15-41 Basic Conditions of Post and
Telecommunications Services |
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1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
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Business Volume of Post and Telecommunications Service (100 million yuan) |
462.71 |
688.19 |
988.85 |
1342.04 |
1773.29 |
Number of Letters (100 million pcs) |
68.70 |
76.50 |
79.55 |
78.68 |
68.55 |
Number of Parcels (10 000 pcs) |
13964.6 |
15908.2 |
15641.2 |
14920.0 |
9715.3 |
Pieces of Courier Services(10 000 pcs) |
41604.4 |
45224.8 |
45057.0 |
44437.5 |
33247.8 |
Pieces of Express Mail Services(10 000 pcs) |
2156.2 |
4019.5 |
5562.7 |
7096.6 |
6878.9 |
Number of Newspapers and Magazines |
25510.6 |
24095.6 |
21688.6 |
21157.4 |
21875.2 |
Circulation (10 000 copies) |
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Number of Telegrams (10 000 pcs) |
25165.7 |
18579.6 |
13287.6 |
9610.7 |
6580.6 |
Number of Faxes |
2706055 |
3423651 |
4423080 |
5650000 |
7118000 |
Number of Long-distance Calls |
506853 |
757639 |
1013966 |
1273951 |
1554026 |
Number of International Direct Dialing Subscribers to Foreign
Countries as well as to |
472.2 |
1054.8 |
1709.7 |
2433.0 |
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Local(Urban) Telephone Subscribers at Year-end (10 000
subscribers) |
1407.4 |
2246.8 |
3263.6 |
4277.8 |
5244.4 |
# Residential Telephone Subscribers |
800.4 |
1489.4 |
2358.4 |
3224.6 |
4057.2 |
Number of Subscribers of Paging Service at Year-end(10 000
subscribers) |
561.4 |
1033.0 |
1739.2 |
2536.2 |
2969.0 |
Number of Mobile Telephones Subscribers at Year-end (subscribers) |
638268 |
1567780 |
3629416 |
6852752 |
13232876 |
Number of Rural Telephones Subscribers at Year-end (subscribers) |
3257855 |
4827477 |
8070047 |
12169172 |
17866341 |
Number of Post & Telecommunications Offices |
57005 |
60447 |
61898 |
72496 |
79273 |
Length of Postal Routes and Rural Delivery Routes (km) |
5138275 |
5146517 |
5231930 |
5476991 |
5766054 |
Highway Routes |
727380 |
757931 |
819412 |
917151 |
873688 |
Railway Routes |
189704 |
187871 |
183036 |
183884 |
186382 |
Number of Long-distance Telephone Lines (line) |
420323 |
615809 |
735545 |
998287 |
1146121 |
Number of Telegraph Lines (line) |
13256 |
12607 |
12250 |
11569 |
12624 |
Telecommunications Facilities Capacity of Office Telephone Exchanges
(10 000 lines) |
3040.78 |
4926.25 |
7203.59 |
9291.23 |
11269.17 |
Central
State-owned |
2210.25 |
3723.39 |
5456.35 |
6923.67 |
8406.80 |
Local
State-owned |
830.53 |
1202.86 |
1747.24 |
2367.56 |
2862.37 |
Number of Telephone Sets (10 000 units) |
2631.28 |
3958.64 |
5762.26 |
7732.03 |
10111.12 |
Central
State-owned |
2147.51 |
3148.11 |
4346.32 |
5537.78 |
6745.23 |
Local
State-owned |
419.94 |
653.75 |
1152.06 |
1508.97 |
2042.61 |
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a)
The business volume of post
and telecommunications is calculated at 1990 constant prices. |
b)
1997 figure of local
telephone subscribers refers to telephone subscribers in urban areas, and rural
telephone subscribers refer to subscribers of townships and village. |