The Ministry of Posts and Communications or Youchuanbu () was a late Qing dynasty ministry responsible for mail and telecommunications and for the Chinese rail network.

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.

Ministry of Posts and Communications

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.

Ministry of Posts and Communications

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

Ministry of Posts and Communications

See also

History of rail transport in China

Postage stamps and postal history of China

References

Government of the Qing dynasty

China

China

History of rail transport in China

Postal history of China