15-38 BASIC CONDITIONS OF POST AND TELECOMMUNCATIONS SERVICES

Item

1995

1996

1998

1998

Business Volume of Post and Telecommunications Service (100 million yuan)

988.85

1342.04

1773.29

2431.21

Number of Letters (100 million pcs)

79.55

78.68

68.55

65.51

Number of Parcels (10 000 pcs)

15641.2

14920

9715.3

9726.5

Pieces of Courier Services (10 000 pcs)

45057

44437.5

33247.8

16438.3

Pieces of Express Mail Services (10 000 pcs)

5562.7

7096.6

6878.9

7331.8

Number of Newspapers and Magazines Circulation (10 000 copies)

21688.6

21157.4

21875.2

22989.3

Number of Telegrams (10 000 pcs)

13287.6

9610.7

6580.6

 

Number of Faxes

4423080

5650000

7118000

 

Number of Long-distance Calls

1013966

1273951

1554026

1825941

Local Telephone Subscribers of at Year-end (10 000 subscribers)

4070.6

5494.7

7031.0

8742.1

Local(Urban) Telephone Subscribers at Year-end (10 000 subscribers)

3263.6

4277.8

5244.4

6259.8

Residencial Telephone Subscribers

2358.4

3224.6

4057.2

4911.1

Number of Subscribers of Pageing Service at Year-end (10 000 subscribers)

1739.2

2536.2

2969

3908.2

Number of Mobile Telephones Subscribers at Year-end (10 000 subscribers)

3629416

6852752

13232876

23862874

Number of Rural Telephones Subscribers at Year-end (10 000 subscribers)

8070047

12169172

17866341

24822816

Number of Post & Telecommunications Offices

61898

72496

79273

102225

Length of Postal Routes and Rural Delivery Routes (km)

5231930

5476991

5766054

6215426

#Highway Routes

819412

917151

873688

930622

Railway Routes

183036

183884

186382

189652

Number of Long-distance Telephone Lines (line)

735545

998287

1146121

1576483

Number of Telegraph Lines (line)

12250

11569

12624

11715

Telecommunications Facilites

 

 

 

 

Capacity of Office Telephone Exchanges (10 000 lines)

7203.59

9291.23

11269.17

13823.66

Central State-owned

5456.35

6923.67

8406.8

9951.35

Local State-owned

1747.24

2367.56

2862.37

3872.31

Number of Telephone Sets (10 000 units)

5762.26

7732.03

10111.12

13123.43

Central State-owned

4346.32

5537.78

6745.23

7963.28

Local State-owned

1152.06

1508.97

2042.61

2773.86

 

 

 

 

 

a)The business volume of post and telecommunications is calculated at 1990 constant prices.

 

 

 

 

b)Since 1997 figure of local telephone subscribers refers to telephone subscribers in urban areas, and rural

 

 

 

 

telephone subscribers refers to subscribers of townships and village.