12-10 Basic Conditions of Post and Telecommunications Services
Item | 1995 | 2000 | 2003
Number of Post & Telecommunications Offices | 1565 | 2689 | 2905
Length of Postal Routes (km) | 100425 | 134109 | 131590
Rural | 55856 | 55852 | 11884
Business Volume of Post and Telecommunications (10 000 yuan) | 90226 | 473000 | 1144838
Number of Letters (10 000 pcs) | 9007 | 7148 | 5987
Number of Parcels (10 000 pcs) | 201 | 163 | 183
Pieces of Express Mail Services (10 000 pcs) | 93.6 | 124 | 199
Number of Newspapers and Magazines Circulation (10 000 copies) | 478.1 | 534.5 | 587.3
Number of Long-distance Calls (10 000 times) | 11766 | 34712 | 35554.2
Local Telephone Subscribers at Year-end (10 000 subscribers) | 44.6 | 191 | 431
Urban Telephone Subscribers at Year-end | 42 | 136.3 | 293.9
Number of Rural Telephones Subscribers at Year-end | 2.6 | 54.7 | 93.5
Residential Telephone Subscribers | 26 | 101.1 | 268.6
Number of Subscribers of Pageing Service at Year-end (10 000 subscribers) | 12.4 | 167.5 | 41.4
Number of Mobile Telephones Subscribers at Year-end (10 000 Subscribers) | 2.7 | 78 | 421.2
Telecommunications Facilities |
Long Distance Telephone Lines (line) | 10019 | 79679 | 49653
Optical Cable Lines | 6399 | 71969 |
Digital Lines | 9329 |
Length of Long Distance Optical Cable Lines (km) | 592.5 | 10828 | 27069
Length of Long Distance Microwave Lines (km) | 7029.6 | 4889 | 16493
Telecommunications Facilities |
Capacity of Long-distance Telephone Exchanges (circuit) | 38490 | 102540 | 161781
Capacity of Local Office Telephone Exchanges (10 000 line) | 85.8 | 241.7 | 436
Central State-owned | 83.6 | 241.7 | 436
Local State-owned | 2.2 |
Number of Telephone (10 000 sets) | 44.2 | 190 |
Central State-owned | 43.1 | 190 |
Local State-owned | 1.1 |
Level of Postal and Telecommunications Services |
Arerage Number of Letters Mailed Per 100 (pieces/100 persons) | 554 | 387 | 310
Arerage Number of Newspaper Subscribed Per 100 (pieces/100 persons) | 28.8 | 28.9 | 13.3
Number of Telephone Sets Owned per 100 Persons(sets)(stable) | 4 | 15 | 22.3
Number of Telephone Sets Owned per 100 Persons (sets)(mobile) |  | 21.9
Average Number of People Served by every Offices (10 000) | 1 | 0.7 | 1.5
Rural Level |
Percentage of Townships with Post and Telecommunication Offices (%) | 69 | 42 | 100
Percentage of Townships with Telephone Communication (%) | 96 | 100 | 100
Percentage of Townships with Access to Auto-exchange Net of Long Distance Call (%) | 30.5 | 100 | 100