15-40 Basic
Conditions of Post and Telecommunications Services |
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1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
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Business Volume of Post
and Telecommunications |
1342.04 |
1773.29 |
2431.21 |
3330.82 |
Service
(100 million yuan) |
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Number of Letters
(100 million pcs) |
78.68 |
68.55 |
65.51 |
60.52 |
Number of Parcels (10
000 pcs) |
14920.0 |
9715.3 |
9726.5 |
9741.9 |
Pieces of Express Mail
Services (10 000 pcs) |
7096.6 |
6878.9 |
7331.8 |
9091.3 |
Number of Newspapers
and Magazines |
21157.4 |
21875.2 |
22989.3 |
25035.2 |
Circulation
(10 000 copies) |
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Number of
Telegrams
(10 000 pcs) |
9610.7 |
6580.6 |
5343.5 |
4429.6 |
Number of Faxes (10000 pcs) |
565.0 |
711.8 |
790.2 |
668.5 |
Number of Long-distance
Calls |
1273951 |
1554026 |
1825941 |
1782532 |
Local Telephone
Subscribers of at Year-end |
5494.7 |
7031.0 |
8742.1 |
10871.6 |
(10 000 subscribers) |
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Local (Urban) Telephone
Subscribers at |
4277.8 |
5244.4 |
6259.8 |
7463.3 |
Year-end
(10 000 subscribers) |
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Residential Telephone
Subscribers |
3224.6 |
4057.2 |
4911.1 |
5894.4 |
Number of Subscribers
of Pageing Service at |
2536.2 |
2969.0 |
3908.2 |
4674.5 |
Year-end
(10 000 subscribers) |
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Number of Mobile
Telephones Subscribers at |
685.3 |
1323.3 |
2386.3 |
4329.6 |
Year-end
(10 000 subscribers) |
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Number of Rural
Telephones Subscribers at |
1216.9 |
1786.6 |
2482.3 |
3408.4 |
Year-end
(10 000 subscribers) |
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Number of Post &
Telecommunications Offices |
72496 |
79273 |
102225 |
66649 |
Length of Postal Routes
and Rural Delivery |
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Routes
(km) |
5476991 |
5766054 |
6215426 |
6327061 |
Highway Routes |
917151 |
873688 |
930622 |
989122 |
Railway Routes |
183884 |
186382 |
189652 |
190056 |
Number of Long-distance
Telephone Lines |
998287 |
1146121 |
1576483 |
2299447 |
(line) |
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Number of Telegraph
Lines
(line) |
11569 |
12624 |
11715 |
9015 |
Telecommunications
Facilities |
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Capacity of Office
Telephone Exchanges |
9291.23 |
11269.17 |
13823.66 |
15346.13 |
(10 000 lines) |
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Central State-owned |
6923.67 |
8406.80 |
9951.35 |
11094.08 |
Local State-owned |
2367.56 |
2862.37 |
3872.31 |
4252.05 |
Number of Telephone
Sets (10 000 units) |
7732.03 |
10111.12 |
13123.43 |
17567.44 |
Central State-owned |
5537.78 |
6745.23 |
7963.28 |
9505.43 |
Local State-owned |
1508.97 |
2042.61 |
2773.86 |
3732.41 |
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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 sub |