16-42  Level of Postal and Telecommunication Services
 
           
Item 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
           
Postal Services Available          
      Average Area Served by Every          
          Post Office                                          (sq.km)  123.8 148.8 142.4 145.6 152.9
      Average People Served by Every Post office           
(10 000 persons) 1.70 2.02 1.95 1.97 2.09
      Annual Average Number of Letters                                    
         Mailed per Capita                                 (piece) 8.30 8.08 6.41 5.66 5.50
      Annual Average Number of Newspaper and                 
         Magazine Subscribed per 100 Persons  (piece)                                                                     13.9 12.9 11.4 11.2 11.2
      Percentage of Townships with Postal and                   
         Telecommunication Offices                    (%) 81.9 82.8 82.4 83.8 76.2
      Percentage of Administrative Village with Postal          
         Communication                                       (%)   97.80 97.98 97.73 98.96 99.40
Telecommunication Services Available          
      Number of Country (Territory) Roamed through          
           Mobile Telephone                             (unit) 116 155 184 203 219
   Popularization Rate of Telephone (include mobile          
                telephone)                  (sets/100 persons) 33.60 42.16 50.03 57.22 63.40
      Popularization Rate of Mobile Telephone           
                                                   (sets/100 persons) 16.10 21.02 25.91 30.26 35.30
      Per 1 000 Person Public Telephone        (Sets)  7.67 12.08 17.14 20.63 22.64
      Percentage of Administrative Village with        97.10 98.90
         Telephone                                        (%)            
      Percentage of Administrative Village with  87.90 89.94 91.18 94.40 95.90
         Fixed Telephone                                 (%)