Wang Jianzhou, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of China Mobile Co. Ltd., has been awarded this year's World Telecommunication and Information Society Award by the International Telecommunication Union. He shares the honor with Malaysian Prime Minister Dato' Seri Najib Tun Abdul Razak and founding Chairman of the U.S. Corp. for National Research Initiatives Robert Kahn, whom the Union said have contributed to the ongoing digital revolution.

With extensive knowledge and 32 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, Wang, 61, assumed his current posts in November 2004. He is also president of China Mobile Communications Corp., the ultimate controlling shareholder of Hong Kong- and New York-listed China Mobile.

Wang graduated in 1985 from the Department of Management Engineering of Zhejiang University with a Master's degree in Engineering, and holds a doctorate in business administration from Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He previously worked at the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications and served as president, chairman and Chief Executive Officer of China Unicom Ltd. and as chairman and president of China United Telecommunications Corp. Ltd.