China-based vendors shipped 148 million smartphones in the first half of 2013, of which 109 million units were delivered to the local market.

　　For all of 2013, China's vendors are expected to ship a total of 326 million smartphones, growing 48.9% from a year earlier and accounting for 34.3% of the global shipments of 949 million units projected for the year.

　　Most advanced countries still remain the major export outlets for China-based vendors, although the smartphone markets in these countries have become saturated.

　　However, factors including the declining ASPs of smartphones as driven down by China's vendors, the narrowing price gap between feature phones and smartphones, and active promotions by telecom operators in emerging markets, have combined to stir up demand for smartphones in India, Brazil, Russia, Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia.

　　As demand in overseas markets accelerates, China-based handset vendors and independent handset design houses are gearing up efforts to ramp up their export sales.