Government-owned corporation | |
Industry | Post, Philately |
Founded | 1896 (Great Qing Post), 2003 (major restructuring) |
Headquarters | Chunghwa Post Jinshan Building, Taipei, Republic of China) |
Key people
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Chen Chwen-jing (Chairperson),Chang Wang (President) |
Products | First Class mail, Domestic mail, Philatelic services, Logistics |
Services | Postal services, Courier, Money savings |
Revenue | $23.0 billion NT (2006) |
Number of employees
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Approx. 26,000 |
Website | www.post.gov.tw |
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Literal meaning | Chinese Post Stock-share Limited Company | ||||||||||
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Standard Mandarin | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Zhōnghuá Yóuzhèng Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàngōngsī |
Southern Min | |
Hokkien POJ | Tiong-hôa-iû-chèng-kó͘-hūn-iú-hān-kong-si |
The Chunghwa Post Co., Ltd. (Chinese: 中華郵政股份有限公司; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Yóuzhèng Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī; literally: "Chinese Post Stock-share Limited Company"), is the official postal service of Republic of China (ROC), providing mail service for Free Area of the Republic of China, which covers Taiwan, Kinmen, Matsu, Pratas and Itu Aba. It also provides a savings account service. Chunghwa Post was a government organization of Ministry of Transportation and Communications until 2003, when it was reorganized into a government-owned corporation.
Its affiliation with the Universal Postal Union began in 1914, but ended in 1972 when it was replaced by the 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 Area, and mail is not delivered to or sent directly from Taiwan Area, but rather routed through third-party countries, with Japan Post as a major route facility for incoming mail sent from the Americas region. Chinese Taipei is a member of Fédération Internationale de Philatélie and Inter-Asian Philatelic Federation.