16-37  Postal Offices and Postal Delivery Routes at Year-end
Year
Region		 Number of Number of Length of 　 　 Rural Delivery
Offices Post Boxes Postal Routes Highway Railway Routes
(unit) (unit) (km) Routes Routes (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
2010 75739 171043 4635569 1753027 269700 3690561
　
  Beijing        2205 6397 342767 112620 35141 17373
  Tianjin        749 2093 75097 15828 5957 16872
  Hebei          2353 5009 113496 67707 3671 200437
  Shanxi         1502 2811 92499 29349 7600 113916
  Inner Mongolia 1733 2455 92391 46649 6205 114545
　
  Liaoning       2172 6164 198335 48162 7016 95582
  Jilin          1302 4615 84349 26013 6516 95524
  Heilongjiang   1974 4612 101025 40558 14565 115499
　
  Shanghai       4210 3568 137618 45927 16134 23554
  Jiangsu        4808 8440 223253 106543 5953 261298
  Zhejiang       3734 10389 234673 91809 3658 179456
  Anhui          2309 6693 84200 54330 2434 150902
  Fujian         2256 14429 218405 43770 13416 89432
  Jiangxi        2046 3674 98020 60957 7113 97950
  Shandong       4206 15271 252049 80890 7398 271512
　
  Henan          3908 4590 142133 85533 7545 193690
  Hubei          2422 11109 243416 58809 8642 194656
  Hunan          3095 5242 134386 77745 1593 199222
  Guangdong      8526 14288 550662 174503 15525 214877
  Guangxi        1739 8197 159853 48085 8953 112713
  Hainan         488 843 62316 12429 22155
　
  Chongqing      3016 2985 108976 34363 3347 63126
  Sichuan        5286 7566 185703 83971 4902 176657
  Guizhou        1796 2507 96174 55901 6413 58872
  Yunnan         2235 2927 145715 68532 15170 159623
  Tibet          302 346 20085 15082 2188 117612
　
  Shaanxi        1934 4156 151470 60349 15786 134262
  Gansu          1282 6347 87997 34395 6010 110385
  Qinghai        226 360 30065 12356 3480 10451
  Ningxia        462 636 34074 11099 4630 14290
  Xinjiang       1463 2324 134367 48763 22737 64120
　 　 　 　 　 　 　
a) Length of postal routes before 1981 included the length of postal routes and rural delivery routes.