Brief
Introduction
I. Main Contents
Data in this chapter present the development of
transportation, post, telecommunications and software industry in
Data on transport cover mainly the length of the
routes of five means of transportation, the possession of transport equipment,
the condition of technological quality, freight traffic and passenger traffic
accomplished by various means of transportation, the length of ports above
designated size and the situation of berths, and cargo handled at sea ports.
Data on post, telecommunications and software
industry cover mainly the situation of post and telecommunication offices and
postal routes; main telecommunication capacity; business volume of postal and
telecommunication services achieved; the level of development of postal and
telecommunication services, and the main economic indicators of software and IT
services industry.
II. Scope of Statistics
1. Data on railway transportation: including the
operation and management of the national, local and joint-venture railways but
not including railways for military purpose, lines built by industrial and
mining enterprises and special railways not for commercial use. Data on the
operation and management of the national railways and joint-venture railways
come from the railway bureaus and transport enterprises subordinate to them.
Data on the operation and management of local railways come from the provincial
administrative departments managing the local railways.
2. Data on highways, waterways and ports: (1) The length of highways and waterways
refer to the length open to traffic or navigation at the end of the year, but
not including the highways and waterways under construction or not officially
having been put into use. (2) Data on the possession of civil motor vehicles
and the number of drivers are provided by the divisions of vehicle management
under the provincial departments of public security, subordinate to the Traffic
Management Bureau, Ministry of Public Security, but not including vehicles for
military use. (3) Data on possession of highway vehicles are provided by the
divisions of vehicle management under provincial departments of public
security, which are subordinate to the Traffic Management Bureau, Ministry of
Public Security, including vehicles for business use and non-business use.
These vehicles are part of the totality of civil motor vehicles. (4) Data on
possession of ships are provided by the divisions of navigation or ports
management under provincial departments of communications, which are
subordinate to the Ministry of Transport. However, fishing boats, boats for
constructions in water and boats for military use are not included. (5) Data on
passenger traffic and freight traffic by highways and waterways are collected
and prepared by the Ministry of Transport. (6) Data on highway and waterway
transportation are collected through both comprehensive reporting system and
non-comprehensive reporting system. The statistical scope encompasses all the
enterprises, institutional units and individuals (including joint-households)
registered in the People’s Republic of
3. Data on pipeline transport: The data on
pipeline transport cover the volume transported of petroleum (crude oil)
pipelines, petroleum products pipelines, natural gas pipelines and other gas
pipelines. Data sources of the pipeline transport statistics are mainly the
enterprises engaged in the pipeline transport subordinate to the China National
Petroleum and Natural Gas Corporation Group and China Petrochemical Corporation
Group. The two corporations collect and examine the statistical data submitted
to them from the units subordinate to them respectively.
4. Data on civil aviation transport: The targets
of statistical collection are enterprises registered for engagement in civil
aviation transport flights and flights for general purposes and general
aviation airports with scheduled flights. Excluded are foreign companies which
operate flights within Chinese territory. The scope of statistics encompasses
number of lines, mileage flown, transport volume, composition of the fleets
operational situation of the airlines,performance of general purpose flights in respect of domestic transport,
transport between China mainland and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and
international transport.
5. Data on post, telecommunications and software
industry: Data in this category include postal enterprises and express delivery
companies with annual revenue above 2 million yuan,
the three major enterprises of telecommunication: China Telecom, China Mobile
and China Unicom (not including services provided through dedicated networks),
and enterprises of software and IT services with turnover from primary
activities above one million yuan. By types of
business, the business volume of post and telecommunications is divided into postal
services and telecommunication services; by coverage it is divided into domestic
service,
III.
Sources of Data
Data in this chapter are processed and compiled
by the Department of Service Statistics, NBS. Data on transportation are from China
Railway Corporation, Ministry of Transport, Civil Aviation Administration of
China, China Petroleum and Natural Gas Corporation Group, China Petrochemical
Corporation Group, the divisions of vehicle management under the provincial
departments of public security, which are subordinate to the Traffic Management
Bureau, Ministry of Public Security. Data on postal and telecommunication
services come from the Ministry of Industry and Information, and the State Post
Bureau of China.