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 and is now under the administration of the Ministry of Transport.[4] The bureau is headed by the Director-General. The current Director-General is Ma Junsheng.[5]

State Post Bureau
国家邮政局
Guójiā Yóuzhèng Jú
Agency overview
Formed1949
JurisdictionPeople's Republic of China
HeadquartersBeijing
Agency executives
  • Ma Junsheng, Director General
  • Sheng Huiping, Deputy Director-General
Parent agencyState Council via the Ministry of Transport
Websitewww.spb.gov.cn/
State Post Bureau
Simplified Chinese国家邮政局
Traditional Chinese國家郵政局

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

The SPB used to have post bureaus in all the administrative divisions of the country which serve as public utility enterprises. But since 2007, these post services has been divided to China Post, a state-owned enterprise.

Administration

Management

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

Position Name Chinese
Director-General Mr. MA Junsheng 马军胜
Deputy Director-General Ms. SHENG Huiping 盛汇萍
Deputy Director-General Mr. XU Jianzhou 徐建洲
Deputy Director-General Mr. SU He 苏和
Deputy Director-General Mr. WANG Yuci 王渝次

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

References
  1. "Administration will 'integrate' transport". China Daily. 2008-03-13. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
  2. "Introduction to China Post Group ChinaPost postal saving EMS". China Post. 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-03.
  3. http://www.sco.com/company/success/story.html?ID=81
  4. "Institutional restructuring of gov't revs up overall reform". china.org.cn. 2008-03-16. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
  5. "Top Officials of the State Post Bureau". China Post. 2008-10-31. Archived from the original on 2012-02-20. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
  6. "China Factfile: State Post Bureau". Official web portal of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China. 2005-09-15. Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
  7. "Departments and Their Functions". China Post. 2008-10-31. Retrieved 2012-07-24.

See also

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

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