Linking up Closely with the Masses in the Mountain Villages

Yang Zi-ming of Miao nationality(a minoritynationality of China)is one of the rural couriers in JinPing County of Yunan Province.Carrying a heavygreen postbag,he goes quickly with big stridesdelivering letters,telegrams,newspapers and period-icals,etc.,every day on the road of Jin Ping Countytown and the neighbouring mountain paths.Hefaithfully sticks to his work and never stops delivering     

The National Working Conference for the Well-Being of the Staff and Workers in the Post and Telecommunication Services Held in Beijing

Under the joint sponsorship of the Ministry of Post andTelecommunications and All China Post and Telecom-munications Trade Union, the National Working Con-ference for Improving the Well-Being of Post communi-cation Staff and Workers was held in Beijing from June4 to 11, 1984: Over 160 leading cadres of administratins,     

A Survey of the Technical Conditions of the Post in China

CHINA is a developingcountry and as such,postal communication inChina is weak in foundation inits technicality and facilities.With the development ofcommodity economy in rec-ent years,volumes of mailshave been fast inceasing andin order to meet the growingdemand for postal service,efforts are being redoubled fortechnical reforms and levels inpostal technology and facil-ities are being raised steadily.Construction of key postal centers.Great efforts have been madc inrecent years in building and     

P&T Services in the Suburbs of Tianjin

POSTAL and tele-communications ser-vice is a componentpart of nationaleconomy and serves as a vitalmeans of contact between thepeople at home and abroad.Over the past few years thepostal and telecommunicationsadministration of Tianjin leftno stones unturned in improv-ing the service for the people.     

Flourishing and Promising in the Year of Dragan

Heilongjiang Province islocated in the north eastpart of China, the shape ofwhich looks like a flying swan.The Province is connected tothe Soviet Union at the northand east part of its region, withHeilongjiang River and WusuliRiver flowing in between, itssouthern part connecting to the     

Speech at the National Working Conference for the Well-Being of the Staff and workers in the Post and Telecommunication Services

Lug Shuzhen, the acting Chairwoman of All-China TradeUhion of Post and Telecommunications This is a conference of great importance andprofound significance. The fact that it is held here is areflection of the flourishing situation in politics andnational economy of our country.Since the 3rd PlenarySession of the 11th Central Committee of the Com-     

An Outline of the Postal Services in Xinghua County

Being in a region of low lying lands. XinghuaCounty lies in a criss-cross network of water courses ofLi Xia River in the northern part of Jiangsu Province1t has 9 administrative districts comprising 45 townshipsand 1,400 villages.The county covers an area of 2,343square kilometers with a population of over 1, 400, 000,which ranks first in Jiangsu Province. Its water trans-port is highly developed. with motor-driven boats     

A Survey of the Postal Development in Shaanxi Province

Shaanxi Province is situated in the middle part ofour country with a total area of 205, 000 sq. km. and apopulation of 28, 900, 000. There are 7 regions, 3 munici-palities under the provincial jurisdiction, 2 municipali-ties under regional jurisdiction and 92 counties. Guan-zhong and Shaanan are the main agricultural regions of     

The Importance of “Consumer Type” in the Attribution of Crisis Responsibility: The Case of the Maggi Noodles Crisis in India

This study investigates a corporate crisis from the perspective of a consumer. Using in-depth interviews, it investigates the perceptions of mothers about the Maggi noodles lead crisis in India. The findings reveal three types of customers—the devotees, doubters and dropouts—who had different perceptions about the crisis and attributed different levels of responsibility to the corporation based on their attitude and affect toward the brand, attitude toward the corporation, attitude toward the regulatory institution, and levels of nationalism. The study recommends that corporate response strategies during a crisis should focus on the “customer type” and not just the “crisis type” in order to be effective. The theoretical implication and managerial implications for crisis and strategic communication are discussed.     

Prize-Giving Ceremony for the World Communications Year Held in Beijing

The Prize-Giving Ceremony for World Com-munications Year's (WCY) Photograph andDrawing Competition,Appraisal of Science andTechnology Readings and Literature and Solicita-tion for Art Creation was solemnly held in Na-tional Committee Hall of the C.P.P.C.C.in Beijingon March 16,1984,which was organized by ChinaNational Committee for World CommumcationsYear (CNC WCY).Zhu Xuetan,Chairman of theChina National Committee and Vice-Chairman ofthe Standing Committeee,of the National People's     

Post Stages of Bygone Days in Suzhou, the Garden City

Suzhou is a beautiful city situated beside the Tai HuLake in the rich Yangzi delta and is long famed for thescenic hills to its southwest and the exquisite rockgardens dotting about it built in the old times. Itsclimate temperate and production thriving, with water-ways and canals crisscrossing and land routes extending     

