16-40 Postal Offices and Postal Delivery Routes at Year-end | ||||||
Year Region |
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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. | ||||||