According to statistics, in 1998 railway traffic mileage in these areas totaled 17,300 km, or 4.6 times the 1952 figure, and the highway traffic mileage, 374,100 km or 14.4 times the 1952 figure.

• 据统计，1998年少数民族自治地方铁路营业里程达1.；73万公里，是1952年的4