16-42  Post and Telecommunication Services
　 　 　 　 　 　 　
　 　 　 　 　 　 　 Philately Number of Number of Number of Number of Number of 　 　 　 　 　
Year Business Volume of Business Business Number of Pieces of Newspapers 　 Long Distance Subscribers Mobile Users Subscribers 　 　 　 　 Public
　 Post and Volume of Volume of Letters Express and 　 Telephone of Pagering Telephone of Internet of Local Number of #Residential Rural #Residential Telephone
Region Telecommunication Post Telecommunication (100 million Mail Magazines 　 Calls Services Subscribers Services Telephone Urban Telephone Telephone Telephone (10 000 
　 Services 　 Services pcs) Services Circulation (10 000 (10 000 (10 000 (10 000 (10 000  at Year-end Telephone Subscribers Subscribers Subscribers subscribers)
　 (100 million yuan) 　 　 　 (10 000 pcs) (10 000 copies) pieces) times) subscribers) subscribers) persons) (10 000subscribers) Subscribers 　 　 　 　
　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　
1978 34.09                                 28.35                 11250                 18574                                               192.5 119.2   73.4               1.2
1980 39.03                                 33.13                 16431                 21404                                               214.1 134.2   79.9               1.4
1985 62.21                                 46.78                 30172                 38254                                               312.0 219.0 4.1 93.1 2.0 2.7
1989 123.46 57.28 247.3 17704 78462 23.7 1.0 568.0 439.6 89.6 128.4 21.3 4.0
1990 155.54 45.95 109.59 54.87 343.3 20078 71233 116292 43.7 1.8                   685.0 538.4 152.7 146.6 30.7 4.6
1991 204.39 52.75 151.63 52.11 566.7 23277 123523 172921 87.4 4.8                   845.1 670.8 239.0 174.2 49.5 5.4
1992 290.94 64.36 226.57 57.18 959.2 25104 167303 287380 222.0 17.7                   1146.9 920.6 415.4 226.3 79.0 8.4
1993 462.71 80.26 382.45 68.70 2156.2 25511 210885 506853 561.4 63.9                   1733.2 1407.4 800.4 325.8 139.5 15.8
1994 688.19 95.89 592.30 76.50 4019.5 24096 236849 757639 1033.0 156.8                   2729.5 2246.8 1489.4 482.7 274.9 38.7
1995 988.85 113.34 875.51 79.55 5562.7 21689 239250 1013966 1739.2 362.9 4070.6 3263.6 2358.4 807.0 551.4 85.0
1996 1342.04 133.29 1208.75 78.68 7096.6 21157 303436 1273951 2536.2 685.3 5494.7 4277.8 3224.6 1216.9 907.3 138.0
1997 1773.29 144.34 1628.95 68.55 6878.9 21875 451729 1554026 3254.6 1323.3 7031.0 5244.4 4057.2 1786.6 1406.6 193.9
1998 2431.21 166.28 2264.94 65.51 7331.8 22989 502850 1825941 3908.2 2386.3 8742.1 6259.8 4911.1 2482.3 2070.7 259.5
1999 3330.82 198.44 3132.38 60.52 9091.3 25035 522475 1782529 4674.5 4329.6 10871.6 7463.3 5894.4 3408.4 2949.2 297.4
2000 4792.70 232.80 4559.90 77.71 11031.4 20090 453500 2107542 4884.3 8453.3 14482.9 9311.6 7219.4 5171.3 4597.8 352.0
2001 4556.26 457.42 4098.84 86.93 12652.7 21811 344114 2199823 3606.4 14522.2 18036.8 11193.7 8535.3 6843.1 6197.7 346.2
2002 5695.80 494.69 5201.12 106.01 14036.2 17620 244159 1927910 1872.1 20600.5 21422.2 13579.1 10196.7 7843.1 7183.8 985.5
2003 7019.79 541.04 6478.75 103.84 17237.8 16594 183421 1960283 1057.6 26995.3 7950 26274.7 17109.7 12533.9 9165.0 8389.7 1561.4
                                 
  Beijing        287.29 31.32 255.96 8.38 1188.8 803 13387 78849 11.8 1108.9 398 683.7 602.3 432.6 81.4 81.3 35.9
  Tianjin        113.93 8.97 104.96 2.20 321.5 191 6794 33147 9.6 383.4 144.6 360.1 358.5 237.9 1.6 1.6 24.1
  Hebei          293.18 21.02 272.17 4.01 651.0 777 6460 81617 29.8 1253.2 289.1 1339.0 731.5 558.7 607.5 582.5 43.4
