The 350-year monopoly of Royal Mail in China's postal industry ended on June 5438+1October 65438+1October 2006. On the same day, the British postal regulator began to implement new rules, allowing postal companies to compete openly and "share" cakes in the British postal service market.

The British postal regulatory authorities have issued long-term business licenses to 13 postal companies, including well-known enterprises such as Sinotrans -DHL and Tiandi Logistics. This move will clear the way for them to compete fairly with Royal Mail. According to the regulator, this change will improve the overall service level of postal services, and in a few years, postal companies other than "Royal Mail" will take to the streets.

Regarding this reform, Sarah Chambers, head of the British postal regulatory agency, said: "It takes time and thought to change the 350-year-old historical habit, but we believe that postal services are more reliable, advanced and customer-oriented, and customers will benefit from it."

Before the reform, "Royal Mail" occupied 97% of the British postal service market and handled 80 million mails every day. Royal Mail once enjoyed various privileges, including exemption from value-added tax, and the company's mail car was not restricted by parking.

Analysts believe that enterprises will be the biggest beneficiaries of the new regulations, because they can choose a cheaper and more flexible postal service provider than Royal Mail. 85% of the postal services in Britain are between companies, with an annual market value of 6.5 billion pounds (11200 million US dollars).