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.     

“Yellow Cap”Pillar Boxes in The Streets of Beijing for Speeding up Delivery

In order to meet the social needs,to im-prove the postal service and to speed up themail delivery,beginning from August 10,1983a new kind of pillar boxes were installed bythe Beijing Post Office in the city's major busi-ness centres,vital communication lines,in theresidential areas and in the front of the gov-ernment departments.And they are painted inyellow at top for identification from the commongreen-coloured pillar boxes and are called     

May Postal Link Be Established Sooner between the Two Sides of the Taiwan Straits

I used to be a postal worker in old Chinaand a member of the standing committee ofAll-China Postal Trade Union.In New China,I first became the Minister of Posts and Tele-communications and then a Vice-Chairmanof All-China Federation of Trade Unions.Idevoted myself to the service of the postalworkers and clerks for decades.As an oldtimer in the postal service I cannot but feelextremely distressed over the absence of thepostal link which has prevented the Chineseon both sides of the Straits from exchangingkindred sentiments for more than thirtyyears.Last year,Chairman Ye Jianying 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.     

FOSTER ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT, ENHANCE QUALITY IN COMMUNICATION——Address by Director Liu Tienrui of General Post Administration at the National Postal Work Convention (Abstracted)

The report by Vice-Minister Zhu Gaofeng is an important document to guide us in the direction of development ofthe postal service and in determining managerial policies, so as to bring forth a new aspect of the service. It is acomprehensive and deepgoing discussion which is based on the experience of a number of years and the spirit of thedecisions made by the Party Congress last year.     

Mobile PTT Service in Beijing

On the Tian An Men Square and some down town districts in Beijing,peoplecan often come across mobile PTT service buses.These are specially made largebuses which provide mobile postal and telecommunication services for rallies,largeconferences and games,as well as big factories,mines and enterprises which embracegreat number of people.At the same time,they can also be used as command carsfor communication departments,keeping the communication lines open between     

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     

Postal Service Quality in Medium Size Cities

I am very pleased, as representative of the CanadaPost Corporation to talk on postal service quality in allits aspects. It is a subject which has received a great deal ofattention in the Canadian postal service for the pasttwelve (12) years as it became a major focus of activitywith the advent of mechanization of postal operations. I     

POSTAL SERVICE MAKES CHALLENGE TO DISTANCE——Speech of Congratulation by Director of the General Directorate of the International Bureau of UPU

THE World Post Day of 1987 stresses that thepostal service has played a role ineleminating the sense of distances.As amatter of fact,it sounds quite naturalthat the slogan designated this year is “PostalService Makes a Challenge to Distances”.Although postal service originated from the ageof barbarism,it still plays the part of helpingpeople get closer with each other in the spirit ofhumanism disregarding nations' boundaries.     

THE POST ALWAYS AND EVERYWHERE——In Commemoration of World Post Day

The Universal Postal Union was foundedon 9 October 1874 as the General Postal Union,and since 1970,the Union has designatedOctober 9 as the World Post Day.It has alsomade“The Post Always and Everywhere”as thetheme of the World Post Day for the years 1988to 1990,which fully reflects the status and vitalityin future development of the postal service andthe universality in its purpose to serve the society.     

Third National Philatelic Meeting Held in Beijing

March 3-10. 1986, the third national philatelic meetingwas held in Beijing as well as the national postal meeting.Participating in the meeting were managers of PTadministrations of provinces. cities and autonomous regions.altogerther more than 100 representatives including those fromdifferent bureaus under the MPT, the ACPF, the StampIssuance Bureau and the CPPH.     

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.     

