Ministry of Posts and Communications

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Ministry of Posts and Communications
郵傳部
Seal of Qing dynasty
Agency overview
Formed1906
Preceding agency
  • Imperial Telegraph Administration
Dissolved1912 (1912)
Superseding agency
JurisdictionLate Qing dynasty China

The Ministry of Posts and Communications or Youchuanbu

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

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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