Postal Law of the People's Republic of China
Postal Law of the People's Republic of China
Postal Law of the People's Republic of China
Order of the President of the People's Republic of China No.47
December 2, 1986
(Adopted at the 18th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Sixth National People's Congress, promulgated by Order No. 47 of the President of the People's Republic of China on December 2, 1986, and effective as of January 1, 1987)
Contents
Chapter I General Provisions
Chapter II Establishment of Postal Enterprises and Postal Facilities
Chapter III Classification of Postal Businesses and Postal Rates
Chapter IV Posting and Delivery of Postal Materials
Chapter V Transportation, Customs Examination and Quarantine Inspection of Postal Materials
Chapter VI Compensation for Losses
Chapter VII Penalty Provisions
Chapter VIII Supplementary Provisions
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1This Law is formulated in accordance with the Constitution of the People's Republic of China, with a view to protecting freedom and privacy of correspondence, ensuring normal progress of postal work, and promoting development of postal services, so as to suit the needs of socialist construction and the livelihood of the people.
Article 2 The competent department of postal services under the State Council shall administer postal services throughout the country.The competent department of postal services under the State Council shall set up regional administrative organs of postal services as required to administer postal services of each region.
Article 3 The postal enterprises attached to the competent department of postal services under the State Council are public enterprises, owned by the whole people, that operate postal businesses.
According to stipulations of the competent department of postal services under the State Council, postal enterprises shall establish branch offices that operate postal businesses
Article 4 Freedom and privacy of correspondence shall be protected by law. No organization or individual shall infringe upon the freedom and privacy of correspondence of other persons for any reason, except when the inspection of correspondence in accordance with legal procedures by the public security organ, the state security organ or the procuratorial organ is necessary for the state's safety or the investigation of criminal offence.
Article 5 Postal materials handed in or posted, remittances made and savings deposited by users shall be protected by law, and shall not be inspected and withheld by any organization or individual except as otherwise provided by law.
Article 6 Postal enterprises shall provide users with fast, accurate, safe and convenient postal services.
Postal enterprises and postal staff shall not provide information to any organization or individual about users' dealings with postal services except as otherwise provided for by law.
Article 7 Postal materials and remittances shall be owned by senders and remitters before they are delivered to recipients and remittees.
Article 8 Posting and delivery services of mail and other articles with characteristics of mail shall be exclusively operated by postal enterprises, except as otherwise provided by the State Council.
Postal enterprises may, according to needs, entrust other units or individuals as agents to run businesses exclusively operated by postal enterprises. The provisions on postal personnel specified in this Law hall apply to agents when they handle postal businesses.
Article 9 No unit or individual shall produce false copies or make fraudulent use of special postal marks, postal uniforms and special postal articles.
Chapter II Establishment of Postal Enterprises and Postal Faci- lities
Article 10 Standards for establishment of postal enterprises and their branch offices shall be formulated by the competent department of postal services under the State Council.
Article 11 Postal enterprises shall establish branch offices, postal kiosks, newspaper and periodical stands, mailboxes, etc., in places convenient to the masses, or provide mobile services.
Residents' mailboxes for receiving letters and newspapers shall be installed in residential buildings in cities.
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