| Items | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 |
| Total volume (RMB billion yuan ) | 46.27 | 68.82 | 98.89 | 134.2 | 177.3 |
| Letters (in billions) | 6.87 | 7.65 | 7.96 | 7.87 | 6.86 |
| Newspapers (million copies) | 255.11 | 240.96 | 216.88 | 211.57 | 218.75 |
| Telegrams (in millions) | 251.66 | 185.8 | 132.88 | 96.1 | |
| Long distance calls ( billion calls) | 5.06 | 7.57 | 10.142.87 | 12.739.51 | 15.234.7 |
| Local calls (million subscribers) | 14.07 | 22.46 | 32.63 | 42.77 | 52.44 |
Last Updated on 10/9/98
By China Data Center