PC World reports that Microsoft plans to launch Windows Phone 7 in China in the second half of 2011.

The release date was announced during a speech on Monday by Yang Tianyang, Microsoft's communications sector director for the Greater China region. The company is also in discussion with Chinese handset manufacturers Lenovo, ZTE and Huawei about producing Windows Phone 7 devices in China, he said.

  Microsoft to Launch Windows Phone 7 in China in Late 2011