Postal Enactments & Letters on Wooden Strips in the Qin Dynasty

Late in the period of the Warring States,Emperor Qin the First,in an effort to unifyChina,launched a large scale war against thesix states of Han,Wei,Yan,Chu,Zhao and Qiand succeeded in subjugating all of them in 221B.C.Overwhelmed with military exploits theemperor,considering himself superior to thefive predecessors,had the temerity to declarethat he alone was the first emperor of the king-dom and his heirs be the second,third emperorsand so on down to the millennium.Large scalewar invariably entailed the strengthening of     

Development and Outlook of Postal Communication in China in the Past 9 Years of Reform and Opening

(Ⅰ)POSTAI communicationserves economic cons-truction and a flourishingeconomy,in turn,induces thedevelopment of the postservice.Practice in 9 years sinceimplementing the policy ofreform and opening to theoutside world shows that thereis a very close relation betwecnpostal communieation andsocial prosperity,particularlyin connection with the develop-ment of commodity economy.In the past when attention wasmainly directed toward pro-duction,with a close-doorpolicy,social and economic     

Popularizing the Knowledge of Science and Technology in the Communication Field to Foster a Reserve Force for Communications

It's an important task for the World Com-munications Year to organize,in accordancewith the plan of the China Committee,thesummer camps on communications for theyoung pioneers.The activities of this sort is ofgreat significance for popularizing among thepeople the knowledge of science and technologyin the communication field and for fostering areserve force for communications. The year sees in provinces and cities of     

Special Topics on the Conference in Hangzhou——A Reasonable Layout of a Network of Service Points for the Needs of Communication in the Rural Areas—The Post and Telecommunications Office of Yuci City, Shanxi Province

Situated in the central part of Shanxi Province. Yuci is a city of the county level. The rural areas are the major target of our Postalservice. The city covers an area of 1, 326 square kilometres, including 1, 312 square kilometres of rural areas which account for 98.9 percentof the city's total area.The city has a population of 410, 000. Among them, 247, 700 are rural inhabitants, accounting for 60 percent of thetotal. Basing ourselves on the characteristics of the rural areas of Yuci, we have done our utmost to make postal service convenient for thepeasants. Proceeding from the realities, we have planned and set up a network of service points in the rural areas, with "postalestablishments in all the townships and postal routes to all the villages", thus providing good service for the masses of customers.     

The First PTT Cadres'''' Institute in China—The Cadres'''' Institute of the PTT Ministry

The Cadres' Institute of the PTT Ministry issituated in Xiao Tang Shah,a health resort in thesuburbs of Beijing,known for its hot springs.It is nearthe scenic spots such as the Ming Tombs and the GreatWall,on the Beijing-Changping highway some 35kilometers from Beijing.It has just been founded in1984,and is the only Institute of its kind for the trainingof PTT cadres in the postal telecommunications fieldsunder the Ministry.     

The Emergence of the "Fei Qian' in Tang Dynasty-An Early Conception of Postal Remittance

The "Fei Qian" in Tang dynasty was a form ofexchange certificates which could be viewed as theinception of postal remittances in later times. Literallytranslated, the two words "Fei Qian" stood for "FlyingCash". and it was the name given to the practice ofmaking payments with mutually made out certificates orcredentials, ——a practice that was made necessary by the     

Cawie■ Sewice on a Gand Scale in the time of ■uan D■asty

At the end of the 12th and the beginning of the 13th century,the Mongolian tribes in the north became strong andin the year 1206,a Mongolian nation was formed under the leadership of Ghenjis Khan after unifying among the tribes.They conquered the Jin,West Liao,and West Xia nationalities and in 1260,Ghenjis Khan's grandson,Koblai Khan,succeeded as the great ruler(the Khan)with the capital established in Kaipin(Cyandu).In 1271,they moved the capitalto Yenching,the present location of Beijing,and started to be called the Yuan Dynasty.The capital of Southern SongDynasty,Lin An,fell in 1276 and the imperial court of Song came to an end by the year 1279,and thence China wasunified in the Yuan Dynasty with a territory larger than ever before.     

Postal Services in Wuxi in Development

Wuxi City lies on the banks of the well-knownTaihu(the Great Lake)on the Yangzi River delta ofJiangsu Province.It is known as the land offish and riceand has 4 administrative districts and 3 countiesJiangyin,Wuxi and Yixing).The city covers an area of4,600 square kilometers of which 400 square miles isurban ares.Transportation and communication lineslink up all parts of Wuxi city,the Shanghai-NanjingRailway and the Grand Canal passing through it,and