15-40  Postal Offices and Postal Delivery Routes at Year-end
	Number of	Number of	Length of			Rural Delivery
Year				Highway	Railway
Region	Postal Offices	Post Boxes	Postal Routes	Routes	Routes	Routes
	(unit)	(unit)	(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
2007	70655	195336	3532980	1302915	211534	3637553
Beijing	1522	3808	328356	50584	27850	17844
Tianjin	673	1436	26872	11788	5754	16420
Hebei	2138	6087	49106	45708	1431	167991
Shanxi	1656	3253	66166	25346	6869	107441
Inner Mongolia	1802	2567	61900	43851	5946	111007
Liaoning	1904	7053	141282	38564	4022	95555
Jilin	1401	4291	46769	25479	7157	100242
Heilongjiang	2215	5537	94827	38056	10239	120558
Shanghai	4710	3818	252469	44929	14637	30395
Jiangsu	3874	9387	132319	88160	4734	251462
Zhejiang	2986	14752	198935	54977	3081	150651
Anhui	2521	6334	68800	44614	2097	141777
Fujian	1819	14009	136176	36597	2867	89950
Jiangxi	1895	4624	78727	47210	7525	103297
Shandong	3411	12770	165559	57483	11416	252731
Henan	2821	5247	102630	61059	7080	192717
Hubei	2262	19011	92235	47899	8797	196967
Hunan	5985	13096	90436	51053	3033	202649
Guangdong	5123	13811	445180	113103	12806	229089
Guangxi	1722	7504	77342	43926	4907	111069
Hainan	512	836	39422	11576		23281
Chongqing	2386	4319	88039	31631	2289	73589
Sichuan	5597	9599	171678	62366	8019	173867
Guizhou	2123	2205	60747	25222	6379	69930
Yunnan	2038	3936	168727	67477	10375	161377
Tibet	199	300	17161	13898	1956	117736
Shaanxi	1818	5141	102843	31059	9013	124554
Gansu	1448	6490	75686	31962	5270	104906
Qinghai	254	593	24587	10706	3480	12526
Ningxia	358	851	14382	6343	2315	10808
Xinjiang	1482	2671	113622	40289	10190	75167
a) Length of postal routes before 1981 included the length of postal routes and rural delivery routes.