[Traffic and Communications]

Traffic undertaking is developing steadily. By the end of 2005, 4799.2 kilometers of highways is open to traffic, an increase of 4.5%. There are 929,000 civil motor vehicles, an increase of 13.9% including 348,000 civil motors, an increase of 50.4%. Passengers transported reach 72.885 million, an increase of 5.8% and the volume of goods transported reach 156.952 million tons, an increase of 4.4%.
Postal service and communications are growing dramatically. The total income of postal service is 5.18 billion yuan, an increase of 8%. Telephone converters total 2.54 million, an increase of 7.9%; there are 2.589 million telephone users in urban areas, an increase of 2.7%; 526,000 telephone users in rural areas, an increase of 9.1%; 2.39 million mobile phone users, an increase of 2.7%. The internet wideband users reach 431,000, an increase of 25%.
Telephone Numbers in Common Use
103     Manual International Telephone
108     IDD Paid by Receiver
110     Police
114     Phone Number Inquires
119     Fire Alarm
120     Emergency
121     Weather Forecast
122     Traffic Accident
184     Domestic Postal Code Inquires
185     Express Mail Service