In 1984 China had 53,000 post and telecommunications offices and 5 million kilometers of postal routes, including 240,000 kilometers of railroad postal routes, 624,000 kilometers of highway postal routes, and 230,000 kilometers of airmail routes.
1984年，中国有5.3万邮政和电信办事处和500万公里邮路，其中包括24万公里铁路邮路，62.4万公里公路邮路和23万公里航空邮路。