15-42    Postal and Telecommunication Services Facilities (Year-end)
             
Year Number of Number of Length of      
Region Post and Post Boxes Postal Highway Railway Rural Delivery
  Telecommunication   Routes Routes Routes Routes
   Offices (unit) (unit) (km)     (km)
             
1978 49623                  4863282 572204 150249  
1980 49471 159009 4737124 582058 150819  
1985 53107 174678 1416303 663016 182178 3565758
1990 53629 181877 1618200 676747 191313 3364861
   
1991 54006 181939 1603344 685759 185872 3371424
1992 54891 183289 1646931 712367 189359 3374556
1993 57005 187966 1760506 727380 189704 3377769
1994 60447 193902 1781787 757931 187871 3364730
1995 61898 203011 1886082 819412 183036 3345848
   
1996 72496 217235 2118940 917151 183884 3358051
1997 79273 231337 2363108 873688 186382 3402946
1998 102225 234716 2853942 930622 189652 3361484
1999 66649 232674 2979007 989122 190056 3348054
2000 58437 239356 3073331 1070304 184925 3364498  
   
2001 57136 225846 3102558 1074092 180399 3492761      
   
  Beijing        715 2734 124814 43877 19728 17892
  Tianjin        363 1981 19636 7295 5071 17789
  Hebei          2013 10466 40777 37079 1686 154200
  Shanxi         1674 3707 103076 23573 5782 102566
  Inner Mongolia 1671 3294 72499 42969 5838 111394
   
  Liaoning       1635 8369 135386 31675 4282 93737
  Jilin          1389 5594 94000 22370 8377 87935
  Heilongjiang   2132 9349 115933 34972 15964 116533
       
  Shanghai       584 4291 209635 23473 14720 27561
  Jiangsu        2920 11399 107652 61218 4796 251297
  Zhejiang       2372 17287 131355 38544 3838 115838
  Anhui          2150 6656 67202 33331 2097 136389
  Fujian         1612 14673 135521 31099 1216 75111
  Jiangxi        1848 9270 90112 39513 6582 118770
  Shandong       3040 24906 162592 50987 10474 229045
   
  Henan          3078 6720 89275 49181 4156 187728
  Hubei          2013 1730 96580 40885 5530 183399
  Hunan          3081 15485 106355 62429 3267 232626
  Guangdong      4601 19185 202188 69179 7733 187967
  Guangxi        1658 6922 73818 41745 4007 107769
  Hainan         504 838 33940 11193 20353
   
  Chongqing      2154 3331 119917 22107 3067 65349
  Sichuan        5565 13086 203118 57287 5036 183717
  Guizhou        1313 2978 67387 27642 6426 63207
  Yunnan         1910 4538 135276 51427 4666 164655
  Tibet          133 257 16262 16228 44842
   
  Shaanxi        1810 5984 97178 32283 8247 126852
  Gansu          1293 6587 74818 27198 5545 106216
  Qinghai        198 576 28090 8709 2923 12081
  Ningxia        356 925 18424 5783 2498 10825
  Xinjiang       1351 2728 129742 31999 6847 139118
             
a) Length of postal routes before 1982 included the length of postal routes and rural delivery routes.