In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Kuomintang government left New China in a mess. At that time, everything was in need of improvement, materials were in short supply, and prices were also subject to twists and turns. Commonly used domestic postal rates were adjusted as a matter of course based on the price trends at that time. . Commonly used postage rates were adjusted frequently. From October 1, 1949 to July 1, 1950, in 9 months, domestic common postage rates were adjusted 7 times, including 5 increases in postage and 2 decreases in postage. The adjustment on July 1, 1950 only reduced the local letter, postcard and registration fees by 50%. Among the seven adjustments, the shortest one was from January 10 to February 1, 1950, with a total use period of only 21 days. It can be seen that prices fluctuated rapidly at that time.

From July 1, 1950, when daily postal rates were adjusted, to July 30, 1990, it was a long-term stable period for common postal rates, lasting 40 years and 30 days. Letters and postcards from other places The long-term maintenance is 400 yuan, 800 yuan, 200 yuan, and 400 yuan (after the implementation of the new currency system on January 1, 1955, it was 4 cents, 8 cents, and 2 cents, 4 cents), and the registration fee is 1,200 yuan (the new currency system is 12 cents). ). This is rare in the world.

With the deepening of reform and opening up, the pace of national economic development has accelerated, and the goal of quadrupling the national economy has been achieved five years ahead of schedule. People's income has increased, their lives have improved, and prices have naturally increased. Adjustment of postal tariffs is inevitable. From July 31, 1990 to March 1, 1999, domestic postal rates were significantly adjusted three times. Although the number of times was not large, the magnitude of the increase was not small. In less than 9 years, , increasing the postage of domestic surface mail by 10 times and the registration fee by nearly 17 times.

If the previous two adjustments to domestic postage rates were due to rising prices, the increase in domestic postage rates on March 1 this year is a bit abnormal. First of all: since postage rates were raised in 1996, almost all domestic prices have been on a downward trend. According to relevant data, domestic home appliance prices are now only about 70% of what they were in 1996; meat and eggs, which are closely related to people's lives, have also dropped by 40%-50%. Although the decline in grains, cotton and oils is not large, it is still 20%. %-30%. If the state had not implemented regulatory policies and purchased all the surplus grain from farmers at protective prices, I am afraid the decline would have been even greater. This can be seen from the fact that the People's Bank of China has lowered bank deposit and loan interest rates six times in a row since 1996. The current personal time deposit interest rate is less than one-third of what it was in 1996. Secondly, the country is in a period of transition, and a considerable number of people in state-owned enterprises and institutions have been laid off, and the number of people living in difficult circumstances has increased relatively. The adjustment of commonly used domestic postal rates on March 1 this year was introduced under such circumstances, but what is unexpected is that the commonly used domestic postage rates are not reduced, but increased, and the increase is relatively large, such as postage and registration fees for letters from other places. They were increased by 60% and 100% respectively. This is the only time since the founding of the People's Republic of China that common domestic postage rates have been significantly increased despite a significant drop in prices. It’s really unbearable for ordinary people with relatively low incomes. This kind of unconventional increase in domestic postage rates is probably something that only the postal department in a monopoly position can do.

It can be seen from the attached table that the commonly used domestic postal rates, local letters, postcards and registration fees adjusted on March 1 this year, if calculated according to the current currency system, are respectively October 1949. 200 times, 160 times, 300 times, 200 times, and 133.33 times on the day of the founding of the People's Republic of China on January 1.

Commonly used domestic postal tariff table since the founding of the People's Republic of China

(The old face value of RMB 10,000 in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China = 1 yuan of the current face value was not changed to the new face value until 1955, so the new face value was not changed until the founding of the People's Republic of China. The face value of stamps is relatively large)

Time 1949.10.25

Registration fee for letters and postcards

This city, other city, this city, other city

50 yuan 100 yuan 30 yuan 50 yuan 300 yuan

1949.11.25

300 yuan 300 yuan 150 yuan 150 yuan 900 yuan

1950.1.10 < /p>

500 yuan 500 yuan 250 yuan 250 yuan 1500 yuan

1950.2.1

800 yuan 800 yuan 400 yuan 400 yuan 2400 yuan

1,000 yuan 1,000 yuan 500 yuan 500 yuan 3,000 yuan

1950.5.11

800 yuan 800 yuan 400 yuan 400 2400 Yuan

1950.7.1

400 Yuan 800 Yuan 200 Yuan 400 Yuan 1200 Yuan

1955.1.1 (Start using new denominations RMB)

4 points, 8 points, 2 points, 4 points, 12 points

1990.7.31

10 points, 20 points, 10 points, 15 points, 30 points

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1996.12.1

50 points 50 points 40 points 40 points 100 points

1999.3.1

60 points 80 points 60 points, 60 points, 200 points

Postal rates will be raised starting from November 15, 2006. Ordinary letters will rise to 0.8 yuan for local and 1.2 yuan for out-of-town postcards. Postcard rates will be adjusted from 0.6 yuan to 0.8 yuan per item. ) The State Post Bureau has made another major adjustment to domestic postal tariffs. This is the eleventh major adjustment to domestic postal tariffs in the 50 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China. It does not include multiple fine-tuning of individual fees. It can be seen from the attached table that the eleven capital transfers can be divided into three stages: the period of frequent adjustments in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China; the period of long-term stability in the mid-term; and the period of economic development since the reform and opening up.

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