Responsibilities and Organization Structure


SPB, as a governmental agency and a public utility corporate at once, administers the national postal industry and manages postal enterprises across China, whose responsibilities require that SPB on the one hand strengthen its administrative function so as to safeguard the interests of the country and the customers and on the other hand, be responsible for the construction and operation of postal network while meeting universal services obligation.

To correspond to its responsibilities, SPB has set up 8 functional departments (offices) in the headquarters.

General Office: dealing with general affairs;

Department of Postal Sector Management: managing postal communication and legal affairs;

Department of Postage Stamps: overseeing postage stamps issuance and philately;

Department of Planning and Finance: scheming the national postal developing plans, managing finance, state-owned asserts as well as postal science and technology affairs;

Department of Public Service: managing business operation and service quality;

Department of Post Routes Operation: controlling and coordinating the operation of post routes;

Department of International Cooperation: managing international activities and services;

Department of Personnel and Education: managing personnel, labour wages and human resource education.

State Post Bureau
  • General Office
  • Department of Postal Sector Management
  • Department of Postage Stamps
  • Department of Planning and Finance
  • Department of Public Service
  • Department of Post Routes Operation
  • Department of International Cooperation
  • Department of Personnel and Education
  • Postal Savings and Remittance Bureau
  • Information and Technology Bureau
  • Postage Stamp Printing Bureau
  • Newspaper & Periodical Subscription and Distribution Bureau
  • China Postal Academy
  • National Postal Propaganda Center
  • Postal Culture and History Center
  • Shijiazhuang Postal College
  • China National Philately Corporation
  • China Postal Courier/EMS Corporation Ltd.
  • China Postal Advertising Corporation Ltd.
  • China Postal Mail Order Corporation Ltd.
  • China Postal Airlines Corporation Ltd.
  • Zhongyu Postal Code Information Service Corporation Ltd.
  • Beijing P& T Sanatorium
  • China National Philately Federation (related unit of SPB)
  • Post offices at provincial, autonomous region, and municipal level (31)
  • Post offices in capital cities of provinces and other big cities
  • Post offices at county level