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Q&A Regarding Express Delivery Business Operation License (6)

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Q: What are the consequences if a courier company establishing a branch without filing with the postal administration department?
A: Where a express delivery enterprise engages in any of the following acts, the postal administration department shall order it to make corrections and may impose a fine of not more than 10,000 yuan; Where the circumstances are serious, a fine of not less than 10,000 yuan but not more than 50,000 yuan shall be imposed, and the business may be ordered to suspend operations for rectification:
  1. Establishing branches, merging or splitting up without filing with the postal administration department;
  2. Failing to mark the words of the letter in a prominent position on the envelope;
  3. Packing letters and sending them as parcels;
  4. Ceasing to operate express delivery services without notifying the postal administration in writing and returning the express delivery business operation license, or failing to properly handle undelivered express items in accordance with the regulations of the postal administration of The State Council.

Q: What are the consequences if a courier company fails to handle the procedures for changing its branches as required?
A: If an enterprise engaged in express delivery business fails to handle the filing, revocation or change procedures of its branches as required, or fails to submit the annual report on the express delivery business operation license as required, the postal administration department shall order it to make corrections and may impose a fine of up to 10,000 yuan.

Q: What are the consequences for a courier company to conceal the true situation when submitting the annual report on the express delivery business operation license?
A: If an enterprise engaged in express delivery business conceals the truth or engages in fraud when submitting the annual report on the express delivery business operation license and the filing materials, the postal administration department shall order it to make corrections and may impose a fine of not less than 10,000 yuan but not more than 30,000 yuan.

Q: What are the consequences for a courier company to establishing express delivery terminal outlets without filing with the postal administration department?
A: If an enterprise engaged in express delivery business or its branch fails to file with the local postal administration department when opening express delivery terminal outlets, the postal administration department shall order it to make corrections and may impose a fine of up to 10,000 yuan. Where the circumstances are serious, a fine of not less than 10,000 yuan but not more than 50,000 yuan shall be imposed, and the business may be ordered to suspend operations for rectification. If the filing is not revoked or changed with the postal administration department as prescribed, the postal administration department shall order it to make corrections and may impose a fine of not more than 10,000 yuan.

Q: What are the consequences if an enterprise refuses the supervision and inspection of the postal administration department?
A: If the inspected enterprise refuses or obstructs the supervision and inspection carried out by the postal administration in accordance with the law, the postal administration may impose a fine of not less than 1,000 yuan but not more than 5,000 yuan. In serious cases, the express delivery enterprise may be ordered to suspend business for rectification or even have its "Express Delivery Business Operating License" revoked.

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