Qing Post is the abbreviation for the post office of the Qing Dynasty approved by Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty on March 20, 1896. The Qing government has been promoting the post since 1890 (the 16th year of Guangxu). At the moment of the birth of the post of the Qing Dynasty, China had the first set of stamps - Dalong stamps.

On February 20, 1897,"Daqing Post" was opened in Beijing, marking the official beginning of my country's national postal service. At that time, the Beijing General Post Office was located in Guandi Temple near Dongjiaomin Lane in Beijing. There were four branches below, including Longfu Temple, Guangji Temple, Luomashi City and Suanshikou, Chongwenmen Gate, with only 13 employees in total.

The Royal Postal Service was modelled on the European model and would be under the command of Sir Hurd, who had been appointed Postmaster General by the Qing Emperor. Prior to this, postal affairs in the Qing Dynasty had always been controlled by the minister in charge of military affairs.

During the period of high centralization of the central government in the Ming Dynasty (1368/1644), the Beijing government attached great importance to post transportation and postal delivery, and its operations were quite orderly. However, by the 17th century, as government officials profited from it, the relay system collapsed at a high level of development. It was not until after the second Manchu Emperor (Editor's note: refers to Emperor Kangxi, the Holy Ancestor of the Qing Dynasty) ascended the throne that this service regained its glory and in fact was greatly expanded. With the continuous conquest and expansion of Xinjiang, it is more urgent than ever to maintain good and frequent contact between the central government and the border areas. To manage and control the service as a whole, Beijing appointed officials who were directly supervised by the court's ministers responsible for military affairs. In these stations, all necessities for long-distance transportation, such as horses, camels, vehicles, boats, etc., are all prepared. Most stations are located next to main roads.

This service is divided into two levels. Government official documents and urgent items are the first level of postal service, and the luggage of ordinary passengers and war materials needed to be transferred by the military belong to the second level of postal service. This Royal Mail service system is now managed by the Imperial Postmaster General. The Imperial Post Office was located in the capital, while the branch offices were limited to the provincial capitals and were under the responsibility of deputy postal supervisors. These officials are specially selected from among upper-level officers.

The Royal Mail is theoretically only responsible for forwarding and transmitting government circulars, decrees and similar official documents, but in practice, messengers also carry personal letters from high-ranking figures. Messengers are specially selected and enjoy certain privileges. For example, they can stay in hotels for free and ask for free local feed for their horses.

The secondary postal service is known as "ordinary postal service." This level of postal service now covers the entire Qing Dynasty, with its headquarters in Beijing, and every town in China with a city wall has a branch office. The local chief palace is generally also the postmaster general of the jurisdiction, responsible for commanding and managing subordinates, who serve as regional postmasters. Similarly, the district chief is responsible for commanding and managing postmen and messengers. Each of them must forward or deliver postal products from their site to those closest to them. The average distance between the two stations is no more than 100 miles, which is approximately the equivalent of 40 miles. Each site has a person responsible for registering all letters received and forwarded. All houses used for postal services are owned by the government.

Almost all official documents that need to be sent are stamped with a special mark indicating how quickly the stamps need to be delivered. Ordinary documents indicate that they will be transported 200 miles a day, which is equivalent to about 80 miles a day; some documents that need urgent transmission are expected to be transported 400 miles a day, while some urgent documents need to be transported 800 miles a day! The messenger must complete the journey regardless of the weather or be punished. The fastest postal record ever recorded in the Qing Dynasty was crossing 280 Delhi (nearly 1,400 miles) in four days, or the equivalent of 14 miles per hour. This record was created during the Taiping Rebellion in 1851. The cost of this postal service is borne by the provinces.