Chunghwa Post

Chunghwa Post Co., Ltd.
Native name
中華郵政股份有限公司
Company typeGovernment-owned corporation
IndustryPost, Philately
Founded1878 (Customs Post Office),
1896 (Great Qing Post),
2003 (major restructuring)
HeadquartersNo.55, Sec. 2, Jinshan S. Rd., Da'an District, Taipei City 10603, Taiwan (R.O.C.).
Key people
Wei, Chien-hung (Chairperson)[1]
Chen, Shian-juh (President)[2]
ProductsFirst-Class Mail, domestic mail, philatelic services, logistics
ServicesPostal services, courier, money savings
RevenueDecrease217.725 billion NT (2017)
Increase176.51 billion NT (2017)
Increase10.208 billion NT (2017)
Total assetsIncrease7 trillion NT (2017)
Number of employees
Approx. 26,000
ParentChunghwa Shipping & Post Group
WebsitePost.gov.tw
Chunghwa Post Co., Ltd.
Traditional Chinese中華郵政股份有限公司
Simplified Chinese中华邮政股份有限公司
Literal meaningChinese Post Stock-share Limited Company
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōnghuá Yóuzhèng Gǔfèn Yǒuxiàngōngsī
Southern Min
Hokkien POJTiong-hôa-iû-chèng-kó͘-hūn-iú-hān-kong-si

Chunghwa Post Co., Ltd. is the official postal service of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Chunghwa Post was a government agency of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications until 2003, when it was reorganized into a government-owned corporation.

Chunghwa Post Jinshan Building
Chunghwa Post Ai-Kuo Building

Its affiliation with the Universal Postal Union (UPU) began in 1914, but ended in 1972 when it was replaced by 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, and mail is not delivered to or sent directly from Taiwan, but rather routed through third-party countries, with Japan Post as a major route facility for incoming mail sent from the Americas region.[citation needed] Under the name "Chinese Taipei", Taiwan is a member of the Fédération Internationale de Philatélie and the Inter-Asian Philatelic Federation.[3] It also provides savings account, debit card[4] and life insurance[5] services.

  1. ^ "A Message from the Chairperson". www.post.gov.tw. 14 May 2013. Retrieved 17 Sep 2018.
  2. ^ "A Message from the Presidents". www.post.gov.tw. 14 May 2013. Retrieved 17 Sep 2018.
  3. ^ "FIAP Member Federations". www.asiaphilately.com. Archived from the original on 25 August 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  4. ^ "Banking Services". Chunghwa Post. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Postal Life Insurance Services". Chunghwa Post. 3 February 2023. Retrieved 24 March 2023.