Since 2012, China’s postal express business has increased by 14 times.
Since 2012, the postal express business volume has increased by 14 times.
Wide coverage and smooth circulation
Let the postal route cover the whole country, let the courier go to the countryside and enter the village, so that every family can enjoy high-quality delivery service. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China has focused on key points, supplemented shortcomings and strong and weak items, and built a modern postal express industry that is suitable for a well-off society in an all-round way. The scale of industry revenue increased from 198 billion yuan in 2012 to 1.1 trillion yuan in 2020, with an average annual growth rate of 24%; The volume of express delivery business increased from 5.7 billion pieces to 83.5 billion pieces, a net increase of 14 times.
In today’s China, the postal express industry, which has been ranked first in the world for many years, is still pursuing further, faster and better, providing strong support for the smooth economic cycle.
-the service network has been continuously improved, and all the established villages have direct mail.
By the end of 2020, the postal express delivery industry had 349,000 outlets of various types, and the total length of postal routes (one way) reached 11.874 million kilometers. The equalization of universal postal service has basically been realized, and all the established villages have realized direct postal service. By the end of 2020, there were 224,000 express service outlets and 207,000 service networks nationwide, and the coverage rate of township outlets reached 98%. The level of express delivery service has been significantly improved, and the proportion of express delivery directly to the village has exceeded half.
-technological innovation has achieved fruitful results and greatly improved service efficiency.
From manual sorting to auto production line, to fully automatic sorting equipment and robotic arms, to wearable devices such as mobile phones and rings, new scientific and technological achievements have helped the express delivery industry to improve quality and efficiency. By the end of 2020, the whole time limit of express delivery service in key areas has been shortened to 58 hours.
-industrial integration continued to advance, helping to cultivate the domestic demand system.
In recent years, postal express delivery industry has played an important role in accelerating the development of rural industries, expanding consumption scale and circulating agricultural products in China. In 2020, the postal express industry will drive industrial products to the countryside and agricultural products to the city to sell more than 1.5 trillion yuan. According to the data of the State Post Bureau, in the first seven months of this year, a total of 249 "one place, one product" projects of modern agriculture with express delivery services were formed nationwide, which was close to the level of last year. Among them, there are 45 gold medal projects with business volume exceeding 10 million pieces.
"Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the reform and development of China’s postal express delivery industry has reached a new level." Ma Junsheng, director of the State Post Bureau, said, next, the postal express delivery industry will further implement the strategy of strengthening postal service through science and technology, and build a delivery network with a daily processing capacity of over 1 billion pieces and a service capacity of over 1 billion people by implementing a number of major projects with strong foundation, increased functions and long-term benefits, so as to help cultivate a complete domestic demand system. (Reporter Li Xinping)