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 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,     

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     

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     

The Past and Present of Postal Services in Baotou

ACCORDING to theofficial record of theformer Suiyuan Pro-vince,which nowforms part of the InnerMongolia AutonomousRegion,postal services inBaotou was first started in the30th year of Guangxu of thelate Qing Dynasty (1904),whenthere was only a postal agencyoffice.Till 1935,the post officeof Baotou was classified as a 1stclass office which was locatedinside the South Gate of the city(see photo,now the HepingRoad) and had a staff of 26.The services then operated 4land mail routes;handled     

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.     

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.     

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     

The organization and management of Postal Services in Rural Districts

The County is under the level of province in China.The postal communication below the county-town leveldirectly serves agriculture and commodity production in rural areas and the 800 million farming population in thecountryside.Rural postal communication is organized and managed by the county post and telecommunications office(simplified as county office hereinafter),which is the grass-roots unit of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunicationsas well as an important link in the national network of postal communication.The county office is the administrativeorgan of postal and telecommunications service in the county and is the centre of the network in that county.     

The Past and Present of Postal Service in Guangdong Province

Guangdong is the southernmost province ofChina, which includes the Island of Hainan and otherislands and islets in the South Sea, and has an area of230.000 sq. km. and a population of 59,300,000. It hasthree special economic zones in Shenzhen, Zhuhai andShantou; two open cities in Guangzhou and Zhanjiang;two economic developing areas in Hainan Island andHuangpo; and the Zhujiang delta economic zone. Withabundant natural resources and thriving business acti-     

The Rise and Decline of Civilian Letter Carriers in China

In ancient China. communication among thecommon people had its untold hardships throuphthousands of years and it was until the time of the KaiYuan period(713 to 714 A. D. )of Tang Dynasty that anarrangement among the people to carry letters firstappeared. which was called“Yi Lu”, litcrally meaningthe“post stage donkey”. Till the time or Yong Le (1403to 1424)in Ming Dynasty, a more formal sort oforganization for carrying private letters came into beingby the name of“Min Xin Ju”, meaning the“civilian’sletter carrying establishment”. The business of such     

Annual Meeting of The Executive Council of Asian-pacific Postal Union Held in Beijing

UPON invitation by the People's Republicof China,the 1987 Annual Meeting ofthe Executive Council of the Asian-Pacific Postal Union held from 27August to 1 September 1987 at the Fragrant HillHotel,Beijing.The Asian-Pacific Postal Union isa regional international organization,thepurpose of the Union is “to extend,facilitate andimprove the postal relations between themember-countries and promote cooperation inthe field of the postal services.”54 delegates andobservers from 20 countries and twointernational organizations and from Hongkong     

The Organization and Management of Urban Postal Services in China

Except Taiwan Province,there are now 236 large and medium-sized cities in China with a totalpopulation of 144.67 million.Most of them are the centers of politics,economy,transportation,scienceand culture in the provinces and autonomous regions or certain regions of the country.The urbanposts serve directly for the government departments,factories,enterprises,scientific and cultural or-gans as well as the urbanites.The post offices in city are generally situated in the hub of the postalnetwork of provinces,autonomous regions and districts,playing a principal part in carrying out thenational postal policy of speed,accuracy,safety and convenience     

The Source of "the Chinese Soviet Half Fen Stamp"

In All-China Stamp Exhibition1983, my north Shaanxi Soviet Regionstamps, preserved from war time, wereexhibited, which caused great atten-tion in philatelic circle. Many stampcollectors want to know the source ofthese stamps. I, through recollection,remember that these stamps were col-lected in Yanan from the end of 1937     

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     

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     

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-     

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