Nation sits on gold mine of idle mobile phones

China Resources Recycling Group, a centrally administered State-owned enterprise launched in Tianjin municipality in October, has been actively advancing the development of its nationwide network for electronic waste disposal, according to its chairman.

Liao Huanle, chairman of the group, made the remarks in a conference themed on the efficient recycling of discarded cellphones on July 18.

Addressing the event, he emphasized resource recycling as a burgeoning industry and highlighted the recycling of electronic products such as cellphones as a critical and pressing task.