Abstract: In this paper,the authors apply Solow residential to estimate the change of the total factor productivity(TFP) of telecommunications in China from 1990 to 2003 and analyze the factors influencing the growth of telecommunications in China.The authors find that the rapid development of telecommunications in China is largely due to the growth of import and the output value only increased by about 25.96% from the improvement of productivity.At last,the paper analyses the effect of reforms in telecommunication f...

Key words: totalfactorproductivity（TFP）, Solowresidential, reformintelecommunication