The business volume of the postal and telecommunications service totaled 16.6 billion yuan in 2001, up 31.7 percent compared with that of the previous year. The total length of long-distance optical cables reached 13,600 km. The capacity of official exchange boards increased 604,000 lines and the number of fixed telephone users rose by 1 million. The number of mobile telephone users increased 1.74 million to reach 6 million. There were 22.4 telephones per 100 people. The number of subscribers to data communication reached 26,000 and 1.55 million people were Internet users.

Radio and TV stations

There were 14 TV stations in 2000 which broadcast 70 programs; and there were 13 radio stations broadcasting 82 programs.