Level of Posts and Telecommunications Services
Item 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
National level          
Annual Average Number of Per-capita Letters Mailed 4.90 6.20 6.90 8.30 8.10
Annual Average Number of Newspaper and Magazine
Subscribed Per 100 Persons
20.00 16.40 17.20 13.80 13.00
Number of Telephone Sets Owned Per 100 Persons 13.00 20.10 25.90 33.70 42.10
Rural Level          
Percentage of Townships With Posts and Telecommunications Offices 79.40 79.00 77.60 81.90 82.80
Percentage of Townships With Telephone Communication 97.70 100.00 100.00 100.00  
Percentage of Townships Connected to Automatic Exchange
Network of Long Distance Call
  100.00 100.00 100.00