15-41 Basic Conditions of Post and Telecommunications Services

 

Item

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

 

 

 

 

 

 

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)

 

 

 

 

 

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 Hong Kong and Macao at Year-end(10 000 subscribers)

472.2

1054.8

1709.7

2433.0

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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.