16-40  Postal Offices and Postal Delivery Routes at Year-end
 
             
Year
Region
           
Number of Number of Length of Highway Railway Rural Delivery
Postal and Post Boxes Postal Routes Routes Routes
Offices (unit) (unit) Routes (km) (km)
             
1978 49623 156398 4863282 572204 150249 4266291
1980 49471 159009 4737124 582058 150819 4138879
1985 53107 174678 1416303 658102 181916 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
2002 76358 217541 3080989 1112806 177685 3511190
2003 63555 275962 3270209 1137480 191351 3531832
2004 66393 222946 3336446 1194578 195998 3530508
2005 65917 202259 3406226 1229802 200180 3565226
2006 62799 197491 3369392 1230633 204733 3566982
             
  Beijing        896 3686 319548 45737 29940 16521
  Tianjin        464 1474 23902 11444 5754 16436
  Hebei          2610 6307 46095 42753 1431 166199
  Shanxi         1623 3492 66645 25306 6869 106144
  Inner Mongolia 1748 2549 58523 44027 5946 109635
             
  Liaoning       1645 6815 136129 33136 4158 96603
  Jilin          1423 4572 44130 23266 7687 84317
  Heilongjiang   2161 5735 99736 37814 12339 118440
             
  Shanghai       673 3842 189691 39926 14720 30003
  Jiangsu        3023 9793 125594 81622 4790 251765
  Zhejiang       2347 15125 174237 50376 3081 143793
  Anhui          2601 6471 64927 42634 2097 138749
  Fujian         1605 15740 137001 30179 2867 85590
  Jiangxi        1862 5499 73234 45245 7078 110528
  Shandong       3048 12077 169627 61727 10208 241729
             
  Henan          2649 5206 93787 57507 5656 191480
  Hubei          2115 16812 100739 46070 8675 197731
  Hunan          6940 13276 86274 50017 3033 203611
  Guangdong      3683 14573 394990 98404 16257 202102
  Guangxi        1688 7498 76753 45511 3502 110444
  Hainan         505 834 32414 11607 0 23645
             
  Chongqing      2231 4312 86536 29148 3418 72256
  Sichuan        5883 9562 190319 58547 5247 173299
  Guizhou        2081 2296 62936 23377 6379 68467
  Yunnan         1928 3857 146171 66777 4638 160478
  Tibet          193 294 17569 14293 1956 116975
             
  Shaanxi        1766 5187 101428 30118 9013 125232
  Gansu          1392 6490 74696 30735 5312 104393
  Qinghai        233 584 20680 9365 3480 14207
  Ningxia        342 851 14185 6106 2355 10911
  Xinjiang       1441 2682 140896 37859 6847 75299
             
 
a) Length of postal routes before 1981 included the length of postal routes and rural delivery routes.