党的十六大提出的要推进垄断行业改革揭开了邮政行业改革的大幕。十六届三中全会的有关邮政体制改革的论述,进一步为邮政行业的改革指明了道路,邮政行业改革自此进入了从自动自发到外部推动的崭新阶段。从这个意义上说,2003年成为邮政改革的元年。政企分开的改革揭开了邮政体制 The 16th CPC National Congress proposed to promote the reform of the monopoly industries and opened the curtain of reform in the postal industry. The discussion on the reform of the postal system at the Third Plenary Session of the 16th CPC Central Committee further pointed the way for the reform of the postal industry. The reform of the postal industry has since entered a completely new stage of development from automatic spontaneity to external promotion. In this sense, 2003 became the first year of postal reform. The separate reform of government and enterprises opened the postal system