Ministry of Posts and Communications explained

Ministry of Posts and Communications
Native Name:郵傳部
Seal:Seal of Qing dynasty.svg
Seal Size:110px
Formed:1906
Preceding1:Imperial Telegraph Administration
Superseding1:Ministry of Transport, Republic of China
Jurisdiction:Late Qing dynasty China

The Ministry of Posts and Communications or Youchuanbu[1] 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.[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.

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Notes and References

  1. Chen Zhongping. Modern China's Network Revolution: Chambers of Commerce and Sociopolitical Change in the Early Twentieth Century, p. 152. Stanford University Press, 2011. .
  2. Harwit, Eric. China's Telecommunications Revolution, p. 28. Oxford University Press, 2008. .