Over 370 million people use express delivery every day!

Statistics from the State Post Bureau show that in the first half of the year, the postal express industry gradually got rid of the impact of the epidemic and rose against the trend, with major economic indicators exceeding the level of the same period last year. From January to June, the total business volume of the postal industry was 876.527 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 22.45%; business income was 502.823 billion yuan, an increase of 11.03%. Among them, the express delivery business volume completed 33.88 billion pieces, an increase of 22.05%, surpassing the full year of 2016 (31.28 billion pieces); the express delivery business revenue completed 382.38 billion yuan, an increase of 12.57%.

Due to the combination of factors such as the rapid resumption of work and production in the postal express industry, the accelerated shift of China's consumer market to online, and the rapid increase in sinking markets such as third- and fourth-tier cities and rural areas, the business volume has resumed positive growth since March , The postal express industry continued to maintain rapid growth under the normalization of epidemic prevention and control, and the market returned to the high operating range. In the first half of the year, the average growth rate of express delivery business volume reached 22.5%, which was close to the average level of last year. The average daily express handling volume was nearly 190 million pieces, of which the average daily express handling volume in the second quarter reached 240 million pieces, which was basically the same as the highest daily handling volume in the same period last year. .

In the first half of the year, while the postal express industry achieved rapid development, it also provided strong support for the resumption of work and production in various industries across the country, ensuring the supply of daily necessities for the people and the normal operation of the economy and society, and the role of serving the people's livelihood was fully highlighted. In the first half of the year, the average daily service users of express delivery companies exceeded 370 million, and the average daily service users in the second quarter were nearly 500 million. Especially during the epidemic, the postal express industry gave full play to the 'four advantages' of network, channel, platform and scale, and made positive contributions to protecting people's livelihood, promoting production and smooth circulation. As of June 10, the postal express industry had carried and delivered a total of 489,800 tons of epidemic prevention and control materials, 398 million parcels, 87,500 vehicles and 779 cargo flights. (Reporter Wu Xiaoming Wang Yi)