14-6  Basic Conditions of Post and Telecommunication Services
Category	2000	2001	2005	2006	2007
Business Volume of Post and      (100 million yuan)	260.7	259.2	720.1	980.1	1234.7
Telecommunication Services
Letters                                                    (10 000 pcs)	32878	31400	24075	44356	47157
Express Mail Services                             (10000 pcs)	575	673	1447	1579	1787
Issue of Newspapers and  Magazines (10 000 copies)	1701	1324	823	703	763
Telegraph                                           (10 000 copies)	178	138
Fax                                                     (10 000 copies)	42.5	36.2
Long-distance  Calls                            (10 000 times)	96010	101682	152883	148631	157152
Number of Mobile Telephone    (10 000 subscribers)	501	775	2316	2951	3723
Subscribers at Year-end
Number of Rural Telephone      (10 000 subscribers)	559	827	1276	1257	1211
Subscribers at Year-end
Post Offices                                                     (unit)	3011	3040	3025	3043	3046
Length of Postal Routes                                    (km)	169500	159300	173393	169627	173786
Lines of Long-distance Calls                            (line)	222000	108000	290996	462662	350028
Number of Internet Subscribers      (10 000 persons)	129	229	988	1126	1256