11-9 Basic Conditions of Post and Telecommunications Services
Item | 1995 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002
Number of Post & Telecommunications Offices | 1565 | 2689 | 2781 | 2973
Length of Postal Routes (km) | 100425 | 134109 | 129742 | 129922
Rural (km) | 55856 | 55852 | 11674 | 11584
Business Volume of Post and Telecommunications(10 000 yuan) | 90226 | 473000 | 634338 | 947000
Number of Letters (10 000 pcs) | 9007 | 7148 | 5601 | 6814
Number of Parcels (10 000 pcs) | 201 | 163 | 161 | 175
Pieces of Express Mail Services (10 000 pcs) | 93.6 | 124.0 | 147.0 | 163.0
Number of Newspapers and Magazines Circulation (10 000 copies) | 478.1 | 534.5 | 358.0 | 399.0
Number of Long-distance Calls (10 000 times) | 11766 | 34712 | 89844 | 45796
Local Telephone Subscribers at Year-end (10 000 subscribers) | 44.63 | 191.02 | 262.6 | 337.5
Urban Telephone Subscribers at Year-end | 42.04 | 136.28 | 196.10 | 238.30
Number of Rural Telephones Subscribers at Year-end (10 000 subscribers) | 2.59 | 54.74 | 66.50 | 79.50
Residential Telephone Subscribers | 26.0 | 101.1 | 124.3 | 253.3
Number of Subscribers of Pageing Service at Year-end (10 000 subscribers) | 12.4 | 167.5 | 201.0 | 138.9
Number of Mobile Telephones Subscribers at Year-end (10 000 Subscribers) | 2.7 | 78.0 | 180.9 | 297.0
Telecommunications Facilities |
Long Distance Telephone Lines (line) | 10019 | 79679 | 96000 | 89000
Optical Cable Lines | 6399 | 71969 | 86400 | 89000
Digital Lines | 9329 |
Length of Long Distance Optical Cable Lines (km) | 593 | 10828 | 24301 | 22500
Length of Long Distance Microwave Lines (km) | 7030 | 4889 | 4500 | 3270
Telecommunications Facilities |
Capacity of Long-distance Telephone Exchanges (circuit) | 38490 | 102540 | 121710 | 203200
Capacity of Local Office Telephone Exchanges (10 000 line) | 85.80 | 241.67 | 316.20 | 472.00
Central State-owned | 83.60 | 241.67 | 258.33 |
Local State-owned | 2.20 |  | 57.87 |
Number of Telephone （10 000 sets) | 44.20 | 190.00 | 231.32 | 317.20
Central State-owned | 43.10 | 190.00 | 166.83 |
Local State-owned | 1.10 |  | 64.49 |
Level of Postal and Telecommunications Services |
Arerage Number of Letters Mailed Per 100 (pieces/100 persons) | 554 | 387 | 299 | 241
Arerage Number of Newspaper Subscribed Per 100 (pieces/100 persons) | 28.78 | 28.9 | 19.08 | 21.85
Number of Telephone Sets Owned per 100 Persons | 4 | 15 | 24 | 33.3
Average Number of People Served by every Offices (10 000) | 0.96 | 0.69 | 1.48 | 1.56
Rural Level |
Percentage of Townships with Post and Telecommunication Offices | 69 | 42 | 75 | 100
Percentage of Townships with Telephone Communication | 96 | 100 | 100 | 100
Percentage of Townships with Connected Auto-exchange Net of Long Distance Call | 30.5 | 100 | 100 | 100