State Post Bureau

The State Post Bureau is the government agency that regulates China Post, the postal service of the People's Republic of China.^[1][2][3] The agency used to report to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. The agency has been annexed by the Ministry of Transport.^[4] The bureau is headed by the Director General. The current Director General is Ma Junsheng.^[5]

Its responsibilities includes protecting state interests and consumer rights, the development of the national postal network and universal postal delivery services.^[6]

The SPB has post bureaus in all the administrative divisions of the country which serve as public utility enterprises.

Administration

Management

The agency is directed by a Director General and four Deputy Directors General.^[5]

Departmental structure

The agency is organized into the following departments.^[7]

• Department of General Affairs (Department of External Affairs)
• Department of Policies and Legal Affairs
• Department of Universal Services
• Department of Market Supervision & Inspection
• Department of Personnel
• Discipline Inspection Office (Party) and Supervision Bureau (executive)
• Administrative Service Center

See also

• China Post (mainland China, People's Republic of China)
• Chunghwa Post (Taiwan Area, Republic of China)

Postal service in Hong Kong and Macau are not handled by the Bureau nor China Post but by separate entities:

• CTT (Macau)
• Hongkong Post

References

External links

• State Post Bureau Official Website

Postal service of China
Post codes State Post Bureau China Post Group Corp. Postal Airlines Post Mart Postal Savings Bank Philatelic Corp. Hongkong Post Macau Post
Transport and communications in China

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