The length of installed long-distance optical cables increased from 150,000 km in 1997 to 470,000 km in 2002,and the number of fixed-line and mobile phone subscribers increased from 83.54 million to 421 million,ranking China first in the world.

• 长途光缆线路长度由1997年的15万公里增加到2002年的47万公里；固定电话和移动电话用户由8354万户增加到4.；21亿户，居世界首位。