Exhibit 8.1

List of Subsidiaries

Name	Jurisdiction of Incorporation
China Telecom Group Yellow Pages Information Company Ltd.	The People’s Republic of China
China Telecom Best Tone Information Service Co., Limited	The People’s Republic of China
China Telecom System Integration Co., Limited	The People’s Republic of China
Navict (Beijing) Information Consulting Co., Ltd.	The People’s Republic of China
Tianyi Telecom Terminals Company Limited (formerly known as Unicom Huasheng Telecommunications Technology Company Limited)	The People’s Republic of China
China Telecom (Hong Kong) International Limited	Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
China Telecom (Macau) Company Limited (formerly known as China Unicom (Macau) Company Limited)	Macau Special Administrative Region
China Telecom (Americas) Corporation	Delaware, United States of America
Bestpay Co., Ltd.	The People’s Republic of China
Besttone E-Commerce Co., Ltd. (1)	The People’s Republic of China
Esurfing Media Co., Ltd.	The People’s Republic of China

(1) We have agreed to sell our 100% equity interest in this company to Satcom Guomai. See “Item 4 – Information on the Company—A. History and Development of the Company—Our Proposed Sale of Besttone E-Commerce Co., Ltd.”