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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
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100m tons
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183.7
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7.7
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Railways
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100m tons
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27
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8.2
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Highways
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100m tons
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132.9
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6.7
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Waterways
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100m tons
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21.1
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12.8
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Civil aviation
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10,000 tons
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306.7
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10.8
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Pipelines
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100m tons
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2.7
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10.6
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Total freight ton-km
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100m tons-km
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78329.8
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12.8
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Railways
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100m tons-km
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20730.5
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7.5
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Highways
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100m tons-km
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8573.8
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9.3
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Waterways
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100m tons-km
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48057.6
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16.0
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Civil aviation
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100m tons-km
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78.9
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9.9
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Pipelines
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100m tons-km
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889
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12.4
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Total passenger traffic
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100m persons
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182.2
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4.2
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Railways
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100m persons
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11.6
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3.4
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Highways
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100m persons
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169.2
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4.2
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Waterways
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100m persons
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2
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3.6
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Civil aviation
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10,000 persons
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13827
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14.1
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Total passenger-km
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100m persons-km
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17473
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7.1
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Railways
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100m persons-km
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6061.8
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6.1
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Highways
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100m persons-km
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9299.1
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6.3
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Waterways
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100m persons-km
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67.1
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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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