Level of Posts and Telecommunications Services
Item	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
National level
Annual Average Number of Per-capita Letters Mailed	6.62	5.56	5.27	4.90	6.2	6.9	8.3
Annual Average Number of Newspaper and Magazine Subscribed Per 100 Persons	17.60	17.69	18.42	20.00	16.4	17.2	13.8
Number of Telephone Sets Owned Per 100 Persons	6.33	8.11	10.53	13.00	20.1	25.9	33.7
Rural Level
Percentage of Townships With Posts and Telecommunications Offices	78.2	78.7	77.6	79.4	79.0	77.6	81.9
Percentage of Townships With Telephone Communication	95.7	89.2	92.9	97.7	100.0	100.0	100.0
Percentage of Townships Connected to Automatic Exchange Network of Long Distance Call	71.2	81.7	87.5		100.0	100.0	100.0