Unit

March

Increase Rate over Same Period Previous Year

Accumulated

This Month

Accumulated

This Month

Total Business Volume of Post and Telecommunications

100 million yuan

6234.0

2244.0

10.8

10.0

  Business Volume of Post

100 million yuan

366.2

135.5

10.8

13.4

  Business Volume of Telecommunications

100 million yuan

5867.8

2108.5

10.8

9.8

Total Number of Letters

10 000 pieces

183200.7

66563.1

2.8

10.0

Parcels

10 000 pieces

1731.2

595.8

-18.7

-19.1

EMS

10 000 piecesa

38045.5

15292.7

12.8

14.5

Bills of Exchange

10 000 pieces

6072.3

2190.6

2.4

2.8

Accumulated Number of News Papers Sold

10 000 pieces

394132.7

137563.3

-0.4

0.9

Accumulated Number of Magazines Sold

10 000 pieces

25447.7

8729.8

0.6

-1.0

Stamp Collection

10 000 pieces

40507.2

13242.4

-16.3

-25.8

Postal Savings at Year-Ended

100 million yuan

22563.9

22563.9

21.6

21.6

Volume of Telephone Calls within the Local Network between Different Business Districts

100 million units

1672549.6

598863.4

-10.5

-10.1

Volume of Telephone Calls within the Local Network in Same Business Districts

100 million units

11992329.2

4178239.9

-11.6

-9.7

Volume of Dial-up Internet Access in Local Network

100 million units

246324.9

90092.7

-22.7

-14.4

Length of Long-distance Calls

100 million minutes

2067284.2

765511.0

-6.6

-3.0

Length of Mobile Telephone Calls (Local Calls Included)

100 million minutes

79338197.6

28867811.0

17.9

16.3

Length of Long-distance Mobile Telephone Calls

100 million minutes

5038438.0

1957401.1

29.2

27.9

Length of IP Telephone Calls

100 million minutes

2927100.1

1076885.8

-15.8

-16.4

Number of Subscribers of Fixed Telephone

10 000 households

33531.0

33531.0

-7.1

-7.1

   Number of Urban Households

10 000 households

22804.3

22804.3

-7.0

-7.0

    #Number of Residential telephone subscribers

10 000 households

13711.3

13711.3

-17.8

-17.8

  Number of Rural Households

10 000 households

10726.7

10726.7

-7.5

-7.5

    #Number of Residential telephone subscribers

10 000 households

9331.3

9331.3

-9.9

-9.9

  Number of Mobile Phone Users

10 000 households

67033.1

67033.1

16.7

16.7

  Number of SMS of Mobiles

100 million pieces

1949.7

635.0

11.5

8.3

Note: Since January of 2008, the corporation data of total business volume of post and telecommunications, and express mail of post industry that above designated size (annual revenue above 2 million yuan), which differ in the previous scope of statistics of China Post.