Level of Post and Telecommunication Services

Item	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004

Post and Communication Level
Average Area Served by Every
Post Office (sq.km)	135.3	168.0	123.8	148.8	142.4
Average People Served by Every Post office
(10 000 persons)	1.70	2.20	1.70	2.02	1.95
Annual Average Number of Letters
Mailed per Capita (piece)	6.40	6.90	8.30	8.08	6.41
Annual Average Number of Newspaper and
Magazine Subscribed per 100 Persons (piece)	16.4	17.2	13.9	12.9	11.4
Percentage of Townships with Post and
Telecommunication Offices (%)	78.7	77.6	81.9	82.8	82.4
Percentage of Administrative Village with Post
Communication (%)		94.45	97.80	97.98	97.73
Communication Level of Telecommunications
Number of County (City) Covered by GSM			2025	2813	2861
Number of County (City) Covered by CDMA			2012	2142	2861
Number of Country (Territory) Roamed through
Mobile Telephone (unit)		90	116	155	184
Popularization Rate of Telephone (include mobile
telephone) (sets/100 persons)	20.10	25.90	33.60	42.16	50.03
Popularization Rate of Mobile Telephone
(sets/100 persons)	6.77	11.20	16.10	21.02	25.91
Per 1 000 Person Public Telephone (Sets)	2.78	2.71	7.67	12.08	17.14
Percentage of Administrative Village with
Telephone (%)	82.90	85.30	87.90	89.94	91.18

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These tables are based on figures supplied by the National Bureau Of Statistics of the The Peoples Republic Of China and are subject to revision by the National Bureau of Statistics of China.

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Revised 26-April-2006