16-35 Basic Conditions of Postal and Telecommunication Services
Item	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Business Volume of Postal and Telecommunication	12028.5	15325.9	19805.1	23649.5	27193.5
Services                                           (100 million yuan)
Number of Letters                                 (100 million pcs)	73.5	71.3	69.5	73.6	75.3
Package                                                        (10 000 pcs)	9531.8	9317.5	9103.3	7936.7	7229.6
Pieces of Express Mail Services                   (10 000 pcs)	22880.3	26988.0	120189.6	151329.3	185784.8
Issue of Newspapers and Magazines       (10 000 copies)	14601.3	14372.7	13030.6	15658.3	13909.5
Postal Order                                               (10 000 times)	16052.0	18928.0	22875.2	26404.2	27177.4
Stamps for Collection                                   (10 000 pcs)	121214.0	104580.9	113656.7	131873.0	110088.5
Number of Calls of Local Fixed Telephone	7399.8	7008.0	6771.4	6185.9	5401.8
(100 million times)
Length of Long-distance Calls of Fixed Telephone	894.2	976.1	1040.6	970.7	823.4
(100 million minutes)
Length of Calls of Mobile Telephone	12507.4	16870.7	23061.3	29355.6	35351.0
(100 million minutes)
Length of IP Calls                          (100 million minutes)	1340.2	1492.2	1494.9	1399.3	1164.8
Short Message Services               (100 million messages)	3046.3	4295.4	5945.8	6996.9	7726.5
Number of Internet Users                      (10 000 persons)	11100	13700	21000	29800	38400
Number of Mobile Telephone Subscribers at Year-end	39340.6	46105.8	54730.6	64124.5	74721.4
(10 000 subscribers)
3G Mobile Phone Subscribers (10 000 subscribers)					1232.2
Number of Fixed Telephone Subscribers at Year-end	35044.5	36778.6	36563.7	34035.9	31373.2
(10 000 subscribers)
Urban Fixed Telephone Subscribers(10 000 subscribers)	23975.3	25132.9	24859.8	23155.9	21190.0
Household Fixed Telephone Subscribers	17201.2	17697.6	16988.2	15588.3	12969.5
Rural Fixed Telephone Subscribers (10 000 subscribers)	11069.2	11645.6	11704.0	10880.0	10183.2
Household Fixed Telephone Subscribers	10023.9	10561.5	10533.1	9612.2	8813.3
Public Telephone                            (10 000 subscribers)	2681.2	2960.7	2991.9	2771.5	2708.8
Number of Offices                                                    (unit)	65917	62799	70655	69146	65672
Length of Postal Routes and Rural Delivery Routes	697.2	693.6	717.1	735.0	770.4
(10 000 km)
Capacity of Long Distance Telephone Exchanges	1371.6	1442.3	1709.2	1690.7	1684.9
(10 000 lines)
Capacity of Office Telephone Exchanges   (10 000 lines)	47196.1	50279.9	51034.6	50863.2	49265.6
Capacity of Mobile Telephone Exchanges	48241.7	61032.0	85496.1	114531.4	144084.7
(10 000 subscribers)
Length of Long-distance Optical Cable Lines(10 000 km)	72.3	72.2	79.2	79.8	83.1
Broad Band Subscribers Port of Internet     (10 000 ports)	4874.7	6486.4	8539.3	10890.4	13835.7
a) The business volume of postal and telecommunication services before 2000 was calculated at 1990 constant prices and that in 2001 was calculated
at 2000 constant prices. The rate of  increase  at constant prices was 27.6 % in 2001.The same applies to the table following.
b) Statistical coverages of business volume of postal and telecommunication services and pieces of express mail services are China Post Group before
2006, and postal enterprises above designated size (with annual business revenue above 2 million yuan). The same applies to the table following.
c) The indicator of number of postal offices referred to postal and communication offices before 1998, and referred to postal offices from 1999 to 2006;
It included postal offices and postal sub-stations since 2002, and was the business sites of postal enterprises above designated size since 2007. The
same applies to the table following.