State Post Bureau

The State Post Bureau is the government agency that regulates China Post, the postal service of China. The agency used to report to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and is now under the administration of the Ministry of Transport. The bureau is headed by the Director-General. The current Director-General is Ma Junsheng.

Functions
The SPB oversees the national postal industry, national postal enterprises, and helps formulate relevant laws and regulations in these areas. Its responsibilities includes protecting state interests and consumer rights, the development of the national postal network and universal postal delivery services.

Administration
The SPB used to have post bureaus in all the administrative divisions of the country which serve as public utility enterprises. But since 2007, these post services has been divided to China Post, a state-owned enterprise.

Management
The agency is directed by a Director General and four Deputy Directors General.

Departmental structure
The agency is organized into the following departments.
 * Department of General Affairs (Department of External Affairs)
 * Department of Policies and Legal Affairs
 * Department of Universal Services
 * Department of Market Supervision & Inspection
 * Department of Personnel
 * Discipline Inspection Office (Party) and Supervision Bureau (executive)
 * Administrative Service Center