Transport, Post and Telecommunication Services
I. Main
Content
Data in this chapter cover mainly
the basic conditions of the development of transportation, post and
telecommunications in
Data of transport cover mainly the
length of the routes of five means of transportation, the possession of the
transport equipment, the technological quality, the freight traffic and
passenger traffic accomplished by various means of transportation, the
composition of the fixed assets and main financial conditions in the railway
transport, the length of major ports and the situation of berths, and cargo
handled at principal sea ports.
Data of post and telecommunication
cover mainly the situation of post and telecommunication offices and postal
routes, the telephone lines, telegraph lines and the possession of the
telecommunication facilities, the complete business volume of post and
telecommunication services, and the development of the post and
telecommunication services, etc.
II. Coverage
and Statistical Units
Data on railway transportation:
including the operation and management of the national, local and joint-venture
railways, not including the railways for military purpose, industrial lines and
special railways. The data on the operation and management of the national
railways and joint-venture railways come from the railway sub-bureaus and the
transport enterprises subordinate to them. The data on the operation and
management of local railways come from the provincial administrative
departments of the local railways.
Data on highways, waterways and
ports: (1) The length of highways
and waterways refer to the length open to traffic or navigation at the end of
the year, not including the highways and waterways under construction or not officially
put into used ones. (2) The data on the possession of civil motor vehicles and
number of drivers are provided by the divisions of vehicle management under the
provincial departments of public security, subordinate to the Traffic
Management Bureau, Ministry of Public Security, not including those for
military use. (3) The data on possession of highway vehicles are provided by
the divisions of vehicle management under the provincial departments of public security,
subordinate to the Traffic Management Bureau, Ministry of Public Security,
including vehicles for business use and non-business use. It is part of the
civil motor vehicles. (4) The data on the possession of ships are provided by
the divisions of navigation or ports management under the provincial
departments of communications, subordinate to the Ministry of Communications,
not including fishermen, ships for constructions in water and ships for
military use. (5) The data on the passenger traffic and freight traffic by
highways and waterways are collected and prepared separately by the Ministry of
Communications and the National Bureau of Statistics in accordance with the
"Provisions on the Statistical Work of the Whole Trades of Highway and
Waterway Transport", jointly issued by the Ministry of Communications and
the National Bureau of Statistics in 1992. (6) The data on highway and waterway
transportation are collected through comprehensive reporting system and
non-comprehensive reporting system. The statistical coverage is all the enterprises
and institutional units and individuals (including joint-households) registered
in the People's Republic of
Data on the pipeline transport: The
data on pipeline transport cover the length, transport capacity and the volume
transported of the petroleum (crude oil) pipelines, petroleum products
pipelines, natural gas pipelines and other gas pipelines. The coverage of
statistics of pipeline transport includes the pipelines leading directly from
the enterprises of oil fields or gas fields to the users such as refineries,
chemical plants, power stations, etc. and to the loading stations and ports or
piers, the petroleum products pipelines leading from the refineries to the
users (including the oil depots of the commercial oil companies) and the
pipelines leading from the enterprises engaged in pipeline transport with
independent accounting system to the users and causeways and ports or piers.
The data sources of the pipeline transport statistics are mainly the enterprises
engaged in the pipeline transport subordinate to the China National Petroleum
and Natural Gas Corporation Group and China Petrochemical Corporation Group.
The two corporations collect and examine the statistical data from the units
subordinate to them respectively.
Data on the civil aviation
transport: The civil aviation transport includes the enterprises engaged in the
civil aviation transport flights, flights for general purpose and airports for
civil aviation, excluding foreign companies’ flights within Chinese territory.
The statistical data cover the air lines, length, and transport volume of the
domestic transport, the transport between China mainland and Hong Kong, Macao
and Taiwan, and the international transport engaged by the air companies as
well as the composition of aircraft; the statistical data also cover the data
on the operation and performance of the civil aviation, and condition of
flights for general purpose.
Data on post and
telecommunications: Data in this category include telecommunications and post
services rendered to the public by telecommunications and postal enterprises,
but exclude services provided through dedicated networks. The business volume
of post and telecommunications is classified by nature into telecommunication service
and postal service, and by customers into the domestic service, international
service, and service between the mainland and
III. Sources of Data
Data in this chapter are arranged and compiled by Department of Industrial and Transportation Statistics of NBS. Data on transportation are from Ministry of Railway, Ministry of Communication, Civil Aviation Administration of China, Ministry of Public Security, China Petroleum and Natural Gas Corporation Group, China Petrochemical Corporation Group, and statistical bureaus of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government. Data on post and telecommunication services come from Ministry of Information Industry and National Postal Office.