With the approval of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guangxu_Emperor" id="mwYQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Guangxu Emperor">Emperor Guangxu</a>, <a class="extiw" href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/大清邮政总局" id="mwYg" rel="mw:WikiLink/Interwiki" title="zh:大清邮政总局">the Qing dynasty post office</a> is opened, marking the beginning of a postal service in China.