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| 16-44 Main Communication Capacity of Telecommunications (Year-end) | |||||||||||
| Capacity of | Capacity of | Capacity of | Length of Long | Length of Long | |||||||
| Year | Long-distance | Local Office | Mobile | Distance Optical | Distance Microwave | ||||||
| Region | Telephone | Telephone | Telephone | Cable Lines | Lines | ||||||
| Exchanges | Exchanges | Exchanges | |||||||||
| (circuit) | (10 000 line) | (10 000 subscribers) | (km) | (km) | |||||||
| 1978 | 1863 | 405.9 | 13958 | ||||||||
| 1980 | 1969 | 443.2 | 13958 | ||||||||
| 1985 | 11522 | 613.4 | 17275 | ||||||||
| 1989 | 103269 | 1034.7 | 3.7 | 1851 | 26338 | ||||||
| 1990 | 161370 | 1231.8 | 5.1 | 3334 | 33626 | ||||||
| 1991 | 286325 | 1492.2 | 10.5 | 6490 | 39282 | ||||||
| 1992 | 521885 | 1915.1 | 45.3 | 14388 | 54418 | ||||||
| 1993 | 1206091 | 3040.8 | 156.1 | 38666 | 64368 | ||||||
| 1994 | 2416296 | 4926.2 | 371.6 | 73290 | |||||||
| 1995 | 3518781 | 7203.6 | 796.7 | 106882 | 79634 | ||||||
| 1996 | 4162009 | 9291.2 | 1536.2 | 130159 | 71503 | ||||||
| 1997 | 4368305 | 11269.2 | 2585.7 | 150754 | 65013 | ||||||
| 1998 | 4491595 | 13823.7 | 4706.7 | 194100 | 66518 | ||||||
| 1999 | 5032026 | 15346.1 | 8136.0 | 239735 | 65228 | ||||||
| 2000 | 5635498 | 17825.6 | 13985.6 | 286642 | 121947 | ||||||
| 2001 | 7035769 | 25566.3 | 21926.3 | 399082 | 164052 | ||||||
| 2002 | 7730133 | 28656.8 | 27400.3 | 487684 | 193636 | ||||||
| 2003 | 8693998 | 35082.0 | 33698.0 | 594303 | 119886 | ||||||
| Beijing | 219155 | 993.0 | 1351.0 | 3984 | 266 | ||||||
| Tianjin | 145580 | 513.0 | 515.0 | 2077 | 5045 | ||||||
| Hebei | 221375 | 1731.0 | 1350.0 | 13889 | 4642 | ||||||
| Shanxi | 142841 | 793.0 | 698.0 | 16624 | 3631 | ||||||
| Inner Mongolia | 146900 | 625.0 | 545.0 | 28440 | 8442 | ||||||
| Liaoning | 309628 | 1708.0 | 1367.0 | 15285 | 3423 | ||||||
| Jilin | 123014 | 870.0 | 767.0 | 14635 | 5143 | ||||||
| Heilongjiang | 223384 | 1178.0 | 1038.0 | 30256 | 5381 | ||||||
| Shanghai | 235000 | 873.0 | 1547.0 | 4215 | 313 | ||||||
| Jiangsu | 512399 | 2672.0 | 2381.0 | 19361 | 4368 | ||||||
| Zhejiang | 440981 | 2194.0 | 2492.0 | 20464 | 3416 | ||||||
| Anhui | 349825 | 1273.0 | 827.0 | 20042 | 3378 | ||||||
| Fujian | 310569 | 1409.0 | 1174.0 | 19186 | 5006 | ||||||
| Jiangxi | 269847 | 843.0 | 681.0 | 13836 | 2825 | ||||||
| Shandong | 390687 | 2817.0 | 1815.0 | 17715 | 4080 | ||||||
| Henan | 280830 | 1704.0 | 1185.0 | 23198 | 1565 | ||||||
| Hubei | 249936 | 1275.0 | 1118.0 | 18148 | 4010 | ||||||
| Hunan | 335125 | 1232.0 | 1051.0 | 23813 | 8165 | ||||||
| Guangdong | 1414646 | 3356.0 | 5328.0 | 41333 | 7007 | ||||||
| Guangxi | 270964 | 844.0 | 804.0 | 28549 | 2574 | ||||||
| Hainan | 71966 | 241.0 | 158.0 | 1180 | 985 | ||||||
| Chongqing | 108097 | 727.0 | 686.0 | 8829 | 3966 | ||||||
| Sichuan | 565500 | 1520.0 | 1471.0 | 25481 | 2384 | ||||||
| Guizhou | 193740 | 465.0 | 495.0 | 20800 | 9202 | ||||||
| Yunnan | 197478 | 685.0 | 788.0 | 18031 | 4229 | ||||||
| Tibet | 46000 | 51.0 | 48.0 | 6542 | 225 | ||||||
| Shaanxi | 216010 | 922.0 | 785.0 | 25387 | 3323 | ||||||
| Gansu | 133550 | 528.0 | 372.0 | 20703 | 1807 | ||||||
| Qinghai | 62640 | 102.0 | 124.0 | 11575 | 633 | ||||||
| Ningxia | 46502 | 169.0 | 172.0 | 6519 | 883 | ||||||
| Xinjiang | 174561 | 624.0 | 565.0 | 32144 | 9570 | ||||||
| Not Classified | 285268 | 149.0 | 42060 | ||||||||
| by Region | |||||||||||
| a)The capacity of exchanges in this table excludes the capacity of exchanges owned by users. | |||||||||||