15-40      Basic Conditions of Post and

Telecommunication Services

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Business Volume of Post and Telecommunications

1342.04

1773.29

2431.21

3330.82

4792.70

      Service           (100 million yuan)

        

         

         

 

 

  Number of Letters           (100 million pcs)

78.68

68.55

65.51

60.52

77.71

  Number of Parcels                (10 000 pcs)

14920.0

9715.3

9726.5

9741.9

9600.3

  Pieces of Express Mail Services  (10 000 pcs)

7096.6

6878.9

7331.8

9091.3

11031.4

  Number of Newspapers and Magazines         

21157.4

21875.2

22989.3

25035.2

20089.7

      Circulation                 (10 000 copies)

        

         

         

 

 

  Number of Long-distance Calls              

127.40

155.40

182.59

178.25

210.75

      100 million times

 

 

 

 

 

  Local Telephone Subscribers of at Year-end 

5494.7

7031.0

8742.1

10871.6

14482.9

     (10 000 subscribers)

        

         

         

 

 

  Local (Urban) Telephone Subscribers at      

4277.8

5244.4

6259.8

7463.3

9311.6

    Year-end               (10 000 subscribers)

        

         

         

 

 

        Residential Telephone Subscribers          

3224.6

4057.2

4911.1

5894.4

7219.4

  Number of Subscribers of Pageing Service at

2536.2

3254.6

3908.2

4674.5

4884.3

    Year-end               (10 000 subscribers)

        

         

         

 

 

  Number of Mobile Telephones Subscribers at 

685.3

1323.3

2386.3

4329.6

8453.3

    Year-end                      (10 000 subscribers)

        

         

         

 

 

  Number of Rural Telephones Subscribers at  

1216.9

1786.6

2482.3

3408.4

5171.3

    Year-end                      (10 000 subscribers)

        

         

         

 

 

  Number of Post & Telecommunications Offices

72496

79273

102225

66649

70968

  Length of Postal Routes and Rural Delivery 

        

         

         

 

 

    Routes             (10 000 km)

547.70

576.61

621.54

632.71

643.00

  Number of Long-distance Telephone Lines    

998287

1146121

1576483

1869671

2201746

   (line)

        

         

         

 

 

 Length of Long-distance Optical Cable Lines 

130159

150754

194100

239735

286642

 km

 

 

 

 

 

 Capacity of Office Telephone Exchanges   

9291.23

11269.17

13823.66

15346.13

17825.64

      (10 000 lines)

        

         

         

 

 

          Central State-owned                    

6923.67

8406.80

9951.35

11094.08

13306.16

          Local State-owned                      

2367.56

2862.37

3872.31

4252.05

4519.48

  Number of Telephone Sets   (10 000 units)

7732.03

10111.12

13123.43

17567.44

25606.55

          Central State-owned                    

5537.78

6745.23

7963.28

9505.43

12634.36

          Local State-owned                      

1508.97

2042.61

2773.86

3732.41

4518.89

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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. Number of postal and telecommunications offices refers to number of postal offices since 1999. The same as the following

   table.