  Shanxi         144.51 12.12 132.38 1.16 199.9 567 3249 39785 28.6 600.9 148.8 674.3 463.6 361.1 210.7 195.1 48.1
  Inner Mongolia 108.36 8.51 99.85 1.37 191.7 249 3082 21648 10.4 479.1 74.9 427.7 342.8 260.1 85.0 76.5 16.1
  Liaoning       296.01 19.05 276.97 1.60 619.8 352 4413 104078 61.7 1080.3 291.5 1278.7 907.4 618.9 371.3 354.0 73.7
  Jilin          152.90 11.30 141.61 1.72 330.1 198 2792 40059 31.2 633.2 146.5 594.6 417.2 354.6 177.4 169.6 23.3
  Heilongjiang   221.92 20.48 201.43 1.53 339.6 413 4869 34146 102.3 856.5 226 874.4 658.1 563.6 216.3 208.0 41.8
  Shanghai       292.35 31.47 260.88 7.34 1148.7 847 4041 76872 24.4 1098.6 431.6 733.9 733.9 536.3 26.3
  Jiangsu        441.71 44.46 397.25 8.30 1302.9 1268 13708 160462 16.4 1926.3 610.9 2043.9 1175.4 876.2 868.5 799.2 95.7
  Zhejiang       493.41 27.72 465.69 7.49 1014.2 1014 10847 160690 30.9 1955.2 451.2 1656.5 937.3 616.7 719.2 626.9 100.5
  Anhui          169.37 18.81 150.57 3.11 426.3 692 13711 57424 8.1 697.9 183.5 997.9 472.1 377.3 525.8 508.0 29.6
  Fujian         307.19 22.36 284.83 5.46 682.1 539 5410 66589 71.1 946.5 318.2 1122.7 695.9 483.6 426.8 390.8 71.7
  Jiangxi        139.58 13.70 125.88 2.21 351.9 325 2605 47513 27.6 532.1 169.4 630.3 387.1 292.2 243.2 226.4 37.9
  Shandong       382.36 36.08 346.28 5.82 1089.4 1152 7002 109007 67.1 1510.2 626.6 2088.8 1004.2 814.4 1084.5 1028.6 89.0
  Henan          290.46 26.42 264.04 3.59 944.9 880 9159 101394 63.2 1072.6 225.7 1362.6 752.7 576.0 609.9 573.0 89.2
  Hubei          210.91 22.31 188.60 5.68 671.3 721 15782 50249 35.1 874.2 380.9 889.8 640.5 483.5 249.3 222.7 79.5
  Hunan          227.01 21.17 205.84 5.06 563.4 835 5161 46543 61.6 846.2 265.4 941.9 541.3 408.2 400.6 367.5 72.1
  Guangdong      1160.41 54.33 1106.08 13.07 2180.1 1043 8076 311756 103.8 4007.0 950.2 2567.0 1759.5 1144.4 807.5 647.1 241.0
  Guangxi        162.26 10.36 151.90 2.31 414.6 455 3068 32496 31.7 649.8 228.6 638.5 429.2 309.9 209.2 190.8 40.1
  Hainan         40.41 3.45 36.96 0.34 84.2 66 770 5852 14.7 136.3 39.7 162.8 114.4 75.9 48.4 41.6 14.4
  Chongqing      121.31 8.49 112.82 2.05 271.4 217 1842 23408 6.7 619.4 176.6 533.4 343.8 249.8 189.6 176.7 30.5
  Sichuan        252.50 19.05 233.44 3.36 939.2 915 5204 74896 108.4 1195.4 424.3 1128.2 804.9 581.4 323.3 293.9 64.5
  Guizhou        100.02 5.50 94.51 0.79 253.3 274 1031 20298 12.8 331.1 83.1 332.4 234.8 175.2 97.5 88.0 20.9
  Yunnan         153.05 8.52 144.54 1.00 199.6 329 2701 26946 11.5 628.4 166.4 483.2 359.9 260.1 123.3 105.3 29.7
  Tibet          9.81 0.93 8.88 0.06 28.0 22 250 6897 0.0 33.1 8.6 27.4 26.1 18.0 1.3 0.8 1.2
  Shaanxi        163.66 13.82 149.84 2.81 335.3 312 5537 56385 24.6 617.6 196.7 671.9 446.1 318.8 225.8 206.5 42.7
  Gansu          81.72 6.41 75.32 0.76 196.0 469 2876 19996 6.7 277.7 122.4 399.8 284.9 204.6 115.0 101.5 31.3
  Qinghai        22.14 1.54 20.61 0.38 47.7 41 515 7336 0.9 100.0 19.5 76.4 64.2 47.4 12.3 10.9 2.6
  Ningxia        28.52 2.12 26.40 0.26 52.1 43 1842 6359 3.2 123.0 33.3 100.3 72.2 53.1 28.1 25.7 4.6
  Xinjiang       114.88 7.20 107.68 0.60 198.8 587 3113 38988 41.4 421.2 117.8 412.0 311.1 231.6 100.9 88.6 28.2
  Not Classified 36.65 2.06 34.59     14125.5 18595 40.6 36.7 11.7 3.9 0.4 11.6
      by Region
     　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　 　
 a) The business volumes of post and telecommunication services before 2000 were calculated at 1990's constant prices and these since 2000 were
       calculated at 2000's constant prices. The increase rate at comparable price in 2001 was 27.6%.