Basic Conditions of Post and Telecommunications Services
Indicator	Unit	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Business Volume of Post and Telecommunications Services
Total Business Volume of Post and Telecommunications Services	100 million yuan	4792.70	4556.27	5695.80	7019.79	9791.20
Number of Letters	10000 pieces	77.71	86.90	106.10	103.84	82.80
Express Mails	10000 pieces	11031.4	12652.7	14036.20	17237.8	19772.0
Newspaper and Magazine Circulation	10000 copies	20089.7	21811	17620	16594.4	14789
Philately Business	10000 pcs	453500	344114	244159	183421	149178
Number of Long-distance Telephone Calls	100 million times	210.75	219.98	192.79	196.03	225.7
Number of Paging Service Subscribers	10000 subscribers	4884.3	3606.0	1872.0	1057.6	298.7
Number of Mobile Telephone Subscribers	10000 subscribers	8453.3	14522.0	20600.50	26995.3	33482.4
Year-end Number of Local Telephone Subscribers	10000 subscribers	14485.0	18036.8	21422.20	26274.7	31244.3
Urban Telephone Subscribers	10000 subscribers	9311.6	11193.7	13579.10	17109.7	21084.8
Residential Telephone Subscribers	10000 subscribers	7219.4	8535.3	10196.70	12533.9	15304.4
Rural Telephone Subscribers	10000 subscribers	5171.3	6843.1	7843.10	9165.0	10159.5
Residential Telephone Subscribers	10000 subscribers	4597.8	6197.7	7183.80	8389.7	9246.3
Post/Telecommunications Offices and Routes/Lines
Number of Post & Telecommunications Offices	unit	58437	57136	76000	63555	66393
Length of Postal Routes and Rural Delivery Routes	10000 km	6430000	6595300	6592000	6802000	6867000
Length of Long-distance Optical Cable Lines	10000 km	286642	399082	487684	594300	645662
Capacity of Automatic Toll Switching Systems	10000 lines	563.55	703.58	776.30	869.4	980.6
Capacity of C.O. Switches	10000 lines	17826.7	20532	28358	35082.0	42102.0
Capacity of PBXs	10000 lines	1587.6	1514.5	1370.5	1294.1	1415.0
Capacity of Mobile Telephone Exchanges (10000 subscribers)	10000 subscribers	13985.6	21926.3	27400.3	33698.4	39747.0
Number of Telephone Sets	10000 units	25606.6	35334.7	42972.2	54155.3	66034.0
Number of Fixed Telephones		17153.3	20812.5	22371.7	27160.0	32552.0
Number of Mobile Telephones		8453.3	14522.2	20600.5	26995.3	33482.4
a) The business volume of post and telecommunication services before 2000 was calculated at 1990's constant prices and that in 2001 was calculated at 2000's constant prices. The increase rate at comparable price in 2001 was 27.6 %. b) Number of postal and telecommunications offices refers to number of postal offices before 1998. That refers to the postal marketing station, including the postal offices and the postal deputy station, since 2002. The same as the following table.