| 15-41 Main Communication Capacity of Telecommunications (Year-end) | |||||
| Year | 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 | |
| Region | Exchanges | Exchanges | Exchanges | of Internet | |
| (circuit) | (10 000 line) | (10 000 subscribers) | (km) | (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 |
| 2007 | 17092213 | 51034.6 | 85496.1 | 792154 | 8539.3 |
| Beijing | 579710 | 1547.5 | 2398.0 | 3460 | 398.7 |
| Tianjin | 183208 | 608.4 | 1065.0 | 2773 | 119.2 |
| Hebei | 484940 | 2105.1 | 3952.5 | 21230 | 301.9 |
| Shanxi | 277084 | 1241.6 | 1867.4 | 22941 | 188.6 |
| Inner Mongolia | 248369 | 722.8 | 2013.0 | 33896 | 99.7 |
| Liaoning | 606679 | 1997.7 | 2727.0 | 20622 | 288.0 |
| Jilin | 254226 | 1075.9 | 1958.0 | 16584 | 128.2 |
| Heilongjiang | 319717 | 1537.9 | 2256.9 | 35639 | 217.6 |
| Shanghai | 656677 | 1454.7 | 2626.0 | 2974 | 533.8 |
| Jiangsu | 1178445 | 4693.4 | 5244.9 | 29541 | 777.5 |
| Zhejiang | 831801 | 3246.4 | 5903.1 | 26052 | 701.3 |
| Anhui | 717022 | 1837.5 | 2026.4 | 26141 | 194.7 |
| Fujian | 689942 | 1968.5 | 3721.0 | 18068 | 368.6 |
| Jiangxi | 528313 | 1205.1 | 1933.2 | 20374 | 167.8 |
| Shandong | 489143 | 3270.2 | 7638.0 | 27906 | 529.3 |
| Henan | 585960 | 2437.1 | 4092.9 | 30549 | 321.4 |
| Hubei | 634208 | 1754.4 | 3321.0 | 27590 | 282.0 |
| Hunan | 614184 | 1762.4 | 2489.5 | 33736 | 262.0 |
| Guangdong | 2767211 | 5362.5 | 11365.8 | 44901 | 1029.8 |
| Guangxi | 567967 | 1361.7 | 1979.2 | 37805 | 210.4 |
| Hainan | 66244 | 302.7 | 478.0 | 1702 | 39.5 |
| Chongqing | 229086 | 1146.9 | 1844.3 | 9316 | 164.2 |
| Sichuan | 647837 | 2453.4 | 3502.4 | 55910 | 308.8 |
| Guizhou | 284768 | 826.8 | 1442.5 | 30057 | 96.5 |
| Yunnan | 275602 | 988.2 | 2314.5 | 35445 | 155.0 |
| Tibet | 58804 | 122.5 | 110.0 | 19663 | 8.0 |
| Shaanxi | 386905 | 1383.4 | 2352.3 | 27776 | 183.0 |
| Gansu | 229895 | 814.4 | 1071.0 | 27122 | 84.3 |
| Qinghai | 115422 | 166.3 | 257.0 | 19970 | 19.7 |
| Ningxia | 59882 | 224.2 | 354.6 | 7684 | 24.9 |
| Xinjiang | 433874 | 902.9 | 1190.8 | 36139 | 107.7 |
| Not Classified | 1089088 | 511.9 | 38589 | 227.0 | |
| by Region | |||||
| a)The capacity of exchanges in this table do not includes the capacity of exchanges owned by users. | |||||