MIIT Releases China's August 2021 Fixed-Line, Mobile User Totals by Province
MIIT, 9/20/22
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has released statistics detailing the country's total number of fixed-line telephone subscribers (registered accounts) and mobile subscribers by province as of the end of August 2022. China finished the month with over 181 mln fixed-line subs and more than 1.677 bln mobile subs. Among total mobile subs, 5G handset subs accounted for 492.4 mln, or 29.4%.
The five provinces with the highest penetration of 5G handset subs among their respective mobile subscriber bases were Qinghai with 34.5%, followed by Guangdong (33.2%), Beijing (33.0%), Ningxia (32.7%), and Zhejiang (32.0%). The provinces with the lowest 5G handset sub penetration were Tibet (25.3%), Shanghai (25.5%), Hebei (26.1%), Xinjiang (26.2%), and Liaoning (26.4%).
The five provinces accounting for the greatest proportion of China's total 5G handset subs, or 36.9% combined, were Guangdong (11.2%), Henan (6.6%), Jiangsu (6.6%), Shandong (6.5%), and Zhejiang (5.9%).
China's August 2022 Total Fixed-line Telephone Accounts and Mobile Subs by Province (Mln)
| Province | Fixed-line Telephone Accounts | Mobile Subs | 5G Handset Subs | 5G Penetration | % of China's Total 5G Handset Subs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationwide | 181.0 | 1,677.5 | 492.4 | 29.4% | |
| Eastern China | 84.5 | 728.6 | 219.0 | 30.1% | 44.5% |
| Beijing | 4.8 | 39.6 | 13.1 | 33.0% | 2.7% |
| Tianjin | 3.4 | 17.8 | 5.2 | 29.1% | 1.1% |
| Hebei | 6.6 | 86.7 | 22.7 | 26.1% | 4.6% |
| Shanghai | 6.2 | 44.1 | 11.3 | 25.5% | 2.3% |
| Jiangsu | 11.8 | 105.0 | 32.5 | 30.9% | 6.6% |
| Zhejiang | 11.4 | 91.0 | 29.1 | 32.0% | 5.9% |
| Fujian | 6.9 | 48.9 | 14.1 | 28.7% | 2.9% |
| Shandong | 11.4 | 117.2 | 32.2 | 27.5% | 6.5% |
| Guangdong | 20.3 | 166.9 | 55.4 | 33.2% | 11.2% |
| Hainan | 1.8 | 11.3 | 3.6 | 31.6% | 0.7% |
| Central China | 29.2 | 387.1 | 114.6 | 29.6% | 23.3% |
| Shanxi | 2.7 | 42.1 | 11.9 | 28.4% | 2.4% |
| Anhui | 5.3 | 63.3 | 18.2 | 28.7% | 3.7% |
| Jiangxi | 4.5 | 45.6 | 14.0 | 30.7% | 2.8% |
| Henan | 6.7 | 105.7 | 32.6 | 30.9% | 6.6% |
| Hubei | 4.5 | 60.0 | 16.6 | 27.7% | 3.4% |
| Hunan | 5.5 | 70.4 | 21.3 | 30.2% | 4.3% |
| Western China | 54.2 | 442.8 | 126.8 | 28.6% | 25.7% |
| Inner Mongolia | 2.1 | 30.6 | 8.4 | 27.5% | 1.7% |
| Guangxi | 4.9 | 57.3 | 16.3 | 28.5% | 3.3% |
| Chongqing | 6.1 | 38.9 | 11.4 | 29.3% | 2.3% |
| Sichuan | 19.5 | 95.9 | 27.1 | 28.2% | 5.5% |
| Guizhou | 2.4 | 44.0 | 12.8 | 29.0% | 2.6% |
| Yunnan | 2.6 | 51.2 | 14.5 | 28.4% | 3.0% |
| Tibet | 0.9 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 25.3% | 0.2% |
| Shaanxi | 6.9 | 48.1 | 14.1 | 29.2% | 2.9% |
| Gansu | 3.0 | 27.7 | 8.2 | 29.5% | 1.7% |
| Qinghai | 1.4 | 7.1 | 2.4 | 34.5% | 0.5% |
| Ningxia | 0.5 | 9.0 | 2.9 | 32.7% | 0.6% |
| Xinjiang | 4.1 | 29.7 | 7.8 | 26.2% | 1.6% |
| Northeast China | 13.1 | 119.0 | 32.1 | 27.0% | 6.5% |
| Liaoning | 5.9 | 50.6 | 13.3 | 26.4% | 2.7% |
| Jilin | 3.9 | 30.0 | 8.0 | 26.6% | 1.6% |
| Heilongjiang | 3.3 | 38.4 | 10.7 | 28.0% | 2.2% |
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