The railway traffic mileage, highway traffic mileage and postal routes totaled respectively 17,100 kilometers, 376,400 kilometers and 1.14 million kilometers, or 4.5 times, 12.8 times and 8.6 times the 1952 figures respectively.

• 1998年，民族自治地方的铁路、公路通车里程和邮路总长度分别达到1.；71万公里、37