| 15-43 Main Communication Capacity of Telecommunications (Year-end) | |||||
| Capacity of | Capacity of | Capacity of | Length of Long | Length of Long | |
| Year | Long-distance | Local Office | Mobile | Distance Optical | Distance Microwave |
| Region | Telephone | Telephone | Telephone | Cable Lines | Lines |
| Exchanges | Exchanges | Exchanges | |||
| (circuit) | (10 000 line) | (10 000 subscribers) | (km) | (km) | |
| 1978 | 1863 | 405.9 | 13958 | ||
| 1980 | 1969 | 443.2 | 13958 | ||
| 1985 | 11522 | 613.4 | 17275 | ||
| 1990 | 161370 | 1231.8 | 5.1 | 3334 | 33626 |
| 1991 | 286325 | 1492.2 | 10.5 | 6490 | 39282 |
| 1992 | 521885 | 1915.1 | 45.3 | 14388 | 54418 |
| 1993 | 1206091 | 3040.8 | 156.1 | 38666 | 64368 |
| 1994 | 2416296 | 4926.2 | 371.6 | 73290 | |
| 1995 | 3518781 | 7203.6 | 796.7 | 106882 | 79634 |
| 1996 | 4162009 | 9291.2 | 1536.2 | 130159 | 71503 |
| 1997 | 4368305 | 11269.2 | 2585.7 | 150754 | 65013 |
| 1998 | 4491595 | 13823.7 | 4706.7 | 194100 | 66518 |
| 1999 | 5032026 | 15346.1 | 8136.0 | 239735 | 65228 |
| 2000 | 5635498 | 17825.6 | 13985.6 | 286642 | 121947 |
| 2001 | 7035769 | 20569.5 | 21926.3 | 399082 | 164052 |
| Beijing | 196900 | 739.9 | 811.5 | 3469 | 2304 |
| Tianjin | 81840 | 348.6 | 287.0 | 1673 | 5631 |
| Hebei | 203027 | 1016.6 | 830.8 | 9964 | 7996 |
| Shanxi | 159130 | 410.1 | 399.0 | 14733 | 4858 |
| Inner Mongolia | 115610 | 320.2 | 398.6 | 17223 | 4586 |
| Liaoning | 325074 | 945.0 | 920.2 | 10108 | 6440 |
| Jilin | 193393 | 565.3 | 473.0 | 12658 | 6228 |
| Heilongjiang | 183637 | 717.8 | 560.6 | 26564 | 7128 |
| Shanghai | 307460 | 728.2 | 1111.7 | 2347 | 297 |
| Jiangsu | 408650 | 1759.2 | 1652.4 | 11232 | 2956 |
| Zhejiang | 341483 | 1237.2 | 1798.2 | 11691 | 4589 |
| Anhui | 239393 | 675.1 | 527.8 | 13763 | 5391 |
| Fujian | 297059 | 794.6 | 956.0 | 15038 | 4528 |
| Jiangxi | 260355 | 486.9 | 442.5 | 11352 | 4580 |
| Shandong | 432387 | 1498.4 | 1295.4 | 13189 | 5686 |
| Henan | 277317 | 1049.7 | 808.0 | 21107 | 2209 |
| Hubei | 247999 | 789.5 | 740.0 | 14468 | 6957 |
| Hunan | 275478 | 990.2 | 685.0 | 16450 | 10159 |
| Guangdong | 842185 | 1752.4 | 2790.8 | 21165 | 21144 |
| Guangxi | 227806 | 460.7 | 441.9 | 17915 | 2697 |
| Hainan | 55000 | 83.6 | 125.6 | 333 | 1714 |
| Chongqing | 170500 | 417.3 | 477.0 | 8496 | 11056 |
| Sichuan | 335043 | 778.7 | 1153.0 | 19048 | 5101 |
| Guizhou | 113220 | 265.2 | 305.0 | 13695 | 6280 |
| Yunnan | 194840 | 431.9 | 573.0 | 16646 | 6530 |
| Tibet | 52800 | 24.4 | 22.7 | 6790 | |
| Shaanxi | 141859 | 450.0 | 596.5 | 12279 | 4954 |
| Gansu | 103520 | 345.9 | 287.6 | 15441 | 2346 |
| Qinghai | 40801 | 62.6 | 86.8 | 8166 | 1322 |
| Ningxia | 42460 | 85.9 | 76.5 | 3895 | 1350 |
| Xinjiang | 148783 | 336.6 | 292.4 | 14263 | 7039 |
| Not Classified | 20760 | 2.0 | 13926 | ||
| by Region | |||||
| a)The capacity of exchanges in this table excludes the capacity of exchanges owned by users. | |||||