China United Network Communications Group Co., Ltd (" China Unicom ") was officially established on January 6,2009 based on the merger of former China Netcom and former China Unicom. 中国联合网络通信集团有限公司(简称中国联通)是2009年1月6日经国务院批准在原中国网通和原中国联通的基础上合并成立的国有控股的特大型电信企业。