16-43  Post and Telecommunication Services Facilities (Year-end)
           
             
Year Number of Number of Length of     Rural Delivery
Region Post and Post Boxes Postal #Highway #Railway Routes
  Telecommunication   Routes Routes Routes (km)
   Offices (unit) (unit) (km)      
         
1978 49623 156398 4863282 572204 150249 4266291
1980 49471 159009 4737124 582058 150819 4138879
1985 53107 174678 1416303 663016 182178 3565758
1989 53092 178289 1526073 675352 196178 3389374
1990 53629 181877 1618200 676747 191313 3364861
1991 54006 181939 1603344 685759 185872 3371424
1992 54891 183289 1646931 712367 189359 3374556
1993 57005 187966 1760506 727380 189704 3377769
1994 60447 193902 1781787 757931 187871 3364730
1995 61898 203011 1886082 819412 183036 3345848
1996 72496 217235 2118940 917151 183884 3358051
1997 79273 231337 2363108 873688 186382 3402946
1998 102225 234716 2853942 930622 189652 3361484
1999 66649 232674 2979007 989122 190056 3348054
2000 58437 239356 3073331 1070304 184925 3364498
2001 57136 225846 3102558 1074092 180399 3492761
2002 76358 217541 3080989 1112806 177685 3511190
2003 63555 275962 3270209 1137480 191351 3531832
  Beijing        874 3459 367731 44552 29369 17263
  Tianjin        364 1649 19986 9395 5071 16438
  Hebei          2487 8088 52827 42929 7851 155408
  Shanxi         1633 3594 104201 23650 5427 102385
  Inner Mongolia 1686 3022 62344 42799 5764 111636
  Liaoning       1643 7622 118248 32629 4282 93475
  Jilin          1374 5502 69201 23816 7687 90993
  Heilongjiang   2165 6990 105874 35912 15786 120685
  Shanghai       601 4392 189100 32336 14720 28279
  Jiangsu        3216 11220 109008 68570 4790 252724
  Zhejiang       2453 16968 116277 41537 3466 118614
  Anhui          2700 8465 70671 38871 2087 137047
  Fujian         1654 14595 136627 32962 1216 78661
  Jiangxi        1979 7583 90867 41182 7063 119295
  Shandong       4410 34979 156848 49946 7025 240162
  Henan          2828 6009 87167 49714 4104 186332
  Hubei          2644 53929 93627 45729 5216 192869
  Hunan          4353 15965 96018 53427 3267 219859
  Guangdong      4532 16788 301873 87804 7733 196480
  Guangxi        1707 7147 67425 43223 4007 108050
  Hainan         536 953 41939 16053   22858
  Chongqing      2440 6101 83392 24092 3067 66607
  Sichuan        6250 8183 171346 53799 5058 186899
  Guizhou        1729 2028 67472 26693 6848 67990
  Yunnan         1965 4487 136365 52855 4638 165196
  Tibet          128 249 18544 17190   42677
  Shaanxi        1899 5503 92825 29148 8223 126685
  Gansu          1383 6482 68399 27852 5318 106200
  Qinghai        210 600 24107 8857 2923 12728
  Ningxia        378 801 18310 6040 2498 10766
  Xinjiang       1334 2609 131590 33918 6847 136571
             
a) Length of postal routes before 1981 included the length of postal routes and rural delivery routes.