China Business Daily (Reporter Jiang Yongxia) Recently, with the release of the news that China's express delivery business volume exceeded 120 billion pieces, the express delivery business volume around the country has also come to good news: as of the end of November, the express delivery business volume in Guangdong Province this year has reached 314100 million pieces, ranking first in the country;In the first 11 months of this year, Shenyang's express delivery business volume exceeded 800 million pieces for the first time, setting a historical recordYiwu, Zhejiang Province has become the first county-level city ...... in the country with an annual express delivery volume of more than 10 billion pieces
Behind these new breakthroughs is the unremitting efforts of the entire express delivery industry, and it is also the performance of the prosperity and activity of China's express delivery market and the improvement of quality and efficiency. The rapid and efficient development of the express delivery industry shows the continuous improvement of China's consumer market and writes a vivid footnote for China's stable and improving economy.
At a courier company in Qingzhou City, Shandong Province, staff use an automatic sorting system to sort parcels. (*Courtesy of CNSPHOTO).
Exceeded 120 billion pieces.
According to the real-time monitoring data of the express big data platform of the State Post Bureau, at 18:26 on December 4, an express package sent from Kunming, Yunnan Province to Chengdu, Sichuan Province became the 120 billion express mail in 2023. Since 2021, China's annual express delivery business volume has exceeded 100 billion pieces for three consecutive years, until this record first time exceeded the 120 billion piece mark.
What does 120 billion express parcels mean?
It is understood that 120 billion express deliveries are equivalent to 63% of the global express parcel business volume in 2022 and about 5% of the annual parcel volume of the United States in 20225 times, 13 times in Japan3 times, 23 in the UK5 times. In the first 11 months of this year, China's average monthly express business volume reached 10.7 billion pieces, more than the combined business volume of Britain and Germany last year. On top of the high base, the growth rate of China's express delivery business volume still maintains a leading position, about three times the global average. It can be seen that China has become the main engine leading the growth of global express business.
Over the years, China's express delivery industry has undergone tremendous changes, especially in 2023, the speed of the express delivery industry is accelerating. Since China's express delivery entered the era of "100 billion pieces" in 2021, the time taken to break 100 billion pieces per year has been continuously shortened - breaking 100 billion pieces in 2022 is 7 days earlier than in 2021;On this basis, 2023 is another 39 days ahead of 2022.
Judging from the China Express Development Index in the first 11 months of 2023 released by the State Post Bureau, the index has increased year-on-year every month. For example, in November 2023, China's express delivery development index is 4064, an increase of 20% year-on-year. Among them, the development scale index, service quality index, development capacity index and development trend index increased year-on-year respectively. 5% and 114%。In November, the scale of the industry accelerated, and the express delivery business volume exceeded 13 billion pieces, and the monthly increase is expected to exceed 3 billion pieces, a record high.
The breakthrough of 120 billion pieces and the continuous expansion of the scale of express delivery have made the world once again see the potential of China's express delivery and see the bright future of China's economy.
Power up to minutes.
Behind the continuous expansion of the scale of express delivery, is the improvement of the comprehensive strength of the entire industry, the most eye-catching is the speed of China's express delivery.
From the perspective of the entire industry, compared with 2022, the timeliness of China's express delivery in 2023 will continue to improve. According to the monitoring data of the State Post Bureau, the full time limit for express delivery services in key areas of the country in 2022 will be 5882 hours, an increase of 1 year-on-year74 hours. In the first quarter of 2023, the full time limit for express delivery services is 6048 hours, a year-on-year decrease of 409 hours;In the second quarter of 2023, the full time limit for express delivery services is 5399 hours, a year-on-year decrease of 898 hours;In the third quarter of 2023, the full time limit for express delivery service is 5424 hours, a year-on-year decrease of 25 hours.
Judging from the situation of "Double 11" in 2023, the speed of China's express delivery is also amazing. During the "Double 11" period, hourly delivery and half-day delivery are no longer the ultimate speed of China's express delivery, and during the promotion period, the coverage of minute delivery has become wider and wider.
According to Cainiao, in 2023, Tmall "Double 11", some consumers in Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou and other cities across the country will get an extremely fast delivery experience such as hourly delivery and minute delivery after paying the final payment at 8 pm on October 31. Just after 8 p.m. on October 23, consumers in Mohe, the northernmost city in China, Jingdezhen, the thousand-year-old porcelain capital, and Ratworth, the United Kingdom, received the first order of JD.com's "Double 11", and the minute-level and hour-level delivery doubled the surprise of consumers. The first package of this year's "Double 11" Deppon Express, from the payment of the balance to the receipt, took only 7 minutes.
From the perspective of social express delivery, the speed of China's logistics express delivery is also improving. Recently, Jingdong Express opened the first batch of personal delivery timeliness acceleration plan, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong and other 9 provinces in some lines and the Yangtze River Delta, Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei major cities, users in the small program and APP and other channels when placing an order, can enjoy the earliest next morning to receive express delivery"Next morning delivery" experience. In addition to Jingdong Express, there are currently many express delivery companies that are also speeding up, working towards the next morning and the same day.
The world's logistics, only fast is not broken. The continuous improvement of the speed and timeliness of China's express delivery industry highlights the strength of China's express delivery from another level.
Engage in a technological battle.
In 2023, China's express delivery has achieved many breakthroughs, and these improvements and progress are inseparable from the development and efforts of the industry and enterprises themselves.
In the past year, the express delivery industry has also been innovating. The express delivery industry has improved its service organization model and increased investment in science and technology, from promoting faster and more targeted delivery services with big data and front-end warehouses, to intelligent weighing and automatic sorting equipment that improves the efficiency of parcel processing, and then to unmanned vehicles and drone ...... for campus distribution and delivery services in remote rural areasInformation technology and intelligent equipment are deeply integrated with the express delivery industry, which promotes the turnover and circulation of goods.
The express delivery industry is also actively integrated into the comprehensive transportation system, and highways, railways, aviation, water transport work together, multimodal transport not only smooths the "microcirculation" of people's livelihood and happiness, but also runs through the "artery" of economic development.
In addition, express delivery companies are also constantly improving their service capabilities. For example, on the production side, express delivery companies go deep into the fields to provide farmers with convenient and standardized express delivery services, including laying out points in advance in the local area, and moving the pickup points to the farmers' orchards and farmland gates, so as to package and transport fresh agricultural products in the first time, thereby reducing farmers' losses and greatly improving the delivery timeliness.
On the consumer side, express delivery companies also provide users with more convenient services. In 2023, the work of express delivery into the village will continue to be promoted, and the way of express delivery into the village will be more diversified, and relevant enterprises will continue to optimize in the exploration to