| 16-38 Main Communication Capacity of Telecommunications (Year-end) | |||||
| Year Region |
Capacity of | Capacity of | Capacity of | Length of Long | Broad Band |
| Long-distance | Office | Mobile | Distance Optical | Subscribers | |
| Telephone | Telephone | Telephone | Cable Lines | Port | |
| Exchanges | Exchanges | Exchanges | of Internet | ||
| (circuit) | (10 000 lines) | (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 | 10610724 | 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 |
| 2008 | 16907188 | 50863.2 | 114531.4 | 797979 | 10890.4 |
| 2009 | 16849027 | 49265.6 | 144084.7 | 831011 | 13835.7 |
| 2010 | 16414644 | 46537.3 | 150284.9 | 818133 | 18781.1 |
| Beijing | 550830 | 1415.1 | 4134.0 | 4142 | 633.4 |
| Tianjin | 137246 | 534.0 | 1910.0 | 3106 | 230.0 |
| Hebei | 342990 | 1739.7 | 8080.0 | 30471 | 924.3 |
| Shanxi | 322104 | 1009.3 | 3772.5 | 27681 | 502.8 |
| Inner Mongolia | 202524 | 711.4 | 3565.4 | 46831 | 267.0 |
| Liaoning | 433175 | 1953.4 | 5425.0 | 23922 | 793.4 |
| Jilin | 286713 | 833.1 | 3340.0 | 21810 | 362.2 |
| Heilongjiang | 489057 | 1317.8 | 4493.1 | 39785 | 498.4 |
| Shanghai | 730407 | 1338.6 | 3995.0 | 4670 | 819.1 |
| Jiangsu | 1096711 | 4288.4 | 8795.1 | 33034 | 1806.4 |
| Zhejiang | 932332 | 3061.4 | 8666.2 | 23534 | 1316.6 |
| Anhui | 716701 | 1528.8 | 6058.6 | 24866 | 609.5 |
| Fujian | 650271 | 1809.3 | 6282.2 | 21061 | 747.1 |
| Jiangxi | 554829 | 1125.4 | 3333.0 | 21201 | 358.9 |
| Shandong | 456621 | 2723.2 | 10477.7 | 30060 | 1424.0 |
| Henan | 1507479 | 2002.7 | 7948.0 | 36672 | 875.8 |
| Hubei | 492784 | 1690.9 | 5862.7 | 27035 | 588.4 |
| Hunan | 503615 | 1750.4 | 4719.0 | 36189 | 468.7 |
| Guangdong | 2691113 | 5334.4 | 14766.9 | 46289 | 2185.8 |
| Guangxi | 620282 | 1380.0 | 3567.1 | 34379 | 494.1 |
| Hainan | 91576 | 290.7 | 1099.4 | 3256 | 111.3 |
| Chongqing | 219016 | 1150.3 | 2746.2 | 11054 | 401.1 |
| Sichuan | 528573 | 2108.3 | 9624.1 | 47849 | 767.8 |
| Guizhou | 285437 | 885.3 | 2724.5 | 30178 | 228.9 |
| Yunnan | 320867 | 1016.2 | 4812.7 | 34510 | 325.9 |
| Tibet | 34540 | 128.1 | 199.0 | 22488 | 17.8 |
| Shaanxi | 394882 | 1303.3 | 3724.1 | 26595 | 484.9 |
| Gansu | 253590 | 792.2 | 1940.0 | 29358 | 172.4 |
| Qinghai | 133213 | 161.6 | 549.0 | 27971 | 51.6 |
| Ningxia | 73552 | 224.6 | 823.4 | 10110 | 56.6 |
| Xinjiang | 315982 | 927.4 | 2851.0 | 38026 | 256.7 |
| Not Classified | 45632 | 2.0 | |||
| by Region | |||||
| a)The capacity of exchanges in this table do not includes the capacity of exchanges owned by users. | |||||