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.