Editing China Post

{{Short description|State-owned postal service of the People's Republic of China}}
{{About|the postal service corporation|the national regulator for postal businesses|State Post Bureau}}

{{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 [[Beijing Financial Street|Jinrong Street]],<br />[[Xicheng District, Beijing]], China<!-- this parameter modifies "Headquarters" -->
| origins = 
| key_people = Ma Junsheng, Director-General {{As of|2008|10|31}}<ref>{{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}}</ref>
| area_served = [[Mainland China]]<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
| industry = [[Courier]]
| products = 
| services = [[Mail|Letter post]], [[Parcel post|parcel service]], [[Express mail|EMS]], [[Delivery (commerce)|delivery]], [[cargo|freight]] forwarding, [[third-party logistics]], [[deposit account]]
| revenue = [[US$]] 112.8 billion (2023)<ref name=Financials>{{cite web |title=China Post|url=https://fortune.com/company/china-post-group/ |website=Fortune Global 500 |publisher=Fortune |access-date=2024-08-24}}</ref>
| operating_income = 
| net_income =  [[US$]] 5.9 billion (2023)<ref name=Financials />
| assets = [[US$]] 2,310.6 billion (2023)<ref name=Financials />
| num_employees = 728,776 (2023)<ref name=Financials />
| divisions = 
| subsid = [[China Postal Airlines]]<br />[[Postal Savings Bank of China]]<br />[[China National Philatelic Corporation]]<br />[[Post Mart]]
| owner = [[China|People's Republic of China]]
| parent = [[State Council of the People's Republic of China|State Council]] via the [[Ministry of Finance of the People's Republic of China|Ministry of Finance]]
| homepage = {{Official URL}}
| dissolved = 
| footnotes = 
}}

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| title = China Post Group Company
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| 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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| p2 = Zhōngguó Yóuzhèng
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'''China Post''', officially the '''China Post Group Corporation''',<ref>{{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}}</ref> is the national postal service corporation of the [[China|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 ==
{{Main|Postage stamps and postal history of China}}

The current postal service of [[China|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 ==
[[File:Chinese post box in Shanghai.JPG|thumb|A China Post [[postbox]] in [[Shanghai]]]]
After the separation from the State Post Bureau and several re-organization, China Post is currently organized along the following structure.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>
* 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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

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}}

== Operations ==
[[File:AFT227 at Liangxiangximen (20200914140857).jpg|thumb|A mail truck in Beijing]]
[[File:VM 5485 China Post Office car at Zhengzhou Train Station.jpg|thumb|A postal car towing trailers with mail, at a train station,<br />notice that the right side door signage is transposed:<br />CHINA POST<br />TSOP ANIHC]]
[[File:China Post logo with (New) Tai Lü script in Mohan, Yunnan.jpg|thumb|China Post logo with (New) Tai Lü script in Mohan, Yunnan]]

* Postal offices and branches: 373,600 (2019)
* Mail processing centers: 236
* First and second class truck route: 6.3 million kilometers (2014)
* Transportation vehicles: 86,000 (2014)
* Aircraft: 33 (2020)
* Railway carriages: 174 (2014)
* Letter sorting machines: 155
* Automatic parcel sorting machines: 209
* Computerized postal offices: 20,000

== See also ==
* [[State Post Bureau]]
* [[Hongkong Post]]
* [[CTT (Macau)]]
* [[Chunghwa Post]]
* [[Chinese postal romanization]]
* [[China Postal Savings Bank]]
* [[China Postal Airlines]]
* [[List of postal entities]]
* [[List of national postal services]]
* [[Universal Postal Union]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|China Post}}
* {{Official website}}

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