15-39 POSTAL AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES
Year Region	Business			Number of	Pieces of	Newspapers	Philately	Number of	Number of	Number of	Number of	Number of	Number of
	Volume of	Business	Business	Letters	Express	and		Long Distance	Subscribers	Mobile	Subscribers	Subscribers	Subscribers					Public
	Post and	Volume of	Volume of		Mail	Magazines		Telephone	of Pageing	Telephone	of E-mail	of Internet	of Local	Number of		Rural Telephone		Telephone
	Telecommunications	Post	Telecommu-	(100 million	Services	Circulation		Calls	Service	Subscribers	Service	Service	Telephone	Urban	Residencial	Subscribers	Residencial	(10 000
	(100 million		nications	pcs)		(10 000	(10 000	(10 000	(10 000	(10 000	(subscriber)	(subscriber)	at Year-end	Telephone	Telephone		Telephone	Subscribers
	yuan)				(10 000 pcs)	copies)	copies)	sheets)	subscribers)	subscribers)			(10 000 subscribers)	Subscribers	Subscribers		Subscribers
1978	11.65			28.35		11250		18574					1925440	1191500		733940		11639
1980	13.34			33.13		16431		21404					2140751	1341715		799036		13981
1985	29.60			46.78		30172		38254					3120298	2189554	40780	930744	20461	27457
1986	32.86			49.59		28731		42303					3503831	2505124	73605	998707	36113	29889
1987	38.84			54.79		31005		51525	3.09				3907172	2930412	171676	976760	69139	32713
1988	54.00			59.77	153.00	27443		64617	9.72	0.32			4726982	3623033	378269	1103949	126929	36555
1989	64.81			57.28	247.30	17704		78462	23.73	0.98			5680425	4396195	895593	1284230	213362	39911
1990	81.65			54.87	343.30	20078	71233	116292	43.70	1.83			6850303	5384494	1527202	1465809	306619	46046
1991	204.38	52.75	151.63	52.11	566.70	23277	123523	172921	87.38	4.75			8450630	6708301	2390038	1742329	495453	53799
1992	290.94	63.67	226.57	57.18	959.20	25104	167303	287380	222.02	17.69			11469112	9205709	4154115	2263403	790089	84111
1993	462.71	80.26	382.45	68.70	2156.20	25511	210885	506853	561.40	63.93			17331573	14073718	8003821	3257855	1395472	158380
1994	688.19	95.89	592.30	76.50	4019.50	24096	236849	757639	1033.00	156.78	2329		27295250	22467773	14894036	4827477	2748581	386565
1995	988.85	113.34	875.51	79.55	5562.70	21689	239250	1013966	1739.15	362.94	6068	7213	40705656	32635609	23584045	8070047	5513709	849835
1996	1342.04	133.29	1208.75	78.68	7096.60	21157	303436	1273951	2536.20	685.28	10107	35652	54947372	42778200	32246248	12169172	9072738	1380419
1997	1773.29	144.34	1628.95	68.35	6878.90	21875	451729	1554026	3254.61	1323.29	15246	160157	70310368	52444024	40571583	17866344	14065604	1939393
1998	2431.21	166.28	2264.94	65.51	7331.80	22989	502850	1825941	3908.16	2386.29	20959	676755	87420937	62598121	49110805	24822816	20707488	2594898
Beijing	129.09	10.69	118.40	5.07	584.90	565	46451	71769	23.82	99.37	3845	33002	3132642	2825226	1912082	307416	261220	53575
Tianjin	47.57	3.07	44.50	0.94	144.60	612	9773	28796	43.96	47.59	97	14271	1657248	1536488	1226126	120760	104391	37037
Hebei	86.37	7.75	78.62	2.57	238.30	776	15466	66027	217.73	91.56	255	16675	4034731	2762731	2196220	1272000	972241	104643
Shanxi	39.62	3.83	35.79	1.22	90.10	416	7041	35505	68.52	42.14		4136	1550720	1243159	1005761	307561	247793	42241
Inner Mongolia	24.78	2.90	21.88	0.85	113.40	408	11158	17429	42.01	25.89	70	1454	1254382	1040109	845015	214273	172736	32451
