Taiwan-based Chunghwa Telecom has succeeded in having its name registered in China, the chairman of the Central Chamber of Commerce of the Republic of China said Thursday. The company will be allowed to use its name officially in China following a decision that will be officially published Sept. 27, said Chang Pen-tsao, whose chamber has been helping local companies to get their brand names patented in China for many years. 'This has been a difficult task, since politically charged company names in Taiwan are difficult to register in China, ' Chang said. The Beijing authorities are reluctant to allow Taiwanese companies whose names carry meaning that involves Taiwanese sovereignty to conduct business in China under their own names, Chang went on, adding that the only other example of successful name registration in this regard is that of Taiwan beer, which is produced by the state-owned Taiwan Tobacco and Liquor Corporation. Chang Hsiao-tung, general manager of Chunghwa Telecom told a news conference that although his company's telecom investment in China is restricted by the Taiwanese authorities, Chunghwa still provides services to its Chinese customers. 'With our company's name registered in China, we will not be worried about competition by impostors and therefore will be able to serve our customers better,' he said. As cross-Taiwan Strait relations warm up, more and more companies in Taiwan are seeking to open branch offices in China. A total of 130,000 Taiwanese companies have sought to register trademarks in China while only 5,000 trademarks from China were registered in Taiwan between 1993 to 2008, according to statistics from the Intellectual Property Office under the Ministry of Economic Affairs. 