Laws of the People's Republic of China

The Ministry of Information Industry, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, the State Post Bureau

Supplementary Circular on Carrying out the Business of Mailing Entry and Exit Letters and Articles with the Nature of Letters

GuoYouLian [2002] No.472

September 5, 2002

The post bureaus, departments (commissions, bureaus) of foreign trade and economic cooperation of all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government, Shenzhen City Traffic Bureau:

In order to better implement the relevant spirit in the Circular of the Ministry of Information Industry, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation and the State Post Bureau on Entrusted Administration of the Business of Mailing Entry and Exit Letters and Articles with the Nature of Letters (GuoYouLian [2001] No.629, hereinafter referred to as the "Circular"), we hereby give our supplementary circular with regard to the relevant issues as follows:

I.

Upon the entrustment by the post department, an international freight agency enterprise may engage in the business of mailing entry and exit letters and articles with the nature of letters, but the private letters and the official documents of the Party, government or army organs at the county level or above shall be excluded.

II.

Where an international freight agency enterprise that was established upon the approval by the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation prior to the distribution of the "Circular" applies to operate the business of mailing entry and exit letters and articles with the nature of letters, it may, with the documents required by the "Circular", directly go through the entrustment formalities in the provincial-level post department at its locality or in the State Post Bureau; each branch of the enterprise may, by directly bringing the "Postal Entrustment Certificate" which has been obtained by the general company (headquarter) and the documents which prove its subordinacy to the enterprise, obtain its own "Postal Entrustment Certificate" in the provincial-level post department at its locality.

III.

An international freight agency enterprise applying for the entrustment operation of the business of mailing entry and exit letters and articles with the nature of letters shall, within 60 days as of the distribution of the present circular, go through the entrustment formalities in the post department, and shall not, if failing to go through the entrustment formalities within the time limit, go on operating the business of mailing entry and exit letters and articles with the nature of letters.

IV.

The international freight agency enterprises that operate the business of mailing entry and exit letters and articles with the nature of letters shall abide by the relevant laws of the People's Republic of China, maintain and respect the lawful rights and interests of the operators in the same industry and of the consumers, as well as maintain and respect the equal competition.

V.

The present supplementary circular shall come into force as of its distribution. In case any document distributed by the relevant department prior to the distribution of the present supplementary circular is inconsistent with the present supplementary circular, the latter shall prevail.