Both the annual sales figures and the penetration rates of home appliances (as a result of the sales)
indicate that the demand for electrical and electronic appliances is rapidly increasing in China. Table 4
shows the total number of home appliances, by category, possessed in China in 2011. As the table
shows, Chinese people possess nearly 800 million mobile phones, over 500 million colour TVs, nearly
230 million computers, roughly 340 million washing machines and about the same number of refrigerators.