| 邮电业务量 | |||||
| Post and Telecommunications Services | |||||
| 邮电业务总量 | 函 件 | 报纸期发数 | 城市固定 | 农村固定 | |
| 电话用户 | 电话用户 | ||||
| 年 份 | (万元) | (万件) | (万份) | (户) | (户) |
| Business Volume of | Number of | Issue of | Number of | Rural | |
| Year | Postal and | Letters | Newspapers | Urban | Fixed Telephone |
| Telecommunication | (10000 | (10000 copies) | Fixed Telephone | Subscribers | |
| Services | pcs) | Subscribers | (subscriber) | ||
| (10000 yuan) | (subscriber) | ||||
| 1978 | 5904 | 15417 | 267 | 59630 | 20773 |
| 1980 | 6420 | 15961 | 304 | 62100 | 19800 |
| 1985 | 12618 | 21639 | 580 | 99340 | 63682 |
| 1990 | 55643 | 23716 | 473 | 198242 | 37691 |
| 1991 | 72836 | 22570 | 567 | 252755 | 43604 |
| 1992 | 103676 | 24692 | 609 | 381549 | 53250 |
| 1993 | 164048 | 29282 | 876 | 579960 | 79909 |
| 1994 | 217834 | 32172 | 672 | 957791 | 146473 |
| 1995 | 360930 | 31471 | 504 | 1513364 | 380026 |
| 1996 | 485001 | 30171 | 584 | 1995767 | 657122 |
| 1997 | 634216 | 25858 | 589 | 2356302 | 932078 |
| 1998 | 885071 | 25699 | 499 | 2762371 | 1272000 |
| 1999 | 1164413 | 21235 | 1149 | 3153630 | 1720036 |
| 2000 | 1910400 | 26302 | 522 | 3917457 | 2755083 |
| 2001 | 1670100 | 31698 | 422 | 4860720 | 4191530 |
| 2002 | 2198441 | 36078 | 508 | 5584495 | 5459573 |
| 2003 | 2931845 | 20056 | 484 | 7315000 | 6075000 |
| 2004 | 4307925 | 32623 | 451 | 9062000 | 6718000 |
| 2005 | 5284674 | 25742 | 378 | 9469503 | 6808869 |
| 2006 | 6415679 | 22444 | 340 | 10051585 | 6520321 |
| 2007 | 8523147 | 20641 | 321 | 9942670 | 5948236 |