Ministry of Posts and Communications

The Ministry of Posts and Communications or Youchuanbu^[1] (Chinese: 郵傳部; pinyin: Yóuchuánbù) was a late Qing dynasty ministry responsible for mail and telecommunications and for the Chinese rail network.

Ministry of Posts and Communications

郵傳部
Seal of Qing dynasty
Agency overview
Formed	1906
Preceding agency	Imperial Telegraph Administration
Dissolved	1912 (1912)
Superseding agency	Ministry of Transport, Republic of China
Jurisdiction	Late Qing dynasty China

It was established in 1906 through the unification of the Imperial Railroad of North China and other railroads with the postal administration and the recently nationalized Imperial Chinese Telegraph Administration.^[2]

In 1908, it founded the Bank of Communications to redeem the Beijing–Hankou Railway from its Belgian concessionaires. The bank was also intended to unify funding for steamship lines, railways, and telegraph and postal facilities. After the establishment of the Central Bank of China in 1928, the Bank of Communications was used to fund general industrial development.

After the 1911 revolution gave its name to the Communications Clique during the Warlord Era.

See also

• China portal
• History portal

• History of rail transport in China
• Postage stamps and postal history of China