The special stamps the Sustainable Development of Transport was launched on the afternoon of October 15 at the press conference hall of the China National Convention Center. Ma Junsheng, member of the Leading Party Members’ Group of the Ministry of Transport and Secretary of the Leading Party Members’ Group and Director-General of the State Post Bureau, Wang Jian, Vice President of China Post Group Corporation Limited (hereinafter referred to as China Post Group), Ma Xulin, Director of the Universal Postal Service Department of the State Post Bureau, Gu Jun, Deputy General Manager of China Post Group Postal Service Department, Zhang Liping, Secretary of the Party Committee of Beijing Postal Branch, and Fan Xiaorong, Deputy General Manager of Beijing Postal Branch, attended the launching ceremony.

Ma Junsheng unveiled the special stamps.

Wang Jian delivered a speech at the launching ceremony presided by Gu Jun.

Ma Xulin and Zhang Liping jointly unveiled the first day cover.

The special stamps are designed by Song Jian with the expression technique of hand drawing. The first stamp of the four is entitled Comprehensive Transport. It reflects the efficient, convenient, modern and sea-land-air three-dimensional transportation network through the crisscross modern means and facilities of transportation such as the high-speed railway, highway, airport and ocean liner. The second one is entitled Poverty Alleviation via Transportation. With Gaoligong Mountain Dulongjiang Highway Tunnel, Dulongjiang Township and the bustling road with vehicles, it displays the concept of helping poor areas get rid of poverty and promoting economic development through transportation construction. The third one is entitled Green Development. It reflects the concepts of resource intensive utilization, green development and green travel through such elements as electric buses, charging stations, shared bicycles, express delivery vehicles, Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, Chinese white dolphins. The fourth one is named Opening-up and Cooperation through Transportation. It reflects the spirit of opening-up and development through transportation via such elements as the China-Europe block train that is crossing the border and the cargo port. This set of stamps are printed with photogravure technology by Beijing Stamp Printing House Company Limited.

Transport is an important service industry --- a basic, leading and strategic sector of the economy underpinning sustainable development. Especially since the 18th CPC National Congress, China has made historic progress in its transport system. The industry has entered a golden period characterized by infrastructure improvements, better services, and high-quality transformation and development. In terms of infrastructure, transportation services, green development and governance system, the Outline for Building China's Strength in Transportation puts forward a number of tasks, such as strengthening infrastructure construction of rural postal services, building a globally competitive postal express core hub, establishing a global delivery service system, accelerating the expansion and efficiency of express delivery and digital transformation. It is beneficial for the postal industry to play its basic, strategic and leading role by enhancing its service quality and strategic support capacity based on a supportive and efficient postal express network.

With China's economy becoming more digitalized, smart, and internet-powered, the circulation from production to consumption cannot be efficient and smooth without convenient, easy, powerful postal express industry. To make the economic system strong, postal express industry should be strong first. China Post has the network advantage of covering urban and rural areas, spreading all over the country and reaching the world. Running through the processes of production, circulation and consumption and connecting thousands of cities and different industries, the postal express industry is an important foundation for unblocking the domestic circulation and plays a leading role. In the last couple of years, China Post has sped up transformation and upgrading, boosted high quality development and carried out its mission and responsibility as the national team with practical actions.