China Post EMS provides International EMS Guarantee Service for EMS shipments to specified countries and regions. The customer can inquire the end-to-end time limit for shipments and demand a refund for shipments delivered in excess of the promised time for postal reasons.
International EMS Guarantee Service is available for shipment to Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, USA, UK and Spain:

Advantages of the Guarantee Service
★Extensive coverage: The network terminals of the posts worldwide reach out to the households of hundreds of thousands of customers. Australia Post, China Post, Hong Kong Post, Japan Post, Korea Post, USPS, Royal Mail and Correos possess over 300 million delivery points, and 170,000 postal outlets. The postal network could provide secure, accurate, and fast delivery services with the widest coverage.

★Multi-channel information access: EMS website (www.ems.com.cn), a nationwide unified hotline 11185 with 7 × 24h service, SMS platform (10665185) and postal offices spreading all over the cities and towns.

★Real-time tracking & tracing service: Customers could track EMS items in real time through EMS tracking and tracing service. We could provide shipment tracing information in real time to contract customers on our own initiative.

★Guaranteed delivery time: EMS Guarantee service uses the unique postcode resources and calculates the guaranteed delivery time from postcode to postcode. Guaranteed delivery time is the maximum time span needed for the delivery of the EMS items, thus the actual time can be shorter.

★Compensation for delay: In the event that the actual delivery time is in excess of the guaranteed delivery time due to service failure, the postage paid shall be returned to customers.

Instructions
★The customer should write the correct destination zip code in the column of recipient address on the EMS waybill(except shipments to Hong Kong);

★To obtain more information about the promised time limit or trace the shipment, please log on to this website or call national service hotline 11185. Basic information needed for inquiring guaranteed delivery date: collecting date, origin zip code and destination zip code (except Hong Kong).

★In case of delayed delivery for guaranteed shipments, the sender can request a refund within 30 days as of the collecting date. The postal service should reply to the request within 7 working days. If the sender raises no claim within the stipulated time, the postal service shall not refund the customer in accordance with the guarantee service regulations. If the postal service takes responsibility for the shipment delay upon verification, the postal fees shall be returned to the sender (excluding packing fee, customs clearance fee and other costs).

Notes：

★The calculation of promised time limit is based on the collecting date, origin zip code and the destination zip code (except Hong Kong); the customer thus should provide accurate destination zip code (except Hong Kong) and recipient address for guaranteed shipments; the postal service shall not provide guarantee service to shipments without destination zip code (except Hong Kong).

★ Guarantee service is only available in specified areas.

★ The postal service shall bear no responsibility for shipment delay in the following cases:
1The sender fails to write the destination zip code on the required place in the waybill (except Hong Kong);
2The destination zip code is not covered by the guarantee service or the recipient address and zip code are incomplete or incorrect;
3The shipment cannot be delivered due to the refusal of the recipient or unknown recipient;
4The shipment cannot be delivered as scheduled due to the activities of the customs or other similar competent authorities;
5In case of war, natural disaster and other force majeure.