China Post

{{Short description|State-owned postal service of the People's Republic of China}}

{{About|the postal service corporation on mainland China|the national regulator for postal businesses|State Post Bureau|the postal service provider on Taiwan|Chunghwa Post}}

{{Infobox company

| name = China Post Group Corporation

| native_name = {{lang|zh|中国邮政集团有限公司}}

| logo = China Post Logo.png

| image = 中国邮政集团公司.jpg

| image_size = 250px

| image_caption = Headquarters in Beijing, China

| type = State-owned enterprise

| genre =

| foundation = 1949

| founder = Government of China

| location = No. A3 Jinrong Street,
Xicheng District, Beijing, China

| origins =

| key_people = Ma Junsheng, Director-General {{As of|2008|10|31}}{{cite web|title = Top Officials of the State Post Bureau|publisher = State Post Bureau|date = October 31, 2008|url = http://www.chinapost.gov.cn/folder12/2008/10/2008-10-3117996.html|access-date = September 6, 2009|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120220110733/http://www.chinapost.gov.cn/folder12/2008/10/2008-10-3117996.html|archive-date = February 20, 2012|url-status = dead}}

| area_served = Mainland China{{cite web |title = Local Postal Administrations and Their Main Functions |publisher = State Post Bureau |date = October 31, 2008 |url = http://www.chinapost.gov.cn/folder12/2008/10/2008-10-3117994.html |access-date = September 6, 2009 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090904092343/http://www.chinapost.gov.cn/folder12/2008/10/2008-10-3117994.html |archive-date = September 4, 2009 |url-status = dead }}

| industry = Courier

| products =

| services = Letter post, parcel service, EMS, delivery, freight forwarding, third-party logistics, deposit account

| revenue = US$ 112.8 billion (2023){{cite web |title=China Post|url=https://fortune.com/company/china-post-group/ |website=Fortune Global 500 |publisher=Fortune |access-date=2024-08-24}}

| operating_income =

| net_income = US$ 5.9 billion (2023)

| assets = US$ 2,310.6 billion (2023)

| num_employees = 728,776 (2023)

| divisions =

| subsid = China Postal Airlines
Postal Savings Bank of China
China National Philatelic Corporation
Post Mart

| owner = People's Republic of China

| parent = State Council via the Ministry of Finance

| homepage = {{Official URL}}

| dissolved =

| footnotes =

}}

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| t = 中國郵政集團有限公司

| s = 中国邮政集团有限公司

| p = Zhōngguó Yóuzhèng Jítuán Yoǔxiàn Gōngsī

| l = China Postal Services Group Limited Corporation

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China Post, officially the China Post Group Corporation,{{Cite web|title=About Us|url=http://englishmake.chinapost.com.cn/html1/folder/1408/3920-1.htm|access-date=2020-08-01|website=englishmake.chinapost.com.cn|archive-date=2021-02-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213204700/http://englishmake.chinapost.com.cn/html1/folder/1408/3920-1.htm|url-status=live}} is the national postal service corporation of the People's Republic of China. It is incorporated as a state-owned enterprise.

China Post shares its office with the sub-ministry-level government agency State Post Bureau, which regulates the national postal industry.

History

The current postal service of People's Republic of China was established in 1949. It replaced the Chunghwa Post in mainland China in 1949, as well as in the Universal Postal Union in 1972. It was formerly administered by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications. China Post is directly supervised by the State Post Bureau 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.{{cn|date=April 2024}}

Organizational structure

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After the separation from the State Post Bureau and several re-organization, China Post is currently organized along the following structure.{{cite web |last1=China Post |title=组织架构|publisher=中国邮政集团有限公司|url=http://www.chinapost.com.cn/html1/folder/181312/8230-1.htm |website=China Post |access-date=5 February 2020 |language=zh-CN |archive-date=20 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191120102449/http://www.chinapost.com.cn/html1/folder/181312/8230-1.htm |url-status=live }}

General Office
Department of Strategic Planning (Legal Affairs)
Department of Market
Department of Financial Service
Postal Savings Bank of China
China Post Life Insurance
China Post Securities
China Post Capital Management
Department of Finance
Department of Human Resources
Department of Planning and Construction
Department of Procurement Management
Department of Audit
Department of Party Building Work
Office of Inspection
China Post Trade Union
Unit of Parcel, Express and Logistics Business (China Postal Express and Logistice Co., Ltd.)
China National Philatelic Corporation
China Post Culture and History Center (China National Post and Postage Stamp Museum)
China Post News Press
Postage Stamp Printing Bureau (Beijing Stamp Factory)
Shijiazhuang Posts and Telecommunications Technical College (China Post Training Center & Party School)
China Post Group IT (Beijing) Co., Ltd.
China Post E-commerce Co.
China Post Advertising Co., Ltd.
Other province-level, prefecture-level and county-level branches

China Post Service

International services for China Post include Small Parcel, Large Package and EMS. The Small parcel and large package of China Post can be tracked if registered. According to transportation methods, it can be divided into three categories: Air Parcel, Surface Air Lift (SAL) Parcel, and Surface Parcel. China Post air mail/parcel is the most popular because it is cheap and convenient. EMS is faster than China Post Mail but more expensive.{{cite web|url=https://www.chinapostaltracking.com|title=China Post Service|publisher=chinapostaltracking.com|access-date=2019-12-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420143451/https://www.chinapostaltracking.com/|archive-date=2019-04-20|url-status=live}}

The average delivery speed depends on the type of service and the trade and communication links with the destination country of the cargo or parcel. For instance, the delivery time for cargo from China to the USA, regardless of the service type, is approximately 19 days.

China Post does currently not offer shipping by boat to the United States from Mainland China. This policy went into effect November 2021.{{Citation needed|date=December 2023|reason=No other sources found}}