An executive meeting of the State Council, the Chinese cabinet, was held Wednesday to hear reports on key state enterprises and a reform plan on postal system.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao presided over the meeting.

The meeting heard a report by Commission for Supervision and Management of State-owned Properties under the State Council on the supervision of major enterprises.

The meeting stressed the supervision committee should increase supervision ability of state assets, and promote the reform of state enterprises.

The meeting also heard a report by State Development and Reform Commission on the reform of post system. Postal service is an important public service and the postal network is a major telecommunication infrastructure. To better the service, the reform plan required to separate the administrative functions from the enterprises, strengthen governmental supervision, guarantee general services and special services and ensure postal security.

To this end, China will form State Post Administration as the supervision organ and the China Postal Group Corporation to deal with all kinds of postal services, the meeting said.

A postal depository bank will be set up to regulate financial services in postal area, the meeting said.

(Xinhua News Agency July 20, 2005)