FORM 6-K

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington D.C. 20549

                            REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER
                    PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                          For the month of August 2006
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                        Commission File Number: 000-51242
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            CHINA TECHFAITH WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

                   3/F M8 West, No. 1 Jiu Xian Qiao East Road
         Chao Yang District, Beijing 100016, People's Republic of China
                    (Address of principal executive offices)



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            CHINA TECHFAITH WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

                                    Form 6-K

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Announcement regarding Director Change                                   3
Signature                                                                4


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                   CHINA TECHFAITH ANNOUNCES CHANGE IN BOARD

     China Techfaith Wireless Communication Technology Limited ("China
TechFaith") (Nasdaq: CNTF), a handset application software and handset solution
provider based in China, announced that Peter Clarke has recently resigned from
the company's board of directors due to personal reasons. Mr. Clarke, a former
independent director of the company, served as the chairman of the audit
committee prior to his resignation. China TechFaith intends to start the new
director search process immediately and fill the vacancy as soon as practicable
and, in any event, before the deadline required under relevant Nasdaq corporate
governance rules.

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                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


                               CHINA TECHFAITH WIRELESS
                               COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY LIMITED


                               By: /s/   Defu Dong
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                                   Name:  Defu Dong
                                   Title: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer


Date:  August 14, 2006

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