China's State Post Bureau said it will push an 'AI+' strategy during the 15th Five-Year Plan to accelerate deployment of drones and unmanned vehicles, build AI R&D centers, and coordinate development with safety oversight while working with other agencies to refine policies, regulations and standards. The postal plan requires wider adoption of smart terminals and autonomous systems, stronger end-to-end intelligent monitoring and dispatch, and mining of postal data to track consumption, logistics

2026-07-29

China's State Post Bureau said it will push an 'AI+' strategy during the 15th Five-Year Plan to accelerate deployment of drones and unmanned vehicles, build AI R&D centers, and coordinate development with safety oversight while working with other agencies to refine policies, regulations and standards. The postal plan requires wider adoption of smart terminals and autonomous systems, stronger end-to-end intelligent monitoring and dispatch, and mining of postal data to track consumption, logistics flows and economic conditions to support government decision-making, operations, market monitoring and command-and-dispatch.