Chunghwa Post - Wikipedia

Chunghwa Post Co., Ltd. is the official postal service of Taiwan Chunghwa Post was a government agency of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications ... ChunghwaPost FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch MinistryofTransportationandCommunications(Taiwan)ThisarticleisabouttheproviderofpostalserviceintheRepublicofChina(Taiwan).ForthepostalserviceproviderinmainlandChina,seeChinaPost. Thisarticleneedsadditionalcitationsforverification.Pleasehelpimprovethisarticlebyaddingcitationstoreliablesources.Unsourcedmaterialmaybechallengedandremoved.Findsources: "ChunghwaPost" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(September2013)(Learnhowandwhentoremovethistemplatemessage) ChunghwaPostCo.,Ltd.Nativename中華郵政股份有限公司TypeGovernment-ownedcorporationIndustryPost,PhilatelyFounded1878(CustomsPostOffice),1896(GreatQingPost),2003(majorrestructuring)HeadquartersNo.55,Sec.2,JinshanS.Rd.,Da-anDistrict,TaipeiCity10603,Taiwan(R.O.C.).KeypeopleWei,Chien-Hung(Chairperson)[1]Chen,Shian-Juh(President)[2]ProductsFirstClassmail,Domesticmail,Philatelicservices,LogisticsServicesPostalservices,Courier,MoneysavingsRevenue217.725billionNT(2017)Operatingincome176.51billionNT(2017)Netincome10.208billionNT(2017)Totalassets7trillionNT(2017)NumberofemployeesApprox.26,000Websitewww.post.gov.tw ChunghwaPostCo.,Ltd.Traditional Chinese中華郵政股份有限公司SimplifiedChinese中华邮政股份有限公司LiteralmeaningChinesePostStock-shareLimitedCompanyTranscriptionsStandardMandarinHanyuPinyinZhōnghuáYóuzhèngGǔfènYǒuxiàngōngsīSouthernMinHokkienPOJTiong-hôa-iû-chèng-kó͘-hūn-iú-hān-kong-si ChunghwaPostCo.,Ltd.istheofficialpostalserviceofTaiwan(officiallytheRepublicofChina).ChunghwaPostwasagovernmentagencyoftheMinistryofTransportationandCommunicationsuntil2003,whenitwasreorganizedintoagovernment-ownedcorporation. ChunghwaPostJinshanBuilding ChunghwaPostAi-KuoBuilding ItsaffiliationwiththeUniversalPostalUnionbeganin1914,butendedin1972whenitwasreplacedbyChinaPostshortlyafterChina'sseatintheUnitedNationswashandedovertothePeople'sRepublicofChina. InternationalreplycouponsarenotavailabletoTaiwan,andmailisnotdeliveredtoorsentdirectlyfromTaiwan,butratherroutedthroughthird-partycountries,withJapanPostasamajorroutefacilityforincomingmailsentfromtheAmericasregion.[citationneeded]Underthename"ChineseTaipei",TaiwanisamemberofFédérationInternationaledePhilatélieandInter-AsianPhilatelicFederation.[3]Italsoprovidesasavingsaccountservice. Contents 1Facilities 2History 2.1OriginsofChunghwaPost 2.2Earlyairmailservice 2.3EarlypostalserviceinTaiwan 2.4AfterWorldWarII 2.5Namechanges 3Seealso 4References 5Externallinks Facilities[edit] ChunghwaPostdeliversstandardletters,registeredmail,parcels,andexpressmailthroughoutTaiwan.Therearetwenty-threelargeofficesthroughoutthecountrywhichsupervisessome1,300smallerpostoffices.[4] History[edit] OriginsofChunghwaPost[edit] ThedirectancestorofChunghwaPostistheCustomsPostOfficeoftheQingEmpire,establishedin1878byLiHongzhangatthesuggestionoftheforeignpowers,withbranchofficesinfivemajortradingcities.On20March1896,theCustomsPostOfficebecametheGreatQingPost,whichin1911becameindependentofthecustomsservice. GreatQingPostmailbox. On1January1912,theRepublicofChinawasestablished,replacingtheQingDynasty.TheGreatQingPostchangeditsnametotheChunghwaPost[5][6]"Chunghwa"isatransliterationofoneofthenamesofChina,whichconnotesthemulti-ethnicnationunderaunifiedcultureof"China".Alternativelyspelled"Zhonghua"(inpinyintransliteration),thistermispartoftheChineselanguagenameofboththeRepublicofChinaandthePeople'sRepublicofChina. Earlyairmailservice[edit] ChunghwaposthadcontractedwithaviationgroupssuchasChinaNationalAviationCorporationandChinaAirwaysFederaltodeliverairmailontheShanghai-Hankow,Nanking-Peking,andtheHankow-Cantonroutesinearly1929.[7][8]ItwasontheNanking-Pekingroute,whererenownearly-20thcenturypoetXuZhimocaughtaflight,butdiedastheairmail-carrierplaneoperatedbyChinaAirwaysFederalundercontract,crashedinroughweather.