14-41 POSTS AND TELECOMMUNCATIONS SERVICES

Item	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Revenue from Posts & Telecommunication Service (100 000 000 yuan)	204.38	290.94	462.71	688.19	988.85
Letters (100 000 000)	52.11	57.18	68.70	76.50	79.55
Parcels (10 000)	9590.9	10948.0	13964.6	15908.2	15641.2
Express Mail (10 000)	31116.9	36573.1	41604.4	45224.8	45057.0
Special Express (10 000)	566.7	959.2	2156.2	4019.5	5562.7
Newspapers and Magazines Circulation (10 000)	23277.4	25104.1	25510.6	24095.6	21688.6
Telegrams (10 000)	27068.2	28189.3	25165.7	18579.6	13287.6
Faxes	968834	1712182	2706055	3423651	4423080
Distance Telephone Calls	172921.1	287379.6	506852.5	757639.1	1013966.4
Direct-Dial Calls Abroad, HK and Macao Telephone (10 000 subscribers)	101.9	212.1	472.2	1054.8	1709.7
Urban Telephones (10 000 subscribers)	670.8	920.6	1407.4	2246.8	3263.6
#Residential	239.0	415.4	800.4	1489.4	2358.4
Wireless Telephones (10 000)	87.4	222.0	561.4	1033.0	1739.2
Mobile Telephones (sub-scribers)	47544	176943	638268	1567780	3629416
Rural Telephones (sub-scribers)	1742329	2263403	3257855	4827477	8070047
Post Offices	54006	54891	57005	60447	61898
Length of Postal Routes and Rural Delivery Routes (km)	4974768	5021487	5138275	5146517	5231930
Highway Routes	685759	712367	727380	757931	819412
Railway Routes	185872	189359	189704	187871	183036
Long Distance Telephone Lines (line)	151779	234276	420323	615809	735545
Telegraph Lines (line)	11933	12338	13256	12607	12250
Telecommunications Facilities (unit)
City Switchboards Capacity (10 000)	1033.14	1355.50	2210.25	3723.39	5456.35
Rural Switchboards Capacity (10 000)	459.03	559.56	830.53	1202.86	1747.24
Telephones (10 000)	1498.98	1888.82	2612.94	2887.44	5762.26
Urban Telephones	1215.68	1544.94	2147.51	2310.67	4709.26
Rural Telephones	283.30	343.88	465.43	576.77	1053.00