14 Transport, Postal and Telecommunication Services
Brief Introduction
     Άρ. The data in this chapter cover mainly the basic conditions of the development of transport, postal and telecommunication services in Guangdong Province.
     The data on transport cover mainly the route length of five means of transportation, the possession of transport equipment, the freight and passenger traffic by various means of transportation, the possession of port equipment and the volume of freight handled in ports, the passenger and freight throughput of airports, etc.
     The data on postal and telecommunication services cover mainly the conditions of post offices and postal routes, major means and equipment of post and telecommunications, achievements of main businesses of postal and telecommunication services, and the level of development of postal and telecommunication services, etc.
     Άς. Coverage and Statistical Units
     1. Data on railway transportation: including the operation and management of the national, local and joint-venture railways, but excluding the railways for military purpose, lines built by factories, mines, enterprises and institutions for exclusive use, and special railways.
     2. 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. (2) The data on the possession of civil motor vehicles are compiled according to registration data of vehicles at the divisions of vehicle management under the traffic management departments of public security authorities. (3) The data on the possession of civil vessels exclusive of fishing boats and engineering ships over water are compiled according to registration data of vessels at the authorities of navigation and port management. (4) The data on the volume of transportation by highways and waterways, including all enterprises, institutions, and individuals (or individual partnerships) registered in Guangdong for passenger and freight transportation by highways and waterways, were collected and prepared by the Bureau of Statistics before 2005. Since 2005, the data were collected and prepared by the Department of Transport of Guangdong through sample survey. Since 2009, the data are collected and prepared in accordance with the new survey method stipulated by the Ministry of Transport. Since the new survey method has new criteria for survey target and urban-rural division, the data are not comparable with those of the previous years. (5) The data on production capacity and handling capacity of ports are compiled according to registration data of port enterprises and production units at local port authorities.
     3. Data on pipeline transport: The data on pipeline transport cover the length, transport capacity and the volume transported of pipelines of petroleum (crude oil), petroleum products, natural gas and other gases. The data are mainly provided by enterprises engaged in the pipeline transport subordinate to the China National Petroleum Corporation and China Petrochemical Corporation.
     4. Data on civil aviation transport: Data on civil aviation transport include air transport enterprises and civil airports registered for civil aviation transport and general aviation, excluding other domestic aviation companies and foreign aviation companies engaged in air transport within Chinese territory. The statistics cover regular flights of domestic transport, transport between the mainland of China and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and international transport managed by various aviation companies, concerning the number of lines, length, transport volume, number of registered aircrafts at the end of the reference period, sorties at civil airports, and volumes of passenger and freight handled at civil airports.
     5. Data on post and telecommunications: Data in this category include telecommunications and postal services rendered to the public by telecommunications and postal enterprises of the whole province, but exclude services provided through dedicated networks. Statistics are mainly provided by Guangdong Communications Administration and corresponding enterprises, including China Post, China Telecom, China Mobile, China Unicom, China TieTong, and China Netcom.
     Άσ. The data in this chapter are prepared and compiled by the Division of Service Industry Statistics of Statistics Bureau of Guangdong Province. Raw data are mainly provided by authorities and related enterprises and institutions within the province of civil aviation, railways, highways, waterways, ports, public securities, and post and telecommunications.