I. Main Content
Data in this chapter cover mainly the basic conditions of the development of transportation, pos t and telecommunications
in China.

Data of transport cover mainly the length of the routes of five means of transportation, the pos session of the transport
equipment, the technological quality, the freight traffic and passenger traffic accomplished by various means of
transportation, the composition of the fixed assets and main financial conditions in the railway transport, the length of major
ports and the situation of berths, and cargo handled at principal s ea ports.

Data of post and telecommunication cover mainly the s ituation of post and telecommunication offices and postal routes, the
telephone lines, telegraph lines and the possess ion of the telecommunication facilities, the complete bus iness volume of
post and telecommunication services, and the development of the post and telecommunication s ervices, etc.

II. Statis tical Scope and Units

Data on railway transportation: including the operation and management of the national, local and joint-venture railways, not
including the railways for military purpose, industrial lines and special railways . The data on the operation and management
of the national railways and joint-venture railways come from the railway sub-bureaus and the transport enterprises
subordinate to them. The data on the operation and management of local railways come from the provincial adminis trative
departments of the local railways.

Data on highways, waterways and ports: (1) The length of highways and waterways refer to the length open to traffic or
navigation at the end of the year, not including the highways and waterways under construction or not officially put into us ed
ones . (2) The data on the posses sion of civil motor vehicles and number of drivers are provided by the divis ions of vehicle
management under the provincial departments of public security, subordinate to the Traffic Management Bureau, Ministry of
Public Security, not including thos e for military us e. (3) The data on possession of highway vehicles are provided by the
divisions of vehicle management under the provincial departments of public security, subordinate to the Traffic Management
Bureau, Ministry of Public Security, including vehicles for business use and non-bus iness use. It is part of the civil motor
vehicles. (4) The data on the posses sion of ships are provided by the divisions of navigation or ports management under
the provincial departments of communications, subordinate to the Ministry of Communications, not including fishermen, ships
for cons tructions in water and ships for military use. (5) The data on the passenger traffic and freight traffic by highways and
waterways are collected and prepared separately by the Ministry of Communications and the National Bureau of Statistics in
accordance with the "Provisions on the Statistical Work of the Whole Trades of Highway and Waterway Transport", jointly
issued by the Ministry of Communications and the National Bureau of Statistics in 1992. (6) The data on highway and
waterway transportation are collected through comprehensive reporting system and non-comprehensive reporting system. The
statis tical coverage is all the enterpris es and institutional units and individuals (including jointhouseholds) regis tered in the
People's Republic of China and engaged in highway or waterway freight or pass enger transport bus iness . (7) The data on
production capacity and handling capacity of the seaports and inland river ports are from the administrative record of local
seaport management offices, with those regis tered enterprises and production units engaged in this field.

Data on the pipeline transport: The data on pipeline transport cover the length, transport capacity and the volume
transported of the petroleum (crude oil) pipelines, petroleum products pipelines, natural gas pipelines and other gas
pipelines . The coverage of statistics of pipeline transport includes the pipelines leading directly from the enterprises of oil
fields or gas fields to the users such as refineries, chemical plants, power s tations, etc. and to the loading stations and ports
or piers, the petroleum products pipelines leading from the refineries to the users (including the oil depots of the commercial
oil companies ) and the pipelines leading from the enterprises engaged in pipeline transport with independent accounting
system to the us ers and causeways and ports or piers. The data sources of the pipeline transport statistics are mainly the
enterprises engaged in the pipeline transport subordinate to the China National Petroleum and Natural Gas Corporation Group
and China Petrochemical Corporation Group. The two corporations collect and examine the statistical data from the units
subordinate to them respectively.

Data on the civil aviation transport: The civil aviation transport includes the enterprises engaged in the civil aviation transport
flights , flights for general purpose and airports for civil aviation, excluding foreign companies' flights within Chinese territory.
The statistical data cover the air lines, length, and transport volume of the domestic transport, the transport between China
mainland and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and the international transport engaged by the air companies as well as the
composition of aircraft; the statistical data also cover the data on the operation and performance of the civil aviation, and
condition of flights for general purpose.

Data on pos t and telecommunications : Data in this category include telecommunications and post services rendered to the
public by telecommunications and pos tal enterpris es, but exclude services provided through dedicated networks. The
business volume of pos t and telecommunications is classified by nature into telecommunication service and postal service,
and by customers into the domestic service, international service, and service between the mainland and Hong Kong, Macao
(bus iness volume of the service to Taiwan is covered in that for Hong Kong and Macao).

III. Sources of Data

Data in this chapter are arranged and compiled by Department of Industrial and Transportation Statistics of NBS. Data on
transportation are from Ministry of Railway, Ministry of Communication, Civil Aviation Administration of China, Ministry of
Public Security, China Petroleum and Natural Gas Corporation Group, China Petrochemical Corporation Group, and statistical
bureaus of provinces , autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government. Data on post and
telecommunication services come from Ministry of Information Industry and National Postal Office.