15-40    Basic Conditions of Post and
Telecommunication Services
Item	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Business Volume of Post and Telecommunications	1773.29	2431.21	3330.82	4792.70	4556.26
Service           (100 million yuan)
Number of Letters           (100 million pcs)	68.55	65.51	60.52	77.71	86.93
Pieces of Express Mail Services  (10 000 pcs)	6878.9	7331.8	9091.3	11031.4	12652.7
Number of Newspapers and Magazines	21875.2	22989.3	25035.2	20089.7	21811.1
Circulation                 (10 000 copies)
Philately Business    (10 000 pcs)	451729	502850	522475	453500	34414
Number of Long-distance Calls	155.40	182.59	178.25	210.75	219.98
(100 million times)
Number of Subscribers of Pagering Service at	3254.6	3908.2	4674.5	4884.3	3606.4
Year-end               (10 000 subscribers)
Number of Mobile Telephone Subscribers at	1323.3	2386.3	4329.6	8453.3	14522.2
Year-end                      (10 000 subscribers)
Local Telephone Subscribers of at Year-end	7031.0	8742.1	10871.6	14482.9	18036.8
(10 000 subscribers)
Local (Urban) Telephone Subscribers at	5244.4	6259.8	7463.3	9311.6	11193.7
Year-end               (10 000 subscribers)
Residential Telephone Subscribers	4057.2	4911.1	5894.4	7219.4	8535.3
Number of Rural Telephones Subscribers at	1786.6	2482.3	3408.4	5171.3	6843.1
Year-end                      (10 000 subscribers)
Residential Telephone Subscribers	1406.6	2070.7	2949.2	4597.8	6197.7
Number of Post & Telecommunications Offices (unit)	79273	102225	66649	58437	57136
Length of Postal Routes and Rural Delivery
Routes             (10 000 km)	576.61	621.54	632.71	643.78	659.53
Number of Long-distance Telephone Lines	114.61	157.65	186.97	220.17	339.33
(10 000 lines)
Length of Long-distance Optical Cable Lines	15.08	19.41	23.97	28.66	39.91
（10 000 km）
Capacity of Long-distance Telephone Exchanges	436.83	449.16	503.20	563.55	703.58
(10 000 lines)
Capacity of Office Telephone Exchanges	11269	13824	15346	17826	20570
(10 000 lines)
Capacity of Mobile Telephone Exchanges (10 000 subscribers)	2585.7	4706.7	8136.0	13985.6	21926.3
Number of Telephone Sets   (10 000 units)	10111.1	13123.4	17567.4	25606.6	35334.7
Number of Fixed Telephones	8787.8	10737.1	13237.8	17153.3	20812.5
Number of Mobile Telephones	1323.3	2386.3	4329.6	8453.3	14522.2
a) The business volume of post and telecommunication services before 2000 was calculated at 1990's constant prices and that in 2001 was calculated
at 2000's constant prices. The increase rate at comparable price in 2001 was 27.6 %.
b)  Number of postal and telecommunications offices refers to number of postal offices before 1999. The same as the following table.