Liaoning	124.93	7.28	117.65	2.34	243.20	745	24367	88136	342.78	128.79	1054	23090	4767833	3663494	2958489	1104339	929676	194727
Jilin	53.85	2.55	51.30	1.04	111.20	1397	11519	31660	112.56	59.99	124	6316	2416222	1925546	1606224	490676	433409	57024
Heilongjiang	83.92	7.30	76.62	1.08	298.80	474	11123	46182	146.03	105.20		11044	3410653	2846070	2456378	564583	512432	76423
Shanghai	134.97	10.13	124.84	4.21	507.90	750	15721	70966	78.17	125.97	2100	102404	4311209	3409720	2515096	901489	657467	59079
Jiangsu	167.80	14.22	153.58	5.16	656.50	1762	39843	133904	303.95	140.10	3255	69856	7495884	3861072	3114595	3634812	3299062	197649
Zhejiang	157.88	6.92	150.96	3.32	411.40	1261	23183	109989	185.56	150.72	286	37729	5023361	2809471	2116484	2213890	1872079	145250
Anhui	57.33	5.54	51.79	1.45	152.20	1237	28861	43951	147.61	58.30	1112	6573	2744040	1908910	1626184	835130	709311	70466
Fujian	122.86	6.59	116.27	2.95	315.20	623	13051	67906	0.13	146.47	1220	30973	3474637	2050247	1600507	1424390	1219937	138434
Jiangxi	39.90	3.95	35.95	1.77	203.80	441	14044	27436	116.54	43.27	39	7711	1925170	1457639	1179990	467531	394012	58799
Shandong	133.89	10.46	123.43	3.31	393.20	1147	29706	97077	242.28	149.36	1381	39903	5262761	3480208	2800184	1782553	1393240	172993
Henan	103.56	6.68	96.88	1.88	196.70	930	15353	80328	197.95	118.64	248	43153	4427626	3159662	2540864	1267964	1082441	138725
Hubei	83.52	6.76	76.76	3.70	370.50	1406	44841	59929	198.06	83.24	1616	33756	4049359	2827679	2286183	1221680	1031673	162367
Hunan	76.00	6.66	69.34	2.05	262.20	1297	21502	48541	202.69	75.30	1933	13598	3156375	2252207	1858351	904168	808202	164255
Guangdong	418.18	12.96	405.22	9.00	921.50	1097	19670	412657	370.03	362.69	1721	128323	9584542	6289063	4734330	3295479	2749452	189155
Guangxi	52.66	2.94	49.72	1.81	105.00	509	4526	42261	161.82	50.74	84	10564	1666776	1350757	1052838	316019	224355	66882
Hainan	18.47	1.43	17.04	0.33	41.00	453	3166	11723	56.05	19.49	20	9163	434038	360038	230593	74000	44295	26128
Chongqing	33.72	2.66	31.06	1.27	95.60	445	6233	23912	71.24	37.22		5871	1542516	1214929	933154	327587	276630	37139
Sichuan	75.85	5.54	70.31	2.60	227.20	1188	14616	63826	195.55	85.21	74	2440	2797403	2266890	1667253	530513	357707	149818
Guizhou	21.21	2.44	18.77	0.83	197.90	243	6506	18043	63.22	18.74	61	972	798928	705392	560005	93536	65804	28049
Yunnan	44.38	2.74	41.64	1.26	75.00	458	9480	33784	130.97	43.57	135	4077	1880992	1506085	1129568	374907	277961	57688
Tibet	1.65	0.24	1.41	0.13	6.40	19	1465	2204	1.58	1.15	12	145	59166	58867	30261	299	20	3089
Shaanxi	39.54	3.68	35.86	1.43	143.80	1334	9957	33053	74.27	37.18	170	13940	1818765	1507041	1144873	311724	237479	51392
Gansu	20.31	2.70	17.61	0.82	71.40	502	10997	16850	45.65	14.21	47	3183	952254	854756	703621	97498	66674	25190
Qinghai	4.73	0.52	4.21	0.30	11.90	74	2252	6110	5.81	3.53		419	222612	207967	160319	14645	5720	6077
Ningxia	6.66	0.65	6.01	0.17	45.20	52	3609	5990	18.75	5.00		613	374461	335678	266178	38783	33816	10274
Xinjiang	25.06	2.57	22.49	0.66	95.60	371	6412	29999	42.84	15.65		1401	1193631	881020	653079	312611	266253	37879
a)The business volume of post and telecommunications in 1980 and previous years was calculated at 1970
constant prices while that in 1981-1990 was calculated in 1980 canstant prices. Since 1990, it has been
calculated in 1990 constant prices.

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