Brief Introduction
I.
Main Contents
Data in this chapter present the
development of transportation, post and telecommunications in
Data on transport cover mainly the length of
the routes of five means of transportation, the possession of transport
equipment, the condition of technological quality, freight traffic and
passenger traffic accomplished by various means of transportation, the
composition of the fixed assets and main financial conditions in the railway
transport, the length of major ports and the situation of berths, and cargo
handled at principal sea ports.
Data on post and telecommunications cover
mainly the situation of post and telecommunication offices and postal routes;
telephone lines, telegraph lines and the possession of telecommunication
facilities; business volume of postal and telecommunication services achieved;
and the level of development of postal and telecommunication services.
II.
Scope of Statistics
1. Data on railway transportation:
including the operation and management of the national, local and joint-venture
railways but not including railways for military purpose, lines built by
industrial and mining enterprises and special railways. Data on the operation
and management of the national railways and joint-venture railways come from
the railway bureaus and transport enterprises subordinate to them. Data on the
operation and management of local railways come from the provincial
administrative departments managing the local railways.
2. Data on highways, waterways and
ports: (1) The length of highways
and waterways refer to the length open to traffic or navigation at the end of
the year, but not including the highways and waterways under construction or
not officially having been put into use. (2) Data on the possession of civil
motor vehicles and the number of drivers are provided by the divisions of
vehicle management under the provincial departments of public security,
subordinate to the Traffic Management Bureau, Ministry of Public Security, but
not including vehicles for military use. (3) Data on possession of highway
vehicles are provided by the divisions of vehicle management under provincial
departments of public security, which are subordinate to the Traffic Management
Bureau, Ministry of Public Security, including vehicles for business use and
non-business use. These vehicles are part of the totality of civil motor
vehicles. (4) Data on possession of ships are provided by the divisions of navigation
or ports management under provincial departments of communications, which are
subordinate to the Ministry of Transport. However, fishing boats, boats for
constructions in water and boats for military use are not included. (5) Data on
passenger traffic and freight traffic by highways and waterways are collected
and prepared by the Ministry of Transport. (6) Data on highway and waterway
transportation are collected through both comprehensive reporting system and
non-comprehensive reporting system. The statistical scope encompasses all the
enterprises, institutional units and individuals (including joint-households)
registered in the People’s Republic of
3. Data on pipeline transport: The data on
pipeline transport cover the volume transported of petroleum (crude oil)
pipelines, petroleum products pipelines, natural gas pipelines and other gas
pipelines. Data sources of the pipeline transport statistics are mainly the
enterprises engaged in the pipeline transport subordinate to the China National
Petroleum and Natural Gas Corporation Group and China Petrochemical Corporation
Group. The two corporations collect and examine the statistical data submitted
to them from the units subordinate to them respectively.
4. Data on civil aviation transport: The
targets of statistical collection are enterprises registered for engagement in
civil aviation transport flights and flights for general purposes and civil
airports, Excluded are foreign companies which operate flights within Chinese
territory. The scope of statistics encompasses number of lines, mileage flown,
transport volume, composition of the fleets operational situation of the
airlines，performance of general purpose flights in
respect of domestic transport, transport between China mainland and Hong Kong,
Macao and Taiwan, and international transport. .
5. Data on post and telecommunications:
Data in this category include postal and telecommunication services rendered to
the public by postal and telecommunication enterprises, but exclude services
provided through dedicated networks. The business volume of post and
telecommunications is classified by type of business into postal and
telecommunication services, and by customers into domestic service,
international service, and service between the Mainland and Hong Kong, Macao
(business volume of the service to Taiwan is covered in that for Hong Kong and
Macao).
III.
Sources of Data
Data in this chapter are processed and
compiled by the Survey Centre for Service Industry, NBS. Data on transportation
are from Ministry of Railway, Ministry of Transport, Civil Aviation
Administration of China, China Petroleum and Natural Gas Corporation Group,
China Petrochemical Corporation Group, the divisions of vehicle management
under the provincial departments of public security, which are subordinate to
the Traffic Management Bureau, Ministry of Public Security. Data on postal and
telecommunication services come from the Ministry of Industry and Information,
and the National Postal Office.