经国务院批准,自7月31日起提高国内邮政资费。这是建国40年来首次调整国内邮政资费。就这次国内邮资调价,邮电部邮政总局局长黄宪明回答了本刊记者的提问。问:为什么要提高国内邮政资费?答:我国国内邮政资费是建国初期制定的,每封平信(20克)资费8分(相当于12两(旧制)小米的价格),至今一直没有调整,而几十年来我国的经济状况发生了很大变化,邮政开支日益加大,邮件处理成本成倍增长:1988年每封平信成本已达1角9分8厘,实际亏损1角1分8厘。邮政资费长期过低,使得邮政企业经 Approved by the State Council, since July 31 to raise domestic postal rates. This is the first adjustment of the domestic postal tariffs in the 40 years since the founding of the People’s Republic. On the domestic postage price adjustment, Post and Telecommunications Bureau General Postmaster General Huang Xianming answered questions of our correspondents. Q: Why raise the domestic postage rates? A: The domestic postage rates in China were set up in the early days of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Each flat rate (20 grams) is 8 cents (equivalent to the price of 12 taels (old) The economic conditions in our country have undergone great changes over the past decades. With the increasing postal expenses, the cost of mail processing has doubled. In 1988, the cost per letter reached 1 point, 9 points and 8%, and the actual loss hit 1 point and 8%. Long-term low postal charges, making postal business