China mobiles, the nation's biggest telecom operator by subscriber numbers, will offer commercial fourth generation (4G) telecom services in 340 Chinese cities next year.

Xi Guohua, chairman of China mobiles Ltd, said on Wednesday that the company will build 500,000 4G base stations across China in 2014, constituting the world's largest 4G network. Xi was speaking during the China mobiles Global Partner Conference in Guangzhou.

"China mobiles's marketing focus next year is in terminal sales, since mobiles terminals are the foundation for mobiles Internet development," Xi pointed out.

Xi predicted that the total number of TD-LTE mobiles phones models will pass 200 and entry-level 4G smartphoness will hit the market in 2014.

China mobiles is targeting sales of 190 million to 220 million mobiles terminals running on its wireless networks by 2014, Xi said.

In order to attract more users, China mobiles will offer generous subsidies. The company is expected to invest in 27 billion yuan ($4.44 billion) in handset subsidies this year.