Will move 54.1m units in 2011, up from 35.3m in 2010.
New research from IHS iSuppli China Electronics Supply Chain service points to the soaring demand for high-range phones in the explosive Chinese economy.
And its says many of these devices will be made locally, with ZTE and Huawei shipping 10m and 15m respectively.
By the end of 2015, IHS forecasts Chinese companies will ship 111.6m smartphones.
The numbers do not include illegal imports of iPhones or phones made by HTC – which contribute around 7m units.
That's a significant number, and the market is similarly skewed by the effect of grey market imports, which IHS expects to hit 255m units in 2011 and then begin to decline to 213 million units in 2012.
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It reasons that this decline will be caused by government action and the competition provided by low-cost suppliers such as MediaTek and Spreadtrum.
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