中国邮政 Chinese 2021 stamps
Details on all the Chinese 2021 stamps and release dates are available. China Post’s planned 86 stamps + 4 souvenir sheets is tentative. The stamps for the Tokyo Olympics will likely not be released and the pending stamps are still up in the air. China 2021 offers a nice cross section of traditional Chinese topics, which includes anniversaries, social education and of course, Chinese history.
It’s an interesting exercise translating from the original website. Although there is an English translated page available, I felt it often lacked details found on the Chinese version. This is the link I used to gather the info 2021年纪特邮票发行计划 – 中国集邮有限公司 (chinapost.com.cn). I used Google translate and altered some of the translations into a manageable form of English. Some of the translations eluded me so if you spot an error or have a better translation, please feel welcome to share it in the comments below.
Information about designers and artists is difficult to gather. My offerings are spartan at best. One of the most exciting parts of stamp collecting is finding new designers to appreciate. I’ll keep researching this area and hopefully will have more to offer soon.
Click on the thumbnails to see larger versions of each stamp.
UPDATE: March 20, 2021
New additions include pre-stamped post cards issued by China Post. Stamps for the 5 cows series are very small. When I find better quality ones, I’ll replace them. Images are now replaced.
UPDATE: April 5, 2021
I’m currently debating whether to include special items tailored to specific areas. I haven’t quite figured out how to tackle all the items.
Chinese 2021 stamps for Jan
Enforcement of the Civil Code of the People’s Republic of China
1 stamp
The main picture is red, with the solemn national emblem shining with golden light. The straight lines used around the design help create the visual effect of thick texts, emphasizing the seriousness and authority of the Civil Code, and strengthening the solemn effect. – Chinese Post Office
Designer: Xing Wenwei
Previous stamps include: 2018 Shanghai Cooperation Organization Qingdao Summit and Kashgar Scenery and 2012 30th Anniversary of the Promulgation of the Current Constitution
Release date: Jan 1, 2021
Lunar New Year
Work hard to be strong and Year of the Ox
“Striving to be strong”
2 stamps , souvenir sheet, 2 minisheets
Designer: Yao Zhonghua 姚钟华 based on sculpture by Liu Bo
Previous stamps include 1985 Lunar New Year
Release date: Jan 5, 2021
Chinese Civil Police Day
Loyalty mission and the people come first
2 stamps, presentation folder produced by Wuhan Postal Branch for release day
Designer: Shen Jiahong
Jiahong will design 4 stamps for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics-Snow Sports
Previous stamps include 2020’s Harbin University of Technology centennial
Release date: Jan 10, 2021
February
Five Oxen by Han Huang of the Tang Dynasty
postage meter stamps
special promotional issues Niujie Post Office
Release date: Feb. 11, 2021
Chinese 2021 stamps & post cards March
Jiangsu Garden Boyuan Nanjing Times
1 pre-stamped postcard
Release date: March 18, 2021
Anxi Clear Water Rock
1 pre-stamped postcard
Release date: March 19, 2021
10th anniversary of the opening of the Central European Banle (Yuxin Europe)
1 pre-stamped postcard
Release date: March 19, 2021
Five Oxen by Han Huang of the Tang Dynasty
5 stamps, souvenir sheet
Release date: March 20, 2021
Chinese 2021 stamps April
100th anniversary Xiamen University
1 stamp, sheet
Designer: Shi Yuan
Release date: April 6, 2021
Chinese Aircraft
Series III
- T-20 stealth fighter
- T-20 large military transport aircraft
- T Straight-20 Tactical General Helicopter
- T Large amphibious aircraft
4 stamps, souvenir sheet of 8, 4 sheets of 12
Photographer: Yue Shuhua
Designer: Yu Xue
Yu Xue designed the 2020 Successful launch of China’s first Mars probe Tianwen-1 stamps. Other stamps include 2015 50th Anniversary of Synthesised Crystalline Bovine Insulin
Release date: April 17, 2021
110th Anniversary of Tsinghua University
1 stamp wtih tag
Designer: Chen Nan, Li Yangfan, Lu You
Release date: April 24, 2021
Masterpieces of Chinese Classical Literature – “Journeys to the West” | 西遊記
Fourth set in series
- True and False Monkey King
- Three-tone banana fan
- Xiao Leiyin was hit by
- Pan silk hole was robbed
4 stamps, 4 sheets of 16, souvenir sheet of 8 stamps
This set is based on the 16th-century Chinese novel Journey to the West, one of the most enduring and popular stories in China. The work is attributed to Ming Dynasty poet Wu Cheng’en 吴承恩. The story is based on the travels of Xuanzang (602–664), a Tang Dynasty monk.
