Unit

May

Increase Rate over Same Period Previous Year

Accumulated

This Month

Accumulated

This Month

Total Business Volume of Post and Telecommunications

100 million yuan

10722.8

2274.2

11.4

11.6

  Business Volume of Post

100 million yuan

630.1

133.0

12.7

16.4

  Business Volume of Telecommunications

100 million yuan

10092.7

2141.2

11.3

11.4

Total Number of Letters

10 000 pieces

311389.3

62864.3

1.7

2.8

Parcels

10 000 pieces

2912.7

625.0

-15.8

-5.3

EMS

10 000 piecesa

67468.0

14829.1

18.1

21.9

Bills of Exchange

10 000 pieces

10825.3

2487.6

3.4

3.0

Accumulated Number of News Papers Sold

10 000 pieces

668388.1

137278.6

-0.1

-1.5

Accumulated Number of Magazines Sold

10 000 pieces

42900.2

8916.3

-0.5

-4.3

Stamp Collection

10 000 pieces

55320.4

7067.7

-20.6

-28.5

Postal Savings at Year-Ended

100 million yuan

22788.8

22788.8

20.5

20.5

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

100 million units

2828647.9

579645.7

-10.9

-12.0

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

100 million units

20016619.1

3998888.5

-11.7

-13.1

Volume of Dial-up Internet Access in Local Network

100 million units

414108.7

80397.6

-21.3

-24.2

Length of Long-distance Calls

100 million minutes

3520769.2

724421.6

-4.6

-0.8

Length of Mobile Telephone Calls (Local Calls Included)

100 million minutes

137701586.4

29613187.2

17.6

16.4

Length of Long-distance Mobile Telephone Calls

100 million minutes

8951796.7

2006417.9

28.4

24.0

Length of IP Telephone Calls

100 million minutes

5000057.6

1039140.3

-16.8

-20.3

Number of Subscribers of Fixed Telephone

10 000 households

33153.5

33153.5

-7.6

-7.6

   Number of Urban Households

10 000 households

22473.8

22473.8

-7.9

-7.9

    #Number of Residential telephone subscribers

10 000 households

13628.7

13628.7

-17.6

-17.6

  Number of Rural Households

10 000 households

10679.7

10679.7

-7.1

-7.1

    #Number of Residential telephone subscribers

10 000 households

9338.2

9338.2

-8.9

-8.9

  Number of Mobile Phone Users

10 000 households

68694.9

68694.9

16.0

16.0

  Number of SMS of Mobiles

100 million pieces

3195.4

643.2

11.2

10.4

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.