16-40  Bussiness Volume of Post and Telecommunication Services
							Stamps	Number of	Number of	Number of	Number	Number of
Year	Business Volume of	Business	Business	Number of	Pieces of	Issue of	for	Long Distance	Subscribers of	Mobile	of	Subscribers
	Post and	Volume of	Volume of	Letters	Express	Newspapers	Collection	Telephone	Wireless Paging	Telephone	Internet	of Local	Number of	Household	Rural	Household	Public
Region	Telecommunications	Post	Telecommunications	(100 million	Mail	and		Calls	Services	Subscribers	Users	Telephone	Urban	Telephone	Telephone	Telephone	Telephone
	(100 million yuan)			pcs)	Services	Magazines	(10 000	(10 000	(10 000	(10 000	(10 000	at Year-end	Telephone	Subscribers	Subscribers	Subscribers	(10 000
					(10 000 pcs)	(10 000 copies)	pieces)	times)	subscribers)	subscribers)	persons)	(10 000subscribers)	Subscribers				subscribers)
1978	34.09			28.35		11250		18574				192.5	119.2		73.4		1.2
1980	39.03			33.13		16431		21404				214.1	134.2		79.9		1.4
1985	62.21			46.78		30172		38254				312.0	219.0	4.1	93.1	2.0	2.7
1989	123.46			57.28	247.3	17704		78462	23.7	1.0		568.0	439.6	89.6	128.4	21.3	4.0
1990	155.54	45.95	109.59	54.87	343.3	20078	71233	116292	43.7	1.8		685.0	538.4	152.7	146.6	30.7	4.6
1991	204.39	52.75	151.63	52.11	566.7	23277	123523	172921	87.4	4.8		845.1	670.8	239.0	174.2	49.5	5.4
1992	290.94	64.36	226.57	57.18	959.2	25104	167303	287380	222.0	17.7		1146.9	920.6	415.4	226.3	79.0	8.4
1993	462.71	80.26	382.45	68.70	2156.2	25511	210885	506853	561.4	63.9		1733.2	1407.4	800.4	325.8	139.5	15.8
1994	688.19	95.89	592.30	76.50	4019.5	24096	236849	757639	1033.0	156.8		2729.5	2246.8	1489.4	482.7	274.9	38.7
1995	988.85	113.34	875.51	79.55	5562.7	21689	239250	1013966	1739.2	362.9		4070.6	3263.6	2358.4	807.0	551.4	85.0
1996	1342.04	133.29	1208.75	78.68	7096.6	21157	303436	1273951	2536.2	685.3		5494.7	4277.8	3224.6	1216.9	907.3	138.0
1997	1773.29	144.34	1628.95	68.55	6878.9	21875	451729	1554026	3254.6	1323.3		7031.0	5244.4	4057.2	1786.6	1406.6	193.9
1998	2431.21	166.28	2264.94	65.51	7331.8	22989	502850	1825941	3908.2	2386.3		8742.1	6259.8	4911.1	2482.3	2070.7	259.5
1999	3330.82	198.44	3132.38	60.52	9091.3	25035	522475	1782529	4674.5	4329.6		10871.6	7463.3	5894.4	3408.4	2949.2	297.4
2000	4792.70	232.80	4559.90	77.71	11031.4	20090	453500	2107542	4884.3	8453.3		14482.9	9311.6	7219.4	5171.3	4597.8	352.0
2001	4556.26	457.42	4098.84	86.93	12652.7	21811	344114	2199823	3606.4	14522.2		18036.8	11193.7	8535.3	6843.1	6197.7	346.2
2002	5695.80	494.69	5201.12	106.01	14036.2	17620	244159	1927910	1872.1	20600.5		21422.2	13579.1	10196.7	7843.1	7183.8	985.5
2003	7019.79	541.04	6478.75	103.84	17237.8	16594	183421	1960283	1057.6	26995.3	7950	26274.7	17109.7	12533.9	9165.0	8389.7	1561.4
2004	9712.29	564.30	9147.99	82.81	19771.9	14789	149178	2262240	395.2	33482.4	9400	31175.6	21025.1	15246.5	10150.5	9240.5	2215.0
Beijing	343.84	31.12	312.71	7.72	1499.7	798	11610	78350	1.2	1340.7	402	847.5	759.8	558.4	87.7	87.0	52.1
Tianjin	142.39	9.20	133.19	1.06	352.1	178	5353	34929	0.8	423.6	193	407.0	405.7	324.8	1.3	0.9	32.3
Hebei	428.60	22.33	406.28	3.26	739.9	632	4070	85514	6.2	1512.9	387	1554.9	883.2	665.8	671.8	640.0	67.0
Shanxi	216.13	14.18	201.96	1.02	238.4	324	3165	41771	4.0	753.8	211	770.9	521.9	424.9	248.9	232.3	57.4
