The State Post Bureau is the government agency that regulates postal and express industry in Mainland China, including not only the state-owned China Post but also the express enterprises. The agency was created in 1998 as a successor to the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications in postal path. 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 Zhao Chongjiu ().
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.
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.
The agency is directed by a Director General and four Deputy Directors General.
The agency is organized into the following departments.
Postal service in Hong Kong and Macau are not handled by the State Bureau nor China Post but by separate entities: