| 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 |