The Chinese retail enterprises' investments in information technologies grow by some 15% on an annual average, while the total amount only accounts for less than 0.2% of their total retail revenues. For international giants, this percentage is generally over 2%. In addition, interna-tional enterprises upgrade their shop information systems every 18 months, but the duration for their Chinese counterparts is generally over 2 years….

CCID Consulting's analysts hold that the information system building in the Chinese retail indu-stry is facing a turning point. We will see a new round of IT applications in the industry reach its peak between 2006 and 2009.

CCID Consulting's analysts think that though public terminals represented by information booths have cost disadvantages due to expanding user groups, they possess notable advantages in testa-bility, accessibility and evaluation. When it comes to values, information booths as part of E-government should also be built with services-oriented and transparent government as the core
and assume the role of raising the public awareness of IT applications.

CR4, namely the sum of the top 4 vendors' shares of the mobile phone market is an important index that reflects the market concentration. In 2005, there was a reverse in CR4 that had been falling for 6 years in a row. This trend is expected to be more notable in 2006. CR4 looks set to top 60%, showing that the market concentration falls back to the level before 2002 and market shares begun to concentrate on a few leading vendors. However, the pattern of competitions or brand competitions in the Chinese mobile phone market will enter a new stage.

As LCD panel price continues to drop, LCD TV has gradually transferred from a rare product to
a mass product. The Chinese color TV makers have built upon their advantages in manufacturing, marketing, channel and brand to gain an increasingly important position in the global industry. Profound changes are now taking place to the pattern of the global LCD TV industry. Following traditional kinescope color TV, LCD TV will stage a new tide of shift of the manufacturing industry to Mainland China.

Driven by a fast-growing LCD TV industry in China, the market for key ICs including driver IC
and control IC will also grow.

How to position and attract Zhongsou's user groups is the challenge that the IG personal portal must face first.

CCID Consulting's analysts hold that the first thing is to consolidate the core services and then gradually target at new user demand and innovate upon product applications. Zhongsou IG is a forward-looking service concept for netizens as well as a new product that transcends the services foundation even for Zhongsou itself. In the process of promoting IG, Zhongsou may well find some flashing service spots on the IG platform, and then refine them and use key services to nurture users rather than take grand integration as a feature.

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CCID Consulting Co., Ltd (hereafter known as CCID Consulting), which is Chinese first consulting firm listed in the Growth Enterprise Market of the Stock Exchange (GEM) of Hong Kong (stock code: HK08235), is directly under the direction of China Center of Information Industry Development (CCID).

Originated from the Information Section of the Administration of Computer Industry, former Ministry of Electronics Industry, CCID Consulting was established in 1986. Headquartered in Beijing, CCID Consulting has so far set up branch offices in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Ha'erbin, with over 300 professional consultants and industry experts. Her business scope has covered over 200 large and midsize cities in China. In addition, CCID Consulting has also developed agents in other countries, including the United States, Japan, South Korea, Italy, Australia, Singapore, and etc. with an aim to go global.

Based on her powerful data channels, industrial resources, intensive knowledge and a deep understanding of information technology,CCID Consulting provides her customers with consulting, advisory and IT outsourcing services covering strategy planning,IT application, marketing strategy, human resources and information technology outsourcing. Her customers range from industrial users in IT, telecommunications, semiconductor, automobile, energy, real estate, finance, transportation, pharmacy, manufacturing, to government departments at all levels and diversified industrial parks. After over twenty years of development, CCID Consulting commits herself to become the No.1 expert for market research, the No.1 consultant for enterprise management, the No.1 brand for strategy consulting.