[9] EarlypostalserviceinTaiwan[edit] In1888,LiuMingchuan,QingGovernorofTaiwanProvince,establishedtheTaiwanGeneralPostOffice(GPO)oftheGreatQingPostalservice(大清郵政官局).However,in1895,TaiwanwascededtoJapanfollowingthefirstSino-Japanesewar.TheTaiwanGPOwasabolished,withpostalserviceinTaiwanconductedbyavarietyofbodiessuchastheFieldCommandpostalservice,andafter1924,theLettersDepartmentoftheMinistryofTransport. AfterWorldWarII[edit] TaichungPostOfficewhentheChunghwaPostwasrenamedtothe"TaiwanPost". TaiwanwastakenoverbytheRepublicofChinain1945.In1946,theRepublicofChinagovernmentincorporatedthepostalserviceinTaiwanwiththeDirectorateGeneralofPosts.In1949,theRepublicofChinalostcontrolofmuchofmainlandChinatotheCommunistPartyofChinawhichfoundedthePeople'sRepublicofChina.Soonafter,postalservicewasrestrictedtoTaiwan,severalsurroundingislands,andafewislandsoffthecoastofmainlandChinastillunderthecontroloftheRepublicofChinagovernment.In2003,theDirectorateGeneralofPostsoftheMinistryofTransportationandCommunications[10]wasrestructuredfromagovernmentdepartmenttoagovernment-ownedcorporation,andrenamedChunghwaPostCo.,Ltd. Namechanges[edit] ChunghwaPostmailbox InFebruary2007,ROCPresidentChenShui-bianannouncedthatthenameofthepostalservicewouldbeillegallychangedtoTaiwanPost,withsignchangesoccurringatbranchesinTaiwanonFebruary12.[11]Mediareportsnotedthat"TaiwanPost"wasmoreconsistentwiththenameGovernorLiuMing-chuanusedwhenhefoundedtheTaiwanPostAdministrationin1888[citationneeded].Furthermore,TaiwanPostbeganprinting"Taiwan"insteadof"RepublicofChina"onpostagestamps. OnFebruary9,theboardofdirectorsresolvedtochangethenameofthecorporationtoTaiwanPostCo.(台灣郵政)afteradelayofseveralhoursduetoprotestsfromunions.[12][13]However,abilltorecognisethechangeoflawwasblockedbytheKMT-dominatedlegislature.Asaresult,thelawstillmandatedthepostalmonopolyfor"ChunghwaPost"despitethenamechange. In2008,theKuomintangtookpowerinTaiwanfollowingalegislativeelectionvictoryandtheelectionofMaYing-jeoutothepresidency.Followinghiselection,MaYing-jeoupubliclystatedthathedidnotwishhisinaugurationcommemorationstampstobemarked"TaiwanPost",becausethenamechangewasillegal.[14]ThepostalservicemarkedtheinaugurationstampswithChinesecharactersforthe"RepublicofChina",aswellas"RepublicofChina(Taiwan)"inEnglish.[15] On1August2008,thecompanyresolvedtoreversethenamechangeandrestoredthename"ChunghwaPost".[16]TheBoardofDirectors,aswellasresolvingtorestorethenameofthecorporation,alsoresolvedtore-hirethechiefexecutivedismissedin2007,andtowithdrawdefamationproceedingsagainsthim.[17] Seealso[edit] Taiwanportal Philatelyportal ChinaPost ChunghwaPostalMuseum Listofpostalservicesabroad References[edit] ^"AMessagefromtheChairperson".www.post.gov.tw.14May2013.Retrieved17Sep2018. ^"AMessagefromthePresidents".www.post.gov.tw.14May2013.Retrieved17Sep2018. ^"FIAPMemberFederations".www.asiaphilately.com.Retrieved20April2018. ^"ChunghwaPostCo.,Ltd".Retrieved20April2018. ^"TaipeiTimes".www.taipeitimes.com.Retrieved20April2018. ^"TaiwanesePostalHistory-TaiwanesePostageStamps".sites.google.com.Retrieved20April2018. ^"CNACHistory".www.cnac.org.Retrieved20April2018. ^"StinsonDetroiter".12December2010.Retrieved20April2018. ^"LiangSichengandLinHuiyin,CNTVEnglish,CCTVNews".cctv.cntv.cn.Retrieved20April2018. ^http://www.post.gov.tw/post/internet/h_about/YearRepost98/98_Company%2520Profile.pdf-"On1January2003,theDirectorateGeneralofPostswascorporatizedtobecomeChunghwaPost,whichwas100%ownedbytheMOTC.TheassetsandliabilitiesaswellasthebusinessesoftheDirectorateGeneralofPostsweretransferredtothenewentity." ^"TheChinaPost".TheChinaPost.Retrieved20April2018. ^"State-runfirmsbeginnamechange-TaipeiTimes".www.taipeitimes.com.10February2007.Retrieved20April2018. ^"TheChinaPost".TheChinaPost.Retrieved20April2018. ^“中華民國”怎麼不見了？就職郵票遭馬退貨(Whyhas'RepublicofChina'Disappeared?InaugurationStampsRejectedbyMa) ^馬英九就職郵票“國名”上加注TaiwanArchived2008-04-11attheWaybackMachine(MaInaugurationStampshave"Taiwan"Addedtothe"National[Official]Name"[RepublicofChina]) ^ChunghwaPostofficialwebsite ^台灣郵政改回中華郵政Archived2010-05-14attheWaybackMachine("TaiwanPost"HasbeenChangedBackto"ChunghwaPost") Externallinks[edit] WikimediaCommonshasmediarelatedtoChunghwaPost. 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