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