China United Network Communications Group Co., Ltd. was offcially established on January 6, 2009 on the basis of the merger of former China Netcom and former China Unicom. It has subsidiaries in 31provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) across China and many countries and regions around the world. It owns a modern communication network with nationwide coverage and global reach an operates a wide range of services, including fixed communication services, mobile communication services, domestic and international communication facilities services, data communication services, and system integration related to information and communication services.
China Unicom is the only Chinese telecom operator listed on the stock exchanges of New York, Hong Kong, and Shanghai and the only central State-owned enterprise (SOE) to adopt group-wide mixed-ownership reform among all pilot-run central SOEs. It ranked at No.262 in Fortune 500 in 2019.
