| 16-39 Main Communication Capacity of Telecommunications (Year-end) | |||||
| Year | Capacity of | Capacity of | Capacity of | Length of | |
| Region | Long-distance | Office | Mobile | Optical Cable | Length of Long |
| Telephone | Telephone | Telephone | Lines | Distance Optical | |
| Exchanges | Exchanges | Exchanges | Cable Lines | ||
| (circuit) | (10 000 lines) | (10 000 subscribers) | (km) | ||
| 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 | 556921 | 150754 |
| 1998 | 4491595 | 13823.7 | 4706.7 | 766582 | 194100 |
| 1999 | 5032026 | 15346.1 | 8136.0 | 952228 | 239735 |
| 2000 | 5635498 | 17825.6 | 13985.6 | 1212358 | 286642 |
| 2001 | 7035769 | 25566.3 | 21926.3 | 1818939 | 399082 |
| 2002 | 7730133 | 28656.8 | 27400.3 | 2252564 | 487684 |
| 2003 | 10610724 | 35082.5 | 33698.4 | 2734807 | 594303 |
| 2004 | 12629982 | 42346.9 | 39684.3 | 3519225 | 695271 |
| 2005 | 13716307 | 47196.1 | 48241.7 | 4072788 | 723040 |
| 2006 | 14423427 | 50279.9 | 61032.0 | 4279559 | 722439 |
| 2007 | 17092213 | 51034.6 | 85496.1 | 5777289 | 792154 |
| 2008 | 16907188 | 50863.2 | 114531.4 | 6778496 | 797979 |
| 2009 | 16849027 | 49265.6 | 144084.7 | 8294565 | 831011 |
| 2010 | 16414644 | 46537.3 | 150284.9 | 9962467 | 818133 |
| 2011 | 16023432 | 43428.4 | 171636.0 | 12119303 | 842341 |
| Beijing | 550830 | 1329.7 | 4474.0 | 147376 | 4074 |
| Tianjin | 137246 | 485.9 | 2080.0 | 76991 | 3106 |
| Hebei | 342990 | 1405.5 | 9435.0 | 524776 | 31882 |
| Shanxi | 306834 | 957.2 | 4477.2 | 570036 | 27596 |
| Inner Mongolia | 202524 | 675.5 | 4200.1 | 278664 | 56076 |
| Liaoning | 433175 | 1857.8 | 6185.8 | 400975 | 25035 |
| Jilin | 225353 | 793.4 | 3550.0 | 217793 | 21844 |
| Heilongjiang | 465117 | 1230.5 | 4976.2 | 346874 | 40112 |
| Shanghai | 790527 | 1328.0 | 3978.0 | 202043 | 4729 |
| Jiangsu | 1094821 | 4132.4 | 9536.0 | 1162101 | 32841 |
| Zhejiang | 847552 | 2985.8 | 9605.2 | 800554 | 23792 |
| Anhui | 716918 | 1443.6 | 6912.0 | 503398 | 25794 |
| Fujian | 649851 | 1747.5 | 7179.9 | 485191 | 21622 |
| Jiangxi | 438459 | 851.9 | 3811.0 | 409804 | 21336 |
| Shandong | 457175 | 2471.4 | 10822.4 | 530306 | 33050 |
| Henan | 1510861 | 1857.3 | 8428.4 | 509364 | 30519 |
| Hubei | 490768 | 1575.4 | 6245.3 | 446858 | 27117 |
| Hunan | 506000 | 1545.8 | 5358.9 | 440833 | 36189 |
| Guangdong | 2644348 | 4781.5 | 19076.7 | 888783 | 46813 |
| Guangxi | 616810 | 1175.6 | 3746.1 | 378032 | 34725 |
| Hainan | 91576 | 289.6 | 1347.4 | 66991 | 3302 |
| Chongqing | 219016 | 1100.9 | 2976.0 | 309523 | 6088 |
| Sichuan | 340440 | 1955.2 | 12192.5 | 695893 | 53528 |
| Guizhou | 285437 | 990.5 | 3601.1 | 277458 | 34671 |
| Yunnan | 320867 | 1033.0 | 5276.2 | 379983 | 40070 |
| Tibet | 34540 | 127.0 | 230.0 | 51334 | 24804 |
| Shaanxi | 441852 | 1215.4 | 4306.8 | 328938 | 27437 |
| Gansu | 337006 | 783.7 | 2234.0 | 254027 | 27655 |
| Qinghai | 132843 | 161.2 | 649.0 | 77419 | 28026 |
| Ningxia | 61432 | 220.0 | 1035.8 | 50642 | 10244 |
| Xinjiang | 284632 | 918.2 | 3709.0 | 306342 | 38265 |
| 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. | |||||