September 22, 2009
Via Facsimile and EDGAR
Mr. Larry Spirgel
Assistant Director
Mail Stop 3720
Division of Corporation Finance
United States Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, DC 20549
United States of America
Facsimile: (+1-703) 813-6986
Re: | China Telecom Corporation Limited Annual Report on Form 20-F for the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2008 (File No. 001-31517) |
Dear Mr. Spirgel:
China Telecom Corporation Limited (the “Company”) has received the comment letter from the staff dated September 11, 2009, relating to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 (the “Form 20-F”), which was filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on June 24, 2009. On behalf of the Company, I wish to thank you and other members of the staff for taking the time to review the Form 20-F and for providing us with your comments.
The Company notes that the staff has requested that the Company respond to the staff’s comments within 10 business days or inform the staff as to when the Company will provide a response to these comments. The Company has reviewed and considered the staff’s comments, and is in the process of preparing a response to these comments. The Company expects that it will be in a position to respond to the staff’s comments by October 15, 2009, and would be grateful if the staff could accommodate the Company in this regard.
Mr. Larry Spirgel
Thank you again for your time. Please feel free to contact Mr. Yu Yao, Associate Manager, by telephone at (+86-10) 5850-1515 or by e-mail at yaoyu@chinatelecom.com.cn with any questions you may have.
Very truly yours, |
/s/ WU Andi WU Andi |
Chief Financial Officer |
cc: | Ivette Leon | |
Joe Cascarano | ||
(United States Securities and Exchange Commission) | ||
Yu Yao | ||
(China Telecom Corporation Limited) | ||
Chun Wei | ||
Robert Chu | ||
Yingmao Tang | ||
Jing Zhou | ||
Tianyi Chen | ||
(Sullivan & Cromwell LLP) | ||
Peter Kan | ||
(KPMG) |
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