	107.172 per 1,000 people		[67th of 78]
Cinemas > Annual attendance	140,000,000		[4th of 65]
Cinemas > Annual attendance (per capita)	0.115 per capita		[57th of 64]
Computer, communications and other services > % of commercial service exports	38.55 %		[33rd of 153]
Computer, communications and other services > % of commercial service imports	30.79 %		[56th of 155]
Daily newspapers > per 1,000 people	59.29 per 1,000 people		[42nd of 89]
Digital terrestrial television > Analogue to digital transition > Official launch	2007-2008
Digital terrestrial television > Analogue to digital transition > System used	DMB-T/H
DVD region	6		[1st of 171]
E-Government rating	56.3		[7th of 182]
Fax machines	0.44 per 1,000 people		[79th of 103]
Films produced	212		[4th of 50]
Films produced (per capita)	0.162 per 1 million people		[47th of 50]
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people	570.23 per 1,000 people		[72nd of 193]
Força > Charts > Peak > position	15		[4th of 13]
HAM radio prefixes	3HA - 3UZ
Households with television > %	89.17 %		[56th of 160]
Hung Up > Charts > Peak > position	1		[13th of 35]
Information and communication technology expenditure > current US$	142,313,300,000 $		[6th of 74]
Information and communication technology expenditure > current US$ (per $ GDP)	0.053 $ per $1 of GDP		[47th of 74]
Information and communication technology expenditure > current US$ (per capita)	90.174 $ per capita		[57th of 74]
International voice traffic > out and in, minutes	5,983,000,000 min.		[5th of 164]
International voice traffic > out and in, minutes (per capita)	4.616 min. per capita		[70th of 185]
Investment in telecoms with private participation > current US$	1,140,000,000 $		[10th of 101]
Investment in telecoms with private participation > current US$ (per $ GDP)	0.59 $ per $1,000 of GDP		[101st of 130]
Investment in telecoms with private participation > current US$ (per capita)	0.88 $ per capita		[94th of 132]
Mobile phone subscribers	393,428,000		[1st of 198]
Mobile phone subscribers (per capita)	301.593 per 1 million people		[92nd of 201]
Mobile phones	16.09 per 100 people		[38th of 43]
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily	75,603,000		[1st of 90]
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Daily (per capita)	59.877 per 1,000 people		[40th of 90]
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Non-daily	103,284,000		[1st of 46]
Newspapers and periodicals > Circulation > Non-daily (per capita)	81.8 per 1,000 people		[20th of 46]
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily	909		[2nd of 106]
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Daily (per capita)	0.72 per million people		[65th of 104]
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily	1,098		[5th of 69]
Newspapers and periodicals > Number of titles > Non-daily (per capita)	0.87 per million people		[54th of 68]
non-Japanese Doraemon versions > Manga first published	1992
non-Japanese Doraemon versions > Television series first broadcast	1991
Number of PCs	52,990		[2nd of 169]
Number of PCs (per $ GDP)	0.073 per $10 million of GDP		[95th of 144]
Number of PCs (per capita)	0.406 per 10,000 people		[102nd of 169]
Personal computers	52,990,000		[3rd of 164]
Personal computers (per capita)	40.882 per 1 million people		[97th of 171]
Phone subscribers	247.72		[90th of 178]
Price basket for mobile > US$ per month	2.9 $/month		[174th of 185]
Radio broadcast stations AM 369, FM 259, shortwave 45
Radio receivers	417,000,000		[2nd of 188]
Radio receivers (per capita)	0.339 per capita		[83rd of 182]
Radios	417,000,000		[2nd of 221]
Radios (per capita)	319.219 per 1,000 people		[111st of 212]
Royalties and fees	$0.10		[59th of 85]
Stuck > Worldwide chart positions > Peak > position	1		[20th of 22]
Submissions for the 75th Academy Award for Best Foreign Film > Director	Zhang Yimou
Submissions for the 76th Academy Award for Best Foreign Film > Director	He Ping
Telecommunications investment > % of revenue	35.06 %		[2nd of 165]
Telecommunications investment > current LCU	203340000000
Telecommunications revenue > % GDP	3.17 % GDP		[48th of 167]
Telecommunications revenue > current LCU	579897000000
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes	2.9 $		[21st of 142]
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes (per $ GDP)	1.501 $ per $1 trillion of GD		[97th of 174]
Telephone average cost of call to US > US$ per three minutes (per capita)	2.237 $ per 1 million people		[110th of 178]
Telephone employees, total	697,000		[2nd of 194]
Telephone employees, total (per capita)	0.538 per 1,000 people		[68th of 202]
Telephone mainlines	350,433,000		[1st of 202]
Telephone mainlines (per capita)	268.634 per 1,000 people		[48th of 203]
Telephone subscribers	743,861,000		[1st of 199]
Telephone subscribers (per capita)	0.569 per 1,000 people		[73rd of 201]
Telephone subscribers per employee	927.66		[8th of 191]
Telephone system > Domestic interprovincial fiber-optic trunk lines and cellular telephone systems have been installed; mobile-cellular subscribership is increasing rapidly; the number of Internet users reached 253 million in 2008; a domestic satellite system with 55 earth stations is in place
Telephone system > General assessment domestic and international services are increasingly available for private use; unevenly distributed domestic system serves principal cities, industrial centers, and many towns; nonetheless, by the end of 2006, more than 95% of China's villages had been connected to the telephone network; China continues to develop its telecommunications infrastructure, and is partnering with foreign providers to expand its global reach; 3 of China's 6 major telecommunications operators are part of an international consortium which, in December 2006, signed an agreement with Verizon Business to build the first next-generation fiber optic submarine cable system directly linking the US mainland and China
Telephone system > International country code - 86; a number of submarine cables provide connectivity to Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and the US; satellite earth stations - 7 (5 Intelsat - 4 Pacific Ocean and 1 Indian Ocean; 1 Intersputnik - Indian Ocean region; and 1 Inmarsat - Pacific and Indian Ocean regions)
Telephones > Main lines in use	365,400,000		[1st of 174]
Telephones > Main lines in use (per capita)	276.43 per 1,000 people		[44th of 173]
Telephones > Mobile cellular	547,286,000		[1st of 186]
Telephones > Mobile cellular (per capita)	414.03 per 1,000 people		[96th of 185]
Television > Digital TV households	11,886		[1st of 13]
Television > Digital TV households (per capita)	0.00909888 per 1,000 people		[9th of 13]
Television > Subscription TV revenues	1,750		[3rd of 13]
Television > Subscription TV revenues (per capita)	0.00133965 per 1,000 people		[12th of 13]
Television broadcast stations	3,240		[1st of 89]
Television broadcast stations (per capita)	2.634 per million people		[38th of 67]
Television receivers	400,000,000		[1st of 185]
Television receivers (per capita)	325.183 per 1,000 people		[48th of 179]
Television standard > VHF	PAL D
Televisions	400,000,000		[1st of 215]
Televisions (per capita)	306.205 per 1,000 people		[62nd of 209]
Too Lost in You > Charts > Peak > Position	8		[10th of 12]
Website defacements	394		[3rd of 129]
Website defacements (per capita)	0.301612 per 1 million people		[104th of 124]

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