Designer: Li Yunzhong
Yunzhong designed the previous 3 Journey’s to the West series as well as the United Nations’ Monkey King souvenir sheet or the 33rd Asian stamp exhibition in 2016. Li Yunzhong used the traditional art style gongbi to create the set. Chinese painting Gongbi (chine-culture.com) and Artworks by style: Gongbi – WikiArt.org for information on the technique.
Release date: April 23, 2021
Chinese 2021 stamps May
Tulou Residential Complexes of Fujian
4 stamps, souvenir sheet
The Tulou residences are “earth buildings” in the Fujian district.
The Fujian Hakka Earth Buildings are a design of building where people belonging to the same clan live together, with the added function of defense. Yongding County and Nanjing County in Fujian Province have the greatest concentration of Fujian Hakka Earth Buildings, which can also be seen in Pinghe, Zhangpu, Yunxiao, Hua’an, Zhao’an and other regions in the Minnan area (the southern part of Fujian province). Fujian Tulou, Hakka Earth Buildings: Unique Residential Architecture (chinaeducationaltours.com)
Designer: Liang Ming
Engraving: Hao Ou ; Xu Zhe
Release date: May 19, 2021
Beautiful China
6 stamps
- Yimeng Mountains, Shandong
- Lake Sayram, Xinjiang – Last Tear of the Atlantic
- Shunan Bamboo Forest, Sichuan – sea of bamboo
- Badain Jaran Desert, Inner Mongolia
- Saihanba National Forest, Hebei
- Fragrant Hill, Beijing
Designer: Ma Lihang
Release date: May 19, 2021
70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Pakistan
Joint issue with Pakistan
2 stamps
Designer: Ma Lihang
Release date: May 21, 2021
Chinese 2021 stamps June
Selection of children’s paintings
3 stamps
- “My Chinese Dream”
- “The Rhythm of National Populism”
- “Hope and Dream”
Designed by: Yang Xiaoman of Tongji Primary School in Shanghai, Fei Yuxuan of Shouchun Experimental Middle School in Hefei New Station, and Qian Yi of Zhoupu Third Primary School in Shanghai
Release date: June 1, 2021
Cultural Treasures of the Silk Road (2021)
4 stamps
- Silver Container, Han Dynasty
- Celadon Jug with Date Palm Design, Tang Dynasty
- Glazed Vase, Five Dynasty Era
- Celadon Plate with Crysanthemum Pattern, Song Dynasty
Celedon pottery is also known as greenware. GLOSSARY: Celadon (gotheborg.com)
Designer: Liu Guancong
Release date: June 12, 2021
Museum of the History of the Communist Party
1 stamp, souvenir sheet
Designer: Yu Xue
Release date: June 20, 2021
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics – Competition Venues
4 stamps, 2 souvenir sheets
Designer: Guo Zhiyi
Souvenir sheet: Dai Sha and Guo Zhiyi
Release date: June 23, 2021
July
100 years – founding of the Communist Party of China
20 stamps
- Epoch-making Events
- Salient Days
- the Central Pillar
- the Great Victory
- the Founding Ceremony of the People’s Republic of China
- the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea
- the Establishment of the System
- Self-reliance
- the Initiation of China’s Reform
- Opening up
- Century Boom
- Scientific Development
- Alleviating Poverty
- Achieving Moderate Prosperity in All Respects
- Strengthening and Developing the Armed Forces
- Setting Sail for a long journey ahead
- the Unshakable Faith
- Source of Strength
- Winning Tough Battles
- Chasing Dreams
- Designer: Hao Jun
Designer: Hao Jun
Release date: July 1, 2021
Logo of CPC’s 100th founding anniversary activities
1 stamp with label
Release date: July 1, 2021
Games of the XXXII Olympiad
2 stamps, sheet of 12
Designers: Zhang Qiang, Hu Xi
Release date: July 23, 2021
August
Animation : Ne Zha
6 stamps (se-tenant)
This animated show was loosely based on a popular Chinese myth from Investiture of the Gods or The Creation of the Gods, a 16th century novel that is generally attributed to Xu Zhonglin.