Inner Mongolia	156.63	8.62	148.01	0.62	218.1	218	1584	28772	5.2	594.6	93	492.2	390.1	309.7	102.1	91.8	26.8
Liaoning	369.46	20.46	349.00	1.39	744.3	352	3714	104405	43.9	1194.4	322	1470.1	1058.7	861.1	411.4	392.1	93.1
Jilin	212.64	11.28	201.36	0.72	322.9	260	1789	34052	23.3	763.8	179	655.6	461.5	371.7	194.1	186.9	39.9
Heilongjiang	285.22	22.20	263.02	1.39	371.5	419	3936	39370	25.5	1017.1	278	1082.6	833.0	710.2	249.6	238.5	63.2
Shanghai	349.05	36.11	312.94	8.24	1388.4	824	4678	87740	0.6	1311.3	441	868.2	859.2	615.7	9.0		31.2
Jiangsu	556.49	46.39	510.10	7.52	1464.0	1201	11829	201916	7.6	2232.9	661	2582.4	1641.9	1163.2	940.5	855.1	147.0
Zhejiang	677.17	29.04	648.12	7.35	1164.2	918	8111	195508	4.1	2322.5	534	1974.8	1188.2	723.9	786.6	653.9	179.2
Anhui	222.98	19.27	203.71	2.40	432.5	801	8988	58666	1.0	873.4	240	1191.6	591.9	453.1	599.7	578.2	45.9
Fujian	430.47	22.63	407.84	4.42	789.4	462	5570	99022	34.6	1138.1	326	1264.7	848.3	573.6	416.5	374.1	102.0
Jiangxi	201.63	15.17	186.46	2.14	390.1	405	3534	47267	8.5	671.3	156	693.4	411.5	298.8	281.9	260.9	56.0
Shandong	538.86	39.71	499.15	5.03	1259.4	716	6188	112584	26.6	1909.4	848	2464.1	1265.8	1031.5	1198.2	1135.6	128.3
Henan	433.98	28.27	405.27	2.65	1104.6	768	10495	105359	71.5	1392.3	305	1583.9	927.3	710.9	656.5	615.4	123.5
Hubei	290.58	20.57	270.01	2.24	656.5	457	7539	64423	0.3	1129.8	429	1072.9	777.1	563.5	295.8	265.7	102.2
Hunan	285.50	19.27	266.24	1.58	450.3	661	3257	73603	17.5	1036.4	312	1085.3	616.5	451.5	468.8	437.5	71.1
Guangdong	1786.05	55.12	1730.92	10.67	2689.4	1056	7856	353901	26.0	5373.9	1188	2954.9	2179.3	1403.9	775.7	618.5	298.7
Guangxi	262.88	10.89	252.00	1.59	583.1	442	2630	39186	4.1	874.5	285	810.9	544.2	382.1	266.7	245.6	54.2
Hainan	62.35	3.72	58.63	0.24	95.7	71	671	9083	2.2	165.0	47	197.3	140.6	87.6	56.6	48.3	20.5
Chongqing	168.65	9.41	159.24	1.84	333.7	165	2169	26115	0.3	811.6	181	642.4	425.5	308.5	216.9	203.6	36.4
Sichuan	335.58	19.57	316.01	2.53	984.9	989	4094	81217	49.0	1514.6	523	1369.9	989.2	681.8	380.8	346.8	103.4
Guizhou	131.23	6.12	125.11	0.70	326.8	272	1089	25170	0.6	440.0	98	387.6	281.0	202.3	106.5	97.0	27.2
Yunnan	206.30	8.18	198.12	0.84	218.0	339	2710	32440	2.7	732.4	206	547.4	410.4	283.8	137.0	115.1	42.0
Tibet	13.34	1.00	12.34	0.05	30.7	24	170	7959		39.7	7	37.7	35.2	23.9	2.5	1.5	2.5
Shaanxi	244.03	14.82	229.21	1.99	365.6	283	4133	66857	1.1	788.7	258	791.9	527.1	366.3	264.8	244.4	60.1
Gansu	108.39	6.56	101.83	0.56	213.3	353	2495	24649	0.6	358.0	120	477.3	344.6	232.1	132.7	118.2	48.6
Qinghai	26.14	1.63	24.52	0.28	48.2	75	599	6878		117.7	20	94.4	77.7	56.9	16.7	15.2	5.6
Ningxia	38.18	2.32	35.86	0.29	58.4	43	758	9242	0.5	158.6	31	119.6	84.4	58.6	35.2	32.2	9.1
Xinjiang	152.01	7.48	144.53	0.48	238.1	284	3141	35441	13.8	489.7	119	495.2	376.7	270.0	118.6	103.4	39.9
Not Classified	35.54	1.65	33.89				11253	50857	12.1			187.2	167.8	76.5	19.4	4.6	48.7
by Region
a) The business volumes of post and telecommunications before 2000 were calculated at 1990's constant prices and these since 2000 were calculated
at 2000's constant prices. The increase rate at constant price in 2001 was 27.6%.
b)Number of subscribers of public telephone since 2002 included the smart net special end-users which were installed at the public spatial, such as
street. The data are not comparable with those of previous years.