Basic Conditions of Postal and Telecommunications Services
Indicator	Unit	1985	1990	1995	1998	1999	2000
Business volume of postal and telecommunications service
Total business volume of postal and telecommunications services	100 million yuan	29.60	81.65	988.85	2431.21	3311.00	4792.70
Business volume of postal service	100 million yuan			113.34	166.28	198.40	232.80
Business volume of telecommunications service	100 million yuan			875.51	2264.94	3112.60	4559.90
Number of letters	100 million	46.78	54.87	79.55	65.51	60.50	77.70
Number of Parcels	10,000 pieces	7612.7	9690.1	15641.2	9726.5	9741.9	9600.3
Express mails	10,000 pieces		343.3	5562.7	7331.8	9091.8	11031.4
Newspaper and magazine circulation	10,000 copies	30172.0	20078.0	21688.6	22989.3	25035.2	20089.7
Number of long distance telephone calls	10,000	38254	116292	1013966	1825941	1942000	2107542
Number of paging service subscribers	10,000		43.7	1739.2	3908.2	4718.0	4884.3
Number of mobile telephone subscribers	10,000		1.8	362.9	2386.3	4324.0	8453.3
Internet users				7213	676755	890000
Year-end number of local telephone subscribers	10,000	312.0	685.0	4070.6	8742.1	10880.7	14485.0
Urban telephone subscribers	10,000	219.0	538.4	3263.6	6259.8	7462.8	9313.7
#Residential telephone subscribers	10,000	4.1	152.7	2358.4	4911.1	5883.6	7219.4
Rural telephone subscribers	10,000	93.1	146.6	807.0	2482.3	3417.9	5171.3
#Residential telephone subscribers	10,000	2.0	30.7	551.4	2070.7	2949.9	4597.8
Public telephone users	10,000	2.7	4.6	85.0	259.5	300.8	352.0
Post/telecommunications offices and routes/lines
Number of post and telecommunications offices		53107	53629	61898	102225	66649	70968
Length of postal routes and rural delivery routes	km	4982061	4983061	5231930	6215426	6327100	6430000
#Highway routes	km	663016	676747	819412	930622	989122
Railway routes	km	182178	191313	183036	189652	190056
Number of long distance telephone lines		37551	112437	735545	1576483	1760000	2201746
Length of long distance optical cable lines	km		3334	106882	194100	250000	286642
Telecommunications equipment
Capacity of long distance telephone exchanges	10,000 terminals	1.15	16.14	351.88	449.16	493.00	561.55
Capacity of local office telephone exchanges	10,000 lines	613.44	1231.82	7203.59	13823.66	16000.00	17826.7
#Central State-owned	10,000 lines	336.54	826.05	5456.35	9951.35	11000.00	13307.2
Local State-owned	10,000 lines	276.91	405.77	1747.24	3872.31	5000.00	4519.5
Number of telephones (including mobile telephones)	10,000 sets	625.98	1233.16	5762.26	13123.43	17000.00	25604.8
#Central State-owned	10,000 sets	476.11	1026.10	4346.32	7963.28	9400.00	21085.9
Local State-owned	10,000 sets	149.87	205.23	1152.06	2773.86	7600.00	4518.9
Notes: 1. The total business volume of postal and telecommunications service is based on the 1990 fixed price.     2. As of 1999, post and telecommunications office became post office.