16-38  Postal Offices and Postal Delivery Routes at Year-end
                   
Year Number of Outlets for  Number of Rural Delivery Urban  Length of Air Mail Highway Railway
Region Offices Express  Post Boxes Routes Delivery Routes Postal Routes Routes Routes Routes
  (unit) Services (unit) (km) (km) (km)      
                   
1978 49623 156398 4266291 4863282 572204 150249
1980 49471 159009 4138879 4737124 582058 150819
1985 53107 174678 3565758 1416303 658102 181916
1990 53629 181877 3364861 1618200 676747 191313
1991 54006 181939 3371424 1603344 685759 185872
1992 54891 183289 3374556 1646931 712367 189359
1993 57005 187966 3377769 1760506 727380 189704
1994 60447 193902 3364730 1781787 757931 187871
1995 61898 203011 3345848 1886082 819412 183036
1996 72496 217235 3358051 2118940 917151 183884
1997 79273 231337 3402946 2363108 873688 186382
1998 102225 234716 3361484 2853942 1466002 930622 189652
1999 66649 232674 3348054 2979007 1569715 989122 190056
2000 58437 239356 3364498 3073331 1597044 1070304 184925
2001 57136 225846 3492761 3102558 1636435 1074092 180399
2002 76358 217541 3511190 3080989 1601388 1112806 177685
2003 63555 275962 3531832 3270209 1756337 1137480 191351
2004 66393 222946 3530508 3336446 1762990 1194578 195998
2005 65917 202259 3565226 941286 3406226 1813959 1229802 200180
2006 62799 197491 3566982 985785 3369392 1777368 1230633 204733
2007 70655 46981 195336 3637553 1024046 3532980 1855335 1302915 211534
2008 69146 48157 224023 3656936 1111749 3693464 1908316 1385102 236860
2009 65672 35783 206597 3676051 1324378 4027751 2178332 1450782 248876
2010 75739 64394 171043 3690561 1461321 4635569 2529232 1753027 269700
2011 78667 75262 148206 3632579 1171464 5140272 2718292 2017483 309027
   
  Beijing        2447 2507 6231 17906 47252 376504 227446 85135 35315
  Tianjin        702 765 2561 17576 12180 94118 68480 16273 6195
  Hebei          2492 2461 4486 200035 59745 71367 5775 61921 3671
  Shanxi         1582 1300 2747 116345 31406 106655 51268 40697 8033
  Inner Mongolia 1662 1112 2368 112903 36842 110792 46224 56798 5720
   
  Liaoning       2339 2545 5666 95574 51417 136099 67744 57749 7774
  Jilin          1500 1429 4631 97283 26981 91456 55131 24703 11594
  Heilongjiang   2112 1654 4418 111132 33832 114962 57085 43365 14241
   
  Shanghai       5078 5208 3482 26211 59807 259717 195651 43645 19212
  Jiangsu        5551 5837 8287 267426 92399 211468 97225 108358 5811
  Zhejiang       3755 3965 15041 184497 74415 260054 160849 80628 9238
  Anhui          2809 2260 4554 132819 43521 65219 62490 2292
  Fujian         2067 2288 14352 89999 34808 195662 130913 50566 13416
  Jiangxi        2271 2142 3672 96330 24276 93086 25952 59710 7119
  Shandong       3891 5506 5407 252438 82097 302217 219856 71689 10491
   
  Henan          4366 4325 4614 193183 50364 149659 45831 93487 9275
  Hubei          2455 2569 3497 179515 58371 191578 128991 51961 10605
  Hunan          3046 2510 4008 191837 36151 115765 44205 68286 3016
  Guangdong      6552 7070 9667 214587 110601 710690 276967 408749 22675
  Guangxi        1972 1941 7720 116945 27255 131334 69280 51757 9002
  Hainan         630 632 672 21216 8082 93432 80385 12650
   
  Chongqing      3299 2276 2785 60528 18886 103923 59770 35556 3549
  Sichuan        5930 3938 7314 179834 34710 190342 78336 85439 8737
  Guizhou        1934 1637 2511 53806 11916 99155 34120 58062 6413
  Yunnan         2293 2134 2875 158640 20229 178708 74821 80971 20989
  Tibet          240 225 362 117432 2898 25098 7086 15824 2188
   
  Shaanxi        1974 1842 3896 136369 31498 237536 159234 57723 17890
  Gansu          1515 1471 7097 112023 16358 104936 55629 39319 6010
  Qinghai        192 165 349 4987 4158 34684 19043 12137 3504
  Ningxia        455 317 634 12816 3274 46423 34796 7870 2315
  Xinjiang       1556 1231 2302 60387 25735 237636 140199 73967 22737
                   
a) Length of postal routes before 1981 included the length of postal routes and rural delivery routes.