Postal services constitute a main national public utility and national communications infrastructure. They play a significant role in promoting China's national eco-social development, protecting citizen's basic communication rights and providing universal and specialized services. The main business scope of the China Post includes: domestic and international mail delivery services, circulation of news papers, journals and books, stamp issuing, production and sale of philatelic collections, postal remittance services, confidential correspondence communication, postal financial services, postal express delivery and logistics services, e-business, a variety of postal agency businesses and other businesses as allowed by the state.