16-37 Postal Offices and Postal Delivery Routes at Year-end
　 　 　 　 　 　 　
Year Number of Number of Length of Highway Railway Rural Delivery
Region 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
2008 69146 224023 3693464 1385102 236860 3656936
2009 65672 206597 4027751 1450782 248876 3676051
　
  Beijing        1804 6045 316573 58974 30235 17695
  Tianjin        601 1422 83919 11845 5957 16919
  Hebei          1962 5392 63509 58540 3671 182407
  Shanxi         1533 2932 73997 28385 7650 111344
  Inner Mongolia 1613 2521 72245 46726 6403 112612
　
  Liaoning       1907 6552 163248 55639 7296 95402
  Jilin          1131 4065 47827 25657 4924 92800
  Heilongjiang   1794 4998 107325 39693 11137 142040
　
  Shanghai       2374 3673 278199 51315 14499 32812
  Jiangsu        3920 9093 145897 88629 4718 258311
  Zhejiang       2792 11316 236647 69806 2880 167932
  Anhui          2323 6736 86463 50607 2485 150570
  Fujian         1763 15014 225977 45781 13416 88940
  Jiangxi        1888 3909 92561 60740 7113 100488
  Shandong       3408 15271 180810 68780 9860 263443
　
  Henan          2904 4711 109963 66669 7545 193533
  Hubei          2254 12788 83796 37311 8956 195327
  Hunan          5133 34351 97254 54678 3303 194146
  Guangdong      5245 12571 464184 125439 10799 222968
  Guangxi        1685 8671 119354 46524 8174 110714
  Hainan         495 853 63250 12203 22084
　
  Chongqing      2309 4622 78144 24008 2121 66168
  Sichuan        5656 7571 207600 80983 5651 176060
  Guizhou        2068 2977 61854 28799 6413 59802
  Yunnan         1874 3315 172714 70151 13533 159859
  Tibet          199 353 19246 14166 2188 117635
　
  Shaanxi        1756 4806 113537 36067 13407 123085
  Gansu          1397 6415 77471 31003 6010 110944
  Qinghai        199 426 33586 13503 3480 11981
  Ningxia        347 821 23939 7119 2315 11161
  Xinjiang       1338 2407 126662 41043 22737 66869
　 　 　 　 　 　 　
a) Length of postal routes before 1981 included the length of postal routes and rural delivery routes.