Postal Savings Bank of China focuses on serving "agriculture, rural areas, and farmers", small and medium-sized enterprises, and urban and rural residents.[5] The bank leverages its postal network, ensuring stable operations, compliance, and good risk control to provide quality financial services, maximize shareholder value, and contribute to socio-economic development.[6]
By the end of 2016, Postal Savings Bank of China had total assets of RMB 8.27 trillion, deposit balance of RMB 7.29 trillion, and total loans of RMB 3.01 trillion.[7] The bank's net profit for the whole year was RMB 39.776 billion.[8][9][10] On January 10, 2017, Postal Savings Bank of China held a press conference in Beijing to announce the launch of a blockchain-based asset custody system.[11] This system, implemented with Hyperledger Fabric software developed by IBM, is used in the bank's core business system and marks the first successful case of a Chinese bank applying blockchain technology to its core business system.[12]