Designer: Shang Ying
Release date: August 28, 2021
70th Anniversary of the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet
1 stamp
Designer: Rong Tie and Shen Jiahong
Release date: August 18, 2021
September
Hibiscus Flowers
4 stamps, souvenir sheet
Designer: Zhang Guizheng
Release date: September 7, 2021
14th National Games, Shaanxi (2021)
2 stamps, souvenir sheet
Designer: Guo Zhenshan
Release date: September 15, 2021
Peking Union Medical College Hospital, 100th Anniversary
1 stamp with label
Designer: Chen Nan
Release date: September 15, 2021
Our Motherland So Rich in Beauty
1 stamp in a souvenir sheet
Special release issued in Guangzhou and Shenzhen
The special stamp consists of one miniature sheet, … with planned circulation of 6 million sets. The stamp design is based on a Chinese painting of the same title that hangs in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. The painting is a huge colored landscape, 6.5 meters high and 9 meters wide, jointly created in 1959 by Mr. Guan Shanyue, a representative of Lingnan School of Painting, and Mr. Fu Baoshi, a contemporary Chinese painter. Chairman Mao Zedong inscribed six Chinese characters as the title for this poetic painting meaning “Our Motherland So Rich in Beauty”. This landscape masterpiece artistically integrates the scenery that best represents the magnificent mountains and rivers of the motherland and the spirit of the Chinese nation including the all-year-round sceneries inside and outside the Great Wall, and up and down the Yellow River. The painting perfectly interprets the shocking boldness of Mao Zedong’s praiseworthy poem, namely “Snow Tune: Spring in a Pleasure Garden”, a classic in the history of Chinese art. With graphic design techniques, the stamp displays the magnificent landscapes of the original picture “Our Motherland So Rich in Beauty“. “Our Motherland So Rich in Beauty” special stamps issued in Guangzhou and Shenzhen – ChinaPost
Release date: September 25, 2021
October
Xinhai Revolution, 110th Anniversary (October 10, 1911 – February 12, 1912)
1 stamp
The Xinhai Revolution, also called the 1911 Revolution, brought an end to the Imperial Dynasties in China. Xinhai Revolution | Military Wiki | Fandom (wikia.org)
Designer: Feng Yuan
Release date: October 10, 2021
COP-15 UN Biodiversity Conference, Kunming China
1 stamp
UN Biodiversity Conference (COP 15) (unep.org)
Designer: Xia Jingqiu
Release date: October 11, 2021
Shandong University, 120th Anniversary
1 stamp with label, souvenir sheet
Designer: Wen Wenya
Release date: October 15, 2021
Sustainable Development of Transport
Designer: Song Jian
Release date: October 16, 2021
豫剧 Yu Opera
3 stamps
3 scenes from traditional Chinese Operas from the Henan Province.Yu Opera, the Most Popular Art Form in Henan Province – Youlin Magazine
Henan Opera
Designers:
- Hua Mulan – Wang Yaping
- Qipin – Liu Zhao
- Chaoyanggou – Zhang Fan
Release date: October 18, 2021
Membership of People’s Republic in United Nations, 50 Years
1 stamp
Designer: Guo Zhiyi
Release date: October 25, 2021
Year of the Tiger 2022
2 stamps, souvenir sheet
Designer: Wang Huming
Huming is the Art Director of the Postage Stamp Printing Bureau of China Post. He designed Jersey’s 2021 Year of the Ox stamps and the 2021 Year of the Tiger
Designer: October 27, 2021
November
Technological Achievements of China
5 stamps, sheets of 16
Offset lithography
- Chang’e 5 Lunar Probe
- Jialong Deep Sea Submersible
- Locust Swarm Research
- Hualong One Nuclear Reactor
- Genetic Research Into Ancestry
Designer: Du Yukai
Release date: November 24, 2021
December
National Key Wildlife Protection (Level 1)
3rd in series
8 stamps on a souvenir sheet
2nd image shows security features
Offset lithography
Endangered wildlife of China:
- Chinese Grouse (Tetrastes sewerzowi)
- Chinese Pangolin (Manis pentadactyla)
- Hainan Gibbon (Nomascus hainanus)
- Chinese Crocodile Lizard (Shinisaurus crocodilurus)
- Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphin (Sousa chinensis)
- Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas)
Designer: Zeng Xiaolian
Release date: December 3, 2021
50th Anniversary of the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations Between China and Iraq
2 stamps
2nd set of images shows security features
Offset lithography
Designer: Yu Xue
Release date: December 11, 2021
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More stamps for 2021 from around the world can be found here: Stamps By Country 2021 | Bitter Grounds Magazine
