Basic Conditions of Post and Telecommunications Services
Indicator	Unit	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Business Volume of Post and Telecommunications Services
Total Business Volume of Post and Telecommunications Services	100 million yuan	3311	4792.70	4556.27	5695.80	7281.80
Business Volume of Post Service	100 million yuan	198.4	232.80	457.42	494.76	542.50
Business Volume of Telecommunications Service	100 million yuan	3112.6	4559.90	4098.85	5051.65	6739.30
Number of Letters	10,000 pieces	60.5	77.71	86.90	106.10	103.84
Express Mails	10,000 pieces	9091.8	11031.4	12652.7	14036.20	17237.80
Newspaper and Magazine Circulation	10,000 copies	25035.2	20089.7	21811	17620	16594
Number of Long Distance Telephone Calls	10,000	1942000	2107542	21998	19279
Number of Paging Service Subscribers	10,000	4718	4884.3	3606.0	1872.0	870.60
Number of Mobile Telephone Subscribers	10,000	4324	8453.3	14522.0	20600.50	26869.30
Internet Users		890000
Year-end Number of Local Telephone Subscribers	10,000	10880.7	14485.0	18036.8	21422.20	26330.50
Urban Telephone Subscribers	10,000	7462.8	9311.6	11193.7	13579.10	17129.20
Residential Telephone Subscribers	10,000	5883.6	7219.4	8535.3	10196.70	12467.90
Rural Telephone Subscribers	10,000	3417.9	5171.3	6843.1	7843.10	9201.30
Residential Telephone Subscribers	10,000	2949.9	4597.8	6197.7	7183.80	8415.40
Public Telephone Users	10,000	300.8	352.0	346.2	985.5	1535.80
Post/Telecommunications Offices and Routes/Lines
Number of Post and Telecommunications Offices		66649	58437	57136	76000	63555
Length of Post Routes and Rural Delivery Routes	km	6327100	6430000	6595300	6592000	6802000
Number of Long Distance Telephone Lines		1760000	2201746	3394400	5782200	10407500
Length of Long Distance Optical Cable Lines	km	250000	286642	399082	487684	547076
Telecommunications Equipment
Capacity of Long Distance Telephone Exchanges	10,000 terminals	493	563.55	703.58	776.30	862.00
Capacity of Local Office Telephone Exchanges	10,000 lines	16000	17826.7	20532	28358	35401
Central State-owned	10,000 lines	11000	13307.2
Local State-owned	10,000 lines	5000	4519.5
Number of Telephones (including mobile telephones)	10,000 sets	17000	25604.8	35339	42103.5	53199.8
Central State-owned	10,000 sets		21085.9
Local State-owned	10,000 sets	7600	4518.9
a) The total business volume of post and telecommunications services is based on the 1990 constant prices. b) As of 1999, post and telecommunications offices became post offices.