ʻO ka maʻi maʻi COVID 19, i hoʻomaka ma Kina a laila hoʻolaha i nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe, ua hoʻopilikia nui i ka mākeke kelepona Kina, e alakaʻi ana i ka emi ʻana o nā moku. Eia naʻe, ua hoʻomaka ka mākeke kūloko i ka lā Pepeluali i kēia makahiki, e like me ka ʻikepili i hoʻokuʻu mua ʻia e Reuters a kākoʻo ʻia e ka Academy of Information and Communication of China (CAICT). 
Hōʻike ka ʻikepili i ka hoʻonui ʻana o nā hoʻouna kelepona i Kina e kahi makahiki 236,6% kūpikipiki i ka makahiki, e piʻi ana ma 21,3 miliona i loko o Pepeluali. ʻOi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o kēia kiʻi ma mua o Pepeluali 2020 i ke kiʻekiʻe o ka maʻi ahulau, i ka wā i hoʻouna ʻia ai nā waiwai 6,3 miliona. Ua ʻoi aku ia ma mua o nā hoʻouna ma mua o ka maʻi ahulau o Pepeluali 2019, ke lawe ʻia ma kahi o 14,9 miliona mau kelepona.
ʻOiaʻiʻo, ua ʻike ʻē mākou ʻo Huawei, ka mea e hakakā nei i kēia manawa e ola i kāna ʻoihana kelepona ma muli o ka pāpā a US, ua lanakila ka nui. Ua hoʻomau ʻo Xiaomi i ka hoʻonui ʻana i nā kūʻai aku a me OPPO a me Vivo. Ke nānā nei nā ʻoihana e hoʻopiha i ka hakahaka i waiho ʻia e ka hāʻule o ka hana hana ma Huawei ma muli o ka hiki ʻole o ka pilikua ʻenehana ke loaʻa nā waihona ʻāpana hou.
ʻOiai ua ola hou nā mea hana ma Kina mai nā pilikia i hoʻokumu ʻia e ka maʻi ahulau, ke kū nei lākou i kahi pahuhopu nui ke kū nei ka ʻoihana i ka loaʻa ʻole o ka puʻupuʻu o ka honua āpau e hele koke ʻole ʻia. ʻO ka deficit ka mea i ʻoi loa i ka ʻoihana kaʻa, akā ua pālahalaha ʻia i nā ʻāpana ʻē aʻe, e like me ka ʻāpana kelepona.
Kuhi ʻia ka ʻoihana e hoʻomau i ka ulu maikaʻi me ka ʻole o ka chip. Wanana ʻo DigiTimes e ulu ana nā hoʻouna kelepona honua a kokoke 50% i kēlā me kēia makahiki i ka hapaha mua o kēia makahiki, e piʻi ana i 340 miliona mau unit i ka hapaha mua o 2021. Ua wānana pū ka ʻoihana noiʻi i nā hoʻouna ʻana o ke kelepona paʻa honua ʻO nā hoʻouna o nā hāmeʻa 5G i manaʻo ʻia e pāpālua ʻia mai 280 miliona i hoʻouna ʻia i ka makahiki 2020, a e piʻi aku ma kahi o 600 miliona mau pūnaewele i 2021
