Chunghwa Post
Chunghwa Post Co., Ltd. is the official postal service of Republic of China, once ruled Mainland China and currently restricted to its territorial jurisdictions of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other offshore islands. Formerly a government agency under the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, it was reorganized into a government-owned corporation in 2003.
Native name | 中華郵政股份有限公司 |
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| Company type | Government-owned corporation |
| Industry | Post, Philately |
| Founded | 1878 (Customs Post Office), 1896 (Great Qing Post), 2003 (major restructuring) |
| Headquarters | No.55, Sec. 2, Jinshan S. Rd., Da'an District, Taipei City 10603, Taiwan (R.O.C.). |
Key people | Wei, Chien-hung (Chairperson) Chen, Shian-juh (President) |
| Products | First-Class Mail, domestic mail, philatelic services, logistics |
| Services | Postal services, courier, money savings |
| Revenue | 217.725 billion NT (2017) |
| 176.51 billion NT (2017) | |
| 10.208 billion NT (2017) | |
| Total assets | 7 trillion NT (2017) |
Number of employees | Approx. 26,000 |
| Parent | Chunghwa Shipping & Post Group |
| Website | Post.gov.tw |
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| Traditional Chinese | 中華郵政股份有限公司 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 中华邮政股份有限公司 | ||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Chinese Post Stock-share Limited Company | ||||||||||
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Its affiliation with the Universal Postal Union (UPU) began in 1914, but ended in 1972 when it was replaced by China Post shortly after China's seat in the United Nations was handed over to the People's Republic of China.
International reply coupons are not available to Taiwan, and mail is not delivered to or sent directly from Taiwan, but rather routed through third-party countries, with Japan Post as a major route facility for incoming mail sent from the Americas region. Under the name "Chinese Taipei", Taiwan is a member of the Fédération Internationale de Philatélie and the Inter-Asian Philatelic Federation. It also provides savings account, debit card and life insurance services.