| 16-41 Main Communication Capacity of Telecommunications (Year-end) | |||||
| Year Region |
Capacity of | Capacity of | Capacity of | Length of Long | Broad Band |
| Long-distance | Local Office | Mobile | Distance Optical | Subscribers | |
| Telephone | Telephone | Telephone | Cable Lines | Port | |
| Exchanges | Exchanges | Exchanges | (km) | of Internet | |
| (circuit) | (10 000 line) | (10 000 subscribers) | (10 000 ports) | ||
| 1978 | 1863 | 405.9 | |||
| 1980 | 1969 | 443.2 | |||
| 1985 | 11522 | 613.4 | |||
| 1990 | 161370 | 1231.8 | 5.1 | 3334 | |
| 1991 | 286325 | 1492.2 | 10.5 | 6490 | |
| 1992 | 521885 | 1915.1 | 45.3 | 14388 | |
| 1993 | 1206091 | 3040.8 | 156.1 | 38666 | |
| 1994 | 2416296 | 4926.2 | 371.6 | 73290 | |
| 1995 | 3518781 | 7203.6 | 796.7 | 106882 | |
| 1996 | 4162009 | 9291.2 | 1536.2 | 130159 | |
| 1997 | 4368305 | 11269.2 | 2585.7 | 150754 | |
| 1998 | 4491595 | 13823.7 | 4706.7 | 194100 | |
| 1999 | 5032026 | 15346.1 | 8136.0 | 239735 | |
| 2000 | 5635498 | 17825.6 | 13985.6 | 286642 | |
| 2001 | 7035769 | 25566.3 | 21926.3 | 399082 | |
| 2002 | 7730133 | 28656.8 | 27400.3 | 487684 | |
| 2003 | 8693998 | 35082.5 | 33698.4 | 594303 | 1802.3 |
| 2004 | 12629982 | 42346.9 | 39684.3 | 695271 | 3578.1 |
| 2005 | 13716307 | 47196.1 | 48241.7 | 723040 | 4874.7 |
| 2006 | 14423427 | 50279.9 | 61032.0 | 722439 | 6486.4 |
| Beijing | 577040 | 1510.9 | 2038.0 | 3006 | 335.2 |
| Tianjin | 240028 | 611.0 | 845.0 | 2387 | 95.9 |
| Hebei | 484340 | 2263.4 | 2777.8 | 20664 | 235.9 |
| Shanxi | 291004 | 1211.7 | 1457.3 | 22544 | 148.0 |
| Inner Mongolia | 256984 | 849.2 | 1223.6 | 34818 | 69.9 |
| Liaoning | 632787 | 2155.2 | 2286.6 | 20709 | 224.1 |
| Jilin | 286626 | 1141.6 | 1384.3 | 16612 | 96.2 |
| Heilongjiang | 319717 | 1541.4 | 1629.3 | 35764 | 174.6 |
| Shanghai | 517397 | 1374.6 | 2384.1 | 3348 | 421.3 |
| Jiangsu | 940132 | 4578.7 | 4239.4 | 27780 | 547.3 |
| Zhejiang | 642281 | 3093.2 | 4194.1 | 25562 | 549.9 |
| Anhui | 479859 | 1756.6 | 1450.6 | 26151 | 134.3 |
| Fujian | 368293 | 1908.1 | 2296.2 | 17681 | 305.6 |
| Jiangxi | 469508 | 1177.4 | 1747.2 | 17556 | 122.1 |
| Shandong | 609436 | 3553.9 | 3874.5 | 27556 | 433.8 |
| Henan | 585930 | 2482.1 | 2936.3 | 29463 | 230.8 |
| Hubei | 467135 | 1683.9 | 2547.4 | 22944 | 221.7 |
| Hunan | 465687 | 1705.2 | 2008.1 | 29496 | 207.9 |
| Guangdong | 2360802 | 4953.5 | 7741.8 | 42907 | 725.9 |
| Guangxi | 386823 | 1313.8 | 1463.8 | 33562 | 161.6 |
| Hainan | 116712 | 309.3 | 319.0 | 850 | 33.5 |
| Chongqing | 143316 | 1112.5 | 1238.3 | 8255 | 111.6 |
| Sichuan | 670838 | 2359.8 | 2775.0 | 39196 | 244.4 |
| Guizhou | 222085 | 719.1 | 858.8 | 23275 | 69.6 |
| Yunnan | 239026 | 927.7 | 1635.0 | 30013 | 113.7 |
| Tibet | 54454 | 112.5 | 80.0 | 18757 | 4.8 |
| Shaanxi | 376681 | 1344.0 | 1629.8 | 33467 | 134.8 |
| Gansu | 161688 | 775.1 | 627.8 | 23090 | 62.2 |
| Qinghai | 93412 | 159.3 | 172.0 | 16757 | 15.4 |
| Ningxia | 45256 | 216.4 | 251.6 | 6101 | 18.6 |
| Xinjiang | 282568 | 878.0 | 919.5 | 31589 | 73.1 |
| Not Classified | 635582 | 500.9 | 30579 | 162.6 | |
| by Region | |||||
| a)The capacity of exchanges in this table do not includes the capacity of exchanges owned by users. | |||||