China Post

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For the article on the newspaper media group based in Taiwan, see The China Post.

China Post (中国邮政, Zhōngguó Yóuzhèng) is the postal service of the People's Republic of China operating on the mainland. China Post is operated by the State Post Bureau of the People's Republic of China. The State Post Bureau, commonly referred to as China Post is both a regulatory authority and government owned enterprise. Thus it is responsible for the regulation of the national postal industry and the management of national postal enterprises.

1 History
2 Organizational Structure
3 Operations
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

The current postal service in the PRC was established in 1949. It replaced the Chunghwa Post in the Universal Postal Union in 1972. The postal service in China can be dated back to the Shang Dynasty. It was formerly administered by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications.

China Post is directly supervised by the State Post Bureau of the People's Republic of China which has overall responsibility for regulating postal service in China. The State Post Bureau is an agency reporting to the Ministry of Information Industry of the People's Republic of China.

[edit] Organizational Structure

China Post is organized along the following organizational structure.^[1]

	Department	Description
1.	General Office	Responsible for the new postal research strategies and policies, coordination, media and publicity, feedback, complaints and safety and security issues.
2.	Department of Postal Sector Management	Responsible for the regulation of postal market and the formulation of postal laws and regulations.
3.	Department of Postage Stamps	Responsible for the issue of postage vouchers and philatelic services.
4.	Department of Planning and Finance	Responsible for the finance, state-owned assets and the development of postal technologies.
5.	Department of Public Service	Responsible for postal service quality.
6.	Department of Post Routes Operation	Responsible for the construction and operation of post routes and logistic issues.
7.	Department of International Cooperation	Responsible for the management of international postal affairs and services.
8.	Department of Personnel and Education:	Responsible for the personnel, income payment and human resources education in the postal sector. Post bureaus at provincial, autonomous region and municipality level (31) Post bureaus in provincial capitals and other big cities Post bureaus at county level