Founded in 1981, TCL Corporation is one of the biggest consumer electronic groups in China. It has three subsidiaries which went public in TCL Group: TCL Group Company Limited (SZ.000100), TCL Multimedia Technology Holdings (HK.1070)and TCL Communications Technology Holding Ltd. (HK.2618)
TCL Group, with the headquarterss located in the southern China Huizhou city, has maintained high speed development since the 1990s, and the total revenues reached to RMB 50 billions in 2004. The company has more than 55 thousands employees in around 145 countries. In 2004, through acquiring Thomson color television business, TCL founded the TTE company, which has become the biggest color TV company in the world, and its sales volume of Color TV of TTE reached nearly 23 millions; The mobile phone division became the global mobile phone supplier for the European, South America, Southeast Asia and China market by acquiring the Alcatel Mobile business. At present, TCL Group has formed business units focusing on the multimedia electronics, telecommunications and digital electronic business including the household appliances, key components, energy sources and culture business.
Since the acquisition of the Thomson Color TV and Alcatel Mobile phone business in 2004, TCL has built up a worldwide business framework including 4 research and development headquarters,18 research and development centers and nearly 20 production bases and OEM companies, while TCL has established the sales organizations in about 45 countries and areas to sell color TVs of TCL, Thomson, RCA brands etc. , and mobile phones of TCL, and Alcatel brands. in 2005, One of the TCL subsidiaries, TTE, sold more than 22 millions color TVs ranking the first in the world. In the mean time, TCL Oversea business revenues have exceeded the china domestic market revenues, which makes TCL become a truly international company.

As one of the most valuable brand, assessed by famous brand-evaluation organization, the value of TCL′s brand has exceeded RMB 33.6 billions in 2005. TCL′s target is to become the world leading consumer electronic provider and a world-class, internationally competitive corporation.