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Transportation, Post And
Telecommunications
The added value of transportation, warehousing, post and
telecommunications sectors reached 1,380.5 billion yuan in 2005, up
12.4 percent over the previous year.
Volume Completed by Various Means of Transportation,
2005
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Item
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Unit
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Volume
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Increase
over
2004 (%)
|
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Total freight traffic
|
100m tons
|
183.7
|
7.7
|
|
Railways
|
100m tons
|
27
|
8.2
|
|
Highways
|
100m tons
|
132.9
|
6.7
|
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Waterways
|
100m tons
|
21.1
|
12.8
|
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Civil aviation
|
10,000 tons
|
306.7
|
10.8
|
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Pipelines
|
100m tons
|
2.7
|
10.6
|
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Total freight ton-km
|
100m tons-km
|
78329.8
|
12.8
|
|
Railways
|
100m tons-km
|
20730.5
|
7.5
|
|
Highways
|
100m tons-km
|
8573.8
|
9.3
|
|
Waterways
|
100m tons-km
|
48057.6
|
16.0
|
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Civil aviation
|
100m tons-km
|
78.9
|
9.9
|
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Pipelines
|
100m tons-km
|
889
|
12.4
|
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Total passenger traffic
|
100m persons
|
182.2
|
4.2
|
|
Railways
|
100m persons
|
11.6
|
3.4
|
|
Highways
|
100m persons
|
169.2
|
4.2
|
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Waterways
|
100m persons
|
2
|
3.6
|
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Civil aviation
|
10,000 persons
|
13827
|
14.1
|
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Total passenger-km
|
100m persons-km
|
17473
|
7.1
|
|
Railways
|
100m persons-km
|
6061.8
|
6.1
|
|
Highways
|
100m persons-km
|
9299.1
|
6.3
|
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Waterways
|
100m persons-km
|
67.1
|
1.3
|
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Civil aviation
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100m persons-km
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2044.9
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14.7
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The volume of freight handled by ports throughout the country
totaled 4.9 billion tons, up 17.7 percent over the previous year,
of which, freight for foreign trade accounted for 1.36 billion
tons, up 18.0 percent.
The total number of motor vehicles for civilian use (including
11.49 million tri-wheel cars and low-speed trucks) reached 43.29
million units at the end of 2005, up 20.6 percent, of which,
private-owned vehicles numbered 23.65 million, up 22 percent.
The turnover of post and telecommunications services totaled
1,219.9 billion yuan, up 24.6 percent over the previous year. Of
this total, post services accounted for 62.4 billion yuan, up 10.1
percent, and telecommunication services 1,157.5 billion yuan, up
25.4 percent. At the end of 2005, with 46.08 million newly
installed lines of office switchboards, the total capacity reached
470 million lines. The year also saw the addition of 38.68 million
fixed-line telephone subscribers to bring the total number to
350.43 million at the end of the year. This included 239.77 million
urban subscribers and 110.66 million rural subscribers. Mobile
phone users numbered 393.43 million at the end of 2005, with 58.6
million new subscribers. In total, the number of fixed-line and
mobile phone users reached 743.86 million, an increase of 97.28
million compared with that at the end of 2004. On average, phone
coverage rate is 57 sets per 100 Chinese population.
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