1. China Post Group
China Post Group Corporation is a large state-owned enterprise established in accordance with the Law of the People’s Republic of China on Industrial Enterprises Owned by the Whole People. It operates various postal businesses in accordance with the law, undertakes the obligation of universal postal services, provides special postal services under the government’s entrustment, and implements commercial operations for competitive postal businesses.
China Post Group Corporation is an investment institution authorized by the State Council and undertakes the obligation to maintain and increase the value of state-owned assets. The Ministry of Finance is the state-owned assets management department of China Post Group Corporation. With the approval of the State Council, China Post Group Corporation will change from the current parent-subsidiary two-level legal person system to a head office and branch one-level legal person system from May 1, 2015, and set up postal branches in provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government, cities and counties across the country.
China Post Group Corporation’s main businesses include: domestic and international letter delivery business; domestic and international parcel express business; newspaper, periodical, book and other publications distribution business; stamp distribution business; postal remittance business! Confidential communication business; postal financial business; postal logistics business; e-commerce business; various postal agency business; and other businesses required by the state.
China Post Group Corporation will comprehensively deepen reforms, accelerate transformation and development under the system of government supervision and independent operation of enterprises, in accordance with the requirements of improving the modern enterprise system, and gradually develop into a large-scale modern service industry group with standardized governance, scientific management, efficient operation, excellent service, well-known brands and significant competitive strength.
2. China Post Express & Logistics Co., Ltd. (China Post Express)
China Post Express & Logistics Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as China Post Express & Logistics) is a joint-stock company established in June 2010 with the approval of the State Council and China Post Group Corporation as the main sponsor. It is China’s longest operating history, largest scale, widest network coverage and richest business variety of express logistics comprehensive service providers.
China Post Express & Logistics has established branches in 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) in China, and has subsidiaries such as China Post Airlines Co., Ltd. and China Post Logistics Co., Ltd. By the end of 2016, the company had a registered capital of RMB 15 billion, an asset scale of more than RMB 60 billion, nearly 160,000 employees, and business scope covering all cities, counties, towns and villages in 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) across the country, and reaching more than 200 countries and regions around the world including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, with more than 5,000 self-operated business outlets.
China Post Express Logistics mainly operates domestic express, international express, contract logistics and other businesses. Domestic and international express services cover different time limits of excellence, standard and economy, and value-added services such as cash on delivery. Contract logistics covers the entire supply chain process such as warehousing and transportation. It has the world-renowned “EMS” express delivery brand and the well-known domestic “CNPL” logistics brand.
China Post Express Logistics adheres to the service concept of “cherish every moment, take every step with heart”, and provides convenient, fast, safe and reliable door-to-door express logistics services to customers from all walks of life, and is committed to becoming a large-scale modern express logistics enterprise that continues to lead the Chinese market, has the strongest comprehensive service capabilities, is the most globally competitive and has international development space.
Currently, the logistics products opened by China Post for domestic AliExpress sellers mainly come from China Post Express Logistics Company under China Post Group.