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The latest data released by the State Post Bureau shows that as of June 30th, the volume of express delivery services in China has exceeded 100 billion pieces this year, 9 days ahead of 2025. The accelerating packages are not only vivid evidence of the resilience of the postal and express delivery industry, but also reflect the good trend of stable growth in China's consumer market and steady progress in economic development.

 

Express delivery, connecting thousands of households, connecting thousands of cities and industries, and linking online and offline, is a window to observe economic operations. Since reaching the milestone of billions of parcels in 2021, China's express delivery business has maintained high growth on a high base. At the same time, the time required to break through billions of items continues to shorten, achieving a leap from "an average of billions of items per year" to "an average of billions of items per month". Nowadays, sending and receiving express delivery has become a ubiquitous and indispensable daily life scene, which not only brings great convenience to people's production and life, but also promotes the deep spread of consumer vitality from cities to rural areas.

 

The acceleration of express delivery not only leads to an increase in quantity, but also a qualitative improvement. In Sanming City, Fujian Province, the "passenger transport+express delivery+medicine" triple transportation model has deeply activated the county-level and rural three-level networks, enabling the daily delivery of commonly used and emergency medicines for people living in deep mountains; In Sanmenxia City, Henan Province, seasonal wild vegetables are shipped daily through express channels with an average of 8000 pieces. With the help of cold chain dedicated lines, they can be delivered within the province the next day and to key cities the next day... With a well connected delivery network, more characteristic agricultural products can be exported from rural areas to the whole country, and the two-way circulation of urban and rural consumer goods can be made smoother.

 

Behind the impressive achievements of billions of pieces is the precise drip irrigation of policy dividends. Since the beginning of this year, China's various policies to promote consumption have continued to exert significant effects, the consumer market has maintained stable growth, the consumption structure has continued to optimize, and the scale of the express delivery market has continued to expand. In the first half of the year, the daily average volume of express delivery remained stable at over 500 million pieces, with the highest daily volume exceeding 700 million pieces in February. This fully demonstrates that the "basic market" of China's super large scale market has not changed, and the consumption potential is still constantly being released.

 

Behind the smooth flow of goods, there is also the unremitting efforts of express delivery companies. Entering villages, factories, and going abroad, express delivery companies continue to expand their service offerings and enhance their service capabilities. For example, express delivery companies have collaborated with packaging research and development departments to tackle ceramic delivery packaging, implementing the "one category, one solution, one specification, one enterprise, one optimization" policy. The cost of individual packaging materials has been reduced by 15%, which not only solves the problem of bumps and scratches, but also achieves a win-win situation of protection and cost reduction. At present, express delivery companies are continuing to enrich their service formats, building new paradigms of intelligence, greenness, and integration, providing strong support for the development of the service economy and promoting the flow of product elements.

 

Efficient governance provides important guarantees for the high-quality development of the industry. Since the implementation of the newly revised "Interim Regulations on Express Delivery" one year ago, the standardization rate of packaging in the entire industry has reached 86%, the recycling and reuse of cardboard boxes has exceeded 1.6 billion times, and the total number of new and clean energy vehicles has exceeded 75000. More and more consumers have personally felt that express delivery cardboard boxes have become thinner, tape has become thinner, waybills have become smaller, and there are more circular packaging options. The new generation of information technology is also making significant efforts in various aspects such as collection, transmission, operation, and distribution, reshaping consumers' lifestyles. Unmanned delivery vehicles are constantly being implemented, transporting express packages in over 200 cities every day; The annual transportation volume of unmanned aerial vehicles is nearly 4 million pieces, and the delivery efficiency and delivery rate continue to improve, with user satisfaction increasing year by year.

 

Postal express delivery carries the people's longing for a better life. Nowadays, the postal and express delivery industry widely serves production and consumption, online and offline, urban and rural areas, and plays an irreplaceable role in connecting the economic arteries and smoothing the microcirculation of people's livelihoods. In the future, with the continuous implementation of consumer promotion policies and the gradual growth of new industry momentum, the postal and express delivery industry will further play a leading role in the logistics field, help smooth the economic cycle, and continuously inject momentum into high-quality economic development. (Source of this article: Economic Daily, author: Jirei Lei)

 

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