China |
|
| INFRASTRUCTURE |
| Telephones
- main lines in use |
135
million (2000) |
| Telephones
- mobile cellular |
65 million
(January 2001) |
| Radio
broadcast stations |
AM 369, FM
259, shortwave 45 (1998) |
| Television
broadcast stations |
3,240 (of
which 209 are operated by China Central Television, 31 are
provincial TV stations and nearly 3,000 are local city stations)
(1997) |
| Internet
country code |
.cn |
| Internet
Service Providers (ISPs) |
3 (2000)
|
| Internet
users |
45.8 million
(2002) |
| Railways |
total: 71,600
km
standard gauge: 68,000 km 1.435-m gauge (14,600 km electrified)
narrow gauge: 3,600 km 1.000-m and 0.750-m gauge local industrial
lines (2002) |
| Highways |
total: 1,402,698
km
paved: 314,204 km (with at least 16,314 km of expressways)
unpaved: 1,088,494 km (2000) |
| Waterways |
110,000 km
(1999) |
| Ports
and harbors |
Dalian, Fuzhou,
Guangzhou, Haikou, Huangpu, Lianyungang, Nanjing, Nantong,
Ningbo, Qingdao, Qinhuangdao, Shanghai, Shantou, Shenzhen,
Tianjin, Wenzhou, Xiamen, Xingang, Yantai, Zhanjiang (2001)
|
| Merchant
marine |
total: 1,817
ships (1,000 GRT or over) 18,047,962 GRT/27,035,740 DWT
ships by type: barge carrier 2, bulk 348, cargo 824, chemical
tanker 28, combination bulk 10, combination ore/oil 2, container
150, liquefied gas 28, multi-functional large-load carrier
6, passenger 6, passenger/cargo 47, petroleum tanker 267,
refrigerated cargo 26, roll on/roll off 21, short-sea passenger
42, specialized tanker 8, vehicle carrier 2
note: includes some foreign-owned ships registered here as
a flag of convenience: Croatia 1, Germany 1, Hong Kong 16,
Japan 2, Panama 2, South Korea 1, Spain 1, Taiwan 9, Tanzania
1, Turkey 1 (2002 est.) |
| Airports |
500 (2002)
|
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