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     

Honor Roll A Brief Introduction of Some National Special Class Model Workers of Postal and Telecommunications Services

Editor's note: The conference for commending both the national model workers and the advanced groups of postal andtelecommunications services was grandly held in Beijing from December 19 to December 21, 1985 This is the second conference of theoutstanding workers of postal and telecommunications services since the first such conference held in 1956. The conference awardedvarious prizes to 28 special class model workers. 209 model workers, 70 advanced groups, and 15 advanced enterprises. On theafternoon of December 19 vice-premier Wan Li. state councilor GU MU, and other leading comrades of the central authoritiescordially received the representatives of the conference and had a group photo taken to mark the occasion. Wang Ping-qian. memberof the State Council, delivered a speech on behalf of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council. Now. we would like to make a brief introduction of the special class model workers on the postal front as follows:     

BRINGING WARMTH TO THE PASSENGERS,WINNING HONOUR FOR THE MOTHERLAND

The Beijing International Airport is thedoorway to Beijing.The development of theeconomy and tourism in China has resultedin the frequent coming and going of Chineseand foreign passengers.The airport throngswith people.The post and telecommunicationstation located in the airport lounge shouldersthe task of the postal and telecommunicationservices of the airport.All its staff stick totheir posts and take their responsibilitiesseriously.They are polite towards theircustomers and take pleasure in helping them,     

Special topics on the conference i.n Hangzhou INTER-REGIONAL STUDY CYCLE ON POSTAL SERVICES IN RURAL AREAS

The Inter-regional Study Cycle on Postal Services in Rural Areas jointly sponsored by The Ministry of Post andTelecommunications of China and the Universal Postal Union was grandly held in Hangzhou,China,from September10 to 19,1985.The conference hall was in Zhejiang Guesthouse on the shore of the well-known West Lake.Mr.Thelmo Mu(?)oz,Senior Advisor,UPU,Mr.Fakhir Hasan,Consultant of UPU and General Postmaster ofPakistan,and the officials in charge of postal services from Guyana,Malaysia,Pakistan,Philippines,Papua NewGuinea and South Korea,and experts in postal service from Australia,France,Federal Republic of Germany,theUnited States of America,and the United Kingdom attended the conference.The representatives from these countriestotalled 15.Representatives of post and telecommunications administrations of the 26 provinces,municipalities,and     

Remittance-check Service Improved through Means of TQC(Total Quality Control)

Remittance-check service is the last pro-cess among the stages like account checking,error-handling and acccount balance,etc.Itdeals with the errors probably found in thewhole remitting process and crimes of corrup-tions and irregularities made by those law-ignoring staff members so as to ensure thesecurity of postal remittances.Therefore,the quality of remittance-check shows a greatinfluence not only on the economical benefitsof the users but also the reputation of thepostal service.With a staff of 27(21 of which are inworking group)the section is responsible forauditing money amounts on crediting andpaying accounts run by 86 post offices of theregion and for settling capital accounts withother 28 remittance-check authorities of China     

A Survey of the Postal Development during the past 35 Years after Liberation

This year witnesses the 35th birthday of thePeople's Republic of China. Under the leadership of theParty complied with the great efforts made by the postalworkers of the country, the postal services have madegreat strides during the past 35 years. Dwelling on thestrategic aspects of the economic construction in his     

PTT Minister Wen Minsheng Speaks at the National Meeting of Honoring Outstanding Postal Workers

From May 31 to June 3 this year,a na-tional meeting was held in Beijing to honor104 postal workers with the title of “outstand-ing postal workers”.The meeting was jointlysponsored by the Ministry of Post and Tele-communications and the trade union underit.Present at the meeting were Zhu Xuefan,Vice-Chairman of the Standing Committeeof the National People's Congress who hadbeen the first PTT Minister after China'sliberation,Ni Zhifu,Pressident of the All-China Federation of Trade Union,and DengLiqun,head of the Propaganda Departmentof the Chinese Communist Party Central     

A Vigorous Escort Group on the Beijing-Nanning Trunk Mail Route

A special express speeds on day and nightalong the trunk mail route between Beijing,the capital of China,and Nanning,the capitalof the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.Carrying not only thousands of passangersbut also tens of thousands of post matters,the train always brings joy or excitement tonumerous families.However,I dare say only a few of you,dear readers,know how hard postal workerswork in the mail wagons of these trains.After reading this news report,you may