About China Post
China Post is the official state-owned postal service company of the People’s Republic of China. It operates all throughout mainland China, excluding the special administrative regions of Macau and Hong Kong. It is officially supervised and regulated by the State Post Bureau, a Chinese government agency that is responsible for overseeing all postal operations in the country.
The company was established in 1949 when it replaced the erstwhile Chunghwa Post (1912 to 1949) from the era of the Republic of China. Formerly managed by the Ministry of Posts and TeleCommunications, China Post eventually came under the control of the State Post Bureau. The Bureau itself previously used to report to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology but is now administered by the Ministry of Transport.
As of 2019, China Post currently has over 370,000 post offices scattered across mainland China, with a fleet size of more than 86,000 transport vehicles, 33 aircraft, and 174 railway carriages.
The company offers a variety of postal and delivery services, ranging from parcel, express, and business logistics facilities. They deal with a huge volume of letters, mail, and parcel deliveries on domestic and international fronts and dabble in newspaper distribution, life insurance, express postal delivery, stamp issuance, postal remittances, and postal agent services.
They even provide assistance with specialized e-commerce services, such as e-commerce courier tracking, cross-border customs clearance, omnichannel business management systems, and so on.
International delivery Services for the China Post include Small Parcels, Large Packages, and EMS. The Small Parcel and Large Package tiers of mail can be easily registered for tracking. EMS is usually considered a faster alternative to the former two tiers, although it is significantly more expensive. Their delivery options can mainly be categorized as Air Parcel, Surface Air Lift Parcel, and Surface Parcel. The Air Parcel option is the most popular due to its wide perception of being reliable and cheap.
Miscellaneous services offered by China Post include but are not limited to the China Postal Savings, China Post Life, and China Postal Business services.
The China Postal Savings Bank, established in 2007, is one of the largest state-owned banks in the country and offers postal savings management facilities to its customers. It has a widespread banking network, with over 37,000 bank branches for savings purposes.
The China Postal Business service deals with assisting businesses with their logistical and postal needs and facilitating all-around growth of national business infrastructure. Some of its principal features are confidential correspondence, postal financial services, and e-business facilities. Logistics technology platforms like ClickPost can help vendors with courier and shipping API integration, allowing them to utilize China Post’s services a lot more efficiently, assisting with a variety of functions such as API tracking and logistics.
