| 2009 China LCD TV The overall market sales of | | | | increased by 50% over the previous year, to |
| 21.668 million units, compared with 80.5% growth | | | | 2,300 million units. Sony expects fiscal 2009 sales |
| in 2008, Sell Amounted to 86.75 billion yuan, up | | | | of 15 million LCD TV sets. The LGDisplay |
| 50.6% over the previous year. | | | | KwonYoung-soo, chief executive stressed that |
| Investigation Agency CBIResearch recently | | | | the strong market demand this year, and there |
| released a report, in Appliances to the countryside | | | | are new products, the LCD industry is unlikely to |
| , Trade-in and a series of policy implications of | | | | oversupply. |
| expanding domestic demand, domestic LCD TV | | | | DisplaySearch's latest forecast shows that by |
| market fast. Expected end of 2010, China's LCD | | | | 2009, demand for LCD TVs up to 127 million |
| TV sales in the retail market will exceed 29 million | | | | units, compared to 1.05 million units in 2008 |
| units, will continue to grow over 30%. The LCD | | | | increased by 21%, estimated global 2012 sales of |
| TV hot behind the lower prices are also important | | | | LCD TVs will reach 188 million units, annual growth |
| factors gradually. | | | | rate 15%, while the average annual growth rate |
| TCL , Hisense, Skyworth LCD TV sales have | | | | of China's market is as high as 29%. |
| increased 200% domestic | | | | DisplaySearch expects, LCD industry profits will be |
| TCL chairman Li Dongsheng said that in 2009, | | | | higher than this year's 81 billion U.S. dollars in 2009 |
| TCL has sold 8.42 million LCD TVs, representing | | | | grew 6% to 86 billion U.S. dollars. |
| substantial growth in 2008 of 101%. "From the | | | | Credit Suisse analyst KennyLau appliance industry, |
| global market, China's fastest growing market, an | | | | said, there were 400 million units of CRT is in use, |
| increase of 215% . "Li Dongsheng stressed that in | | | | but is expected to end 2015, 400 million units of |
| 2010, TCL's LCD TV will maintain high growth and | | | | CRT will be changed to LCD. This basis, the annual |
| "in particular the Chinese market"; and by 2012, | | | | growth in LCD sales will 26%. |
| TCL LCD TV shipment goal will be 15 million units. | | | | LCD continued to rise in China's largest |
| The first half of last year, Hisense Flat Panel TV | | | | manufacturer of glass substrate plant |
| 141% sales growth, including domestic flat TV | | | | Optimism on the LCD market also affected the |
| sales increase of close to 200%. Hisense | | | | upstream vendors??? The world's largest glass |
| semi-annual report showed that first half of 2009, | | | | manufacturer Corning Inc. has announced that |
| Hisense TV revenues 6.866 billion yuan, up by | | | | employees in China to expand investment scale. |
| 23.79%. | | | | The program funded 400 000 000 -7 100 million |
| 2009, the Skyworth the domestic LCD TV sales | | | | U.S. dollars in China to set up the glass melting |
| target for the year to mention to mention, from | | | | plant, the project is expected to implement this |
| 480 million to 550 million upgrade. "Last year, we | | | | year. This will be the first in China Corning glass |
| expect to sell their no so well." Skyworth Group | | | | substrate production facilities, supply to the |
| Vice President, TV Yang Dongwen division | | | | domestic flat-panel manufacturers. In addition, |
| president, said the current national CRT (cathode | | | | maintaining the same number of employees, while |
| ray tube, CRT TV) ownership in more than 400 | | | | the United States, Corning also plans to expand |
| million units, replacement of an enormous market. | | | | the number of employees in China. |
| Hold on the market confidence, not only is the | | | | Currently used in the global LCD TV, 60% of |
| domestic color TV enterprises. Sony Company | | | | glass produced by Corning. |
| plans its 2010 fiscal year sales of LCD TVs | | | | |