15-40 Basic Conditions of Post and Telecommunications Services

 

 

 

 

 

Item

1996

1997

1998

1999

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Business Volume of Post and Telecommunications

1342.04

1773.29

2431.21

3330.82

Service           (100 million yuan)

        

         

         

 

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)

        

         

         

 

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)

        

         

         

 

Local (Urban) Telephone Subscribers at

4277.8

5244.4

6259.8

7463.3

Year-end               (10 000 subscribers)

        

         

         

 

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)

        

         

         

 

Number of Mobile Telephones Subscribers at

685.3

1323.3

2386.3

4329.6

Year-end                      (10 000 subscribers)

        

         

         

 

Number of Rural Telephones Subscribers at

1216.9

1786.6

2482.3

3408.4

Year-end                      (10 000 subscribers)

        

         

         

 

Number of Post & Telecommunications Offices

72496

79273

102225

66649

Length of Postal Routes and Rural Delivery

        

         

         

 

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)

        

         

         

 

Number of Telegraph Lines              (line)

11569

12624

11715

9015

Telecommunications Facilities

        

         

         

 

Capacity of Office Telephone Exchanges

9291.23

11269.17

13823.66

15346.13

(10 000 lines)

        

         

         

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

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. The same as the following table.