Postal Media


China Post News 
With its first publication on January 1, 2001, China Post News is China’s most authoritative postal medium run by the State Post Bureau and edited and published by the National Postal News Publicity Center. In 2003 the format of China Post News was changed in a way to incorporate columns of News Highlights, News, Economic Special, Culture Special and Philatelic Special, paying greater attention to economic issues and reaching out to the real life of ordinary people. It also has a weekend version, known as Readings in China, to provide information about the publication of books, newspapers and magazines.

China Post 
Initiated in 1976, China Post was run by the State Post Bureau and published by the National Postal News Publicity Center. 

In 2003 China Post focused on disseminating the principles and policies of postal reform, spreading the advanced managerial experience of postal businesses and promoting technological progress, playing a major role in publicizing the principles and policies of the senior management, peer exchanges and introduction of best practices. In 2004 the magazine will completely upgrade the format. To help readers get some knowledge in advance about the new version, China Post published a trial issue in September 2003.

The Website of China Post
The website of China Post (http://www.chinapost.gov.cn) is not only a governmental website listed in the government on-line project and the portal of China’s postal industry, but also the official website linked to UPU.

The website offers an overall introduction of the characteristics of the postal industry, its organizational structure, history and future. It also carries domestic and overseas postal knowledge, postal news, new stamp bulletins and hot topics about post. Furthermore, it provides the information service on postal tariffs, industry standards, postal code and the publishing of newspapers and periodicals, helps to promote new technologies and achievements in postal research, and releases the administrative orders, notices, bulletins and information from the State Post Bureau. In 2003 the website was awarded the title of Model Public Service Provider of Government On-line Project.

China Post VCD (Monthly)
Jointly run by the General Office of the State Post Bureau and the National Postal News Publicity Center, China Post VCD (Monthly) takes television as its media and VCD as its carrier. Over the four years since its publication, it has built up influence and developed a team of TV professionals for the postal industry. At present 31 provincial (autonomous regions and municipalities) post bureaus and 146 city-level post bureaus have their own full-time or part-time audio and video staff, and a TV news coverage network has been preliminarily formed. The VCD has 112 issues annually released to post bureaus above county level, offering news of the State Post Bureau, industry news and special programs to all the postal employees nationwide. 

Modern Post
Run by the State Post Bureau and published by China Postal Academy and Postal Enterprise Association, the 16mo colored monthly Modern Post started publication on January 8, 2003. The purpose of the magazine is to explore advanced corporate management philosophies, standard modern enterprise system, efficient operational mechanism and sophisticated management methods to build a modern China Post, promote postal reform, innovation and development and facilitate management and technological upgrading of postal businesses.

Post Research
Run by the State Post Bureau and published by Shijiazhuang Posts and Telecommunications Vocational College and the Post Committee of China Communications Association, Post Research (bi-monthly) initiated publication in 1985. As an academic magazine of the postal industry, Post Research is committed to studying the postal theory and technologies and applying research results into the management and production of postal enterprises. Its target readers are the managerial personnel, technicians, faculties and students of colleges and universities, grassroots postal staff and relevant outsiders. In 2003 the magazine received the Third Prize of Excellent Scientific Periodical awarded by the Ministry of Information Industry.

Culture of Post
With its first publication in January 2003, Culture of Post (monthly) is the only cultural periodical in the postal industry run by the State Post Bureau, published by the Postal Culture and History Center, and assisted by the Postal Trade Union and the National Ideology Research Association of Postal Staff. Characterized by being informative and interesting, the magazine focuses on spreading advanced culture and reaching out to the production practice of enterprises and everyday life of postal staff so as to facilitate the building of postal corporate culture.