Postal Development Objectives in 2003


General Requirements for National Postal Service:
Taking Deng Xiaoping Theory and the important thought of the "Three Represents" as the guide, we will implement in earnest the spirit of the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the Central Economic Work Conference, stick to taking development as the first important task in postal work, give a proactive response to the difficulties and challenges in the changing environment, continue carrying out the campaign of " Year of Efficiency" deeply and widely in the whole sector, speed up structural adjustment, carry forward reform and innovation, strengthening the ability at the core, enhance the quality of the postal staff, rectify and normalize postal economic order, promote the quality and efficiency of the postal economic increase up to a new step, and strive to make the whole sector step into a virtuous circle primarily in general.

The whole sector's stepping into a virtuous circle primarily in general refers to the nationwide average level at a historical phase of postal development and having primarily the ability of self-existing and self-developing. By analyzing synthetically the business results during the past 4 years and predicting objectively the development tendency in 2003, we have drawn up the following major postal economic targets during the 5 years of 1999---2003:

Revenue Growth Annually average increase of 13.86% in 5 years , 6.24 percentage points above GDP
Labor Productivity Annually average increase of 16.38% in 5 years, 2.52 percentage points above revenue growth
Return Rate 50.61% in 2001, 50.56% in 2002, and the estimated return rate in 2003 may reach 50.91%
Asset Return 20.28% in 2002, and the estimated asset return may reach 21.54%
Cash Flow During 2002---2003, net inflow of operational cash reach RMB 6 billion yuan
Labor Income Per Capita In 2002, the labor income per capita was increased to RMB 31.9 thousand yuan from RMB 22.6 thousand yuan in 1999. In 2003, it is estimated that the labor income per capita will reach RMB 36.3 thousand yuan, ie., the annually average increase in 5 years is 12.58%


Three Main Targets of Postal Development:

To achieve RMB 55 billion yuan in business income, 7.8% over the previous year
To double the profit, reaching RMB 240 million yuan
The overall labor productivity is to reach RMB 111.7 thousand yuan, 7.8% over the previous year

Six Major Missions in 2003:

To continue carrying out the campaign of the "Year of Efficiency" to raise the quality and efficiency of postal economic operation
To rectify postal economic order on a big scale and suppress firmly various illegal operations
To speed up the structural reform and legislative course to supply power for postal sustainable development
To speed up the building of physical transmission network to raise the overall postal ability at the core
To strengthen the sincere and faithful service to build the high-quality brand name of China post
To strengthen the building of leading group to realize the coordinated development of the two civilizations