Zhu Ling (R), Editor-in-Chief of China Daily and Wang Jianzhou, Chairman of China Mobile celebrating the launch of their new joint project, bilingual news via SMS.

Jointly produced by China Daily and China Mobile, China Daily Mobile News sends English-Chinese news to users’ cell phones as multimedia messages through wireless technology.

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China Daily Mobile News will be sent to users twice a day, one in the morning and the other in the evening. Each multimedia package contains 10 to 20 pieces of news, including Top News, Biz Info, Odd News, Celebrity, Health, Language Tips, Cartoon, Laughter, Vocabulary and Word Price. The target users of China Daily Mobile News are foreign officials, embassy representatives, members of chambers of commerce and foreign companies, white collar workers, public servants and college students.

I’m not entirely sure what Word Price is, but instant message new sounds interesting. Only time will tell if it’s a good way to keep up with breaking news, or more phonespam. You can subscribe to this service by sending the message “CD” to 10658000 from your China Mobile phone for 5 RMB/month.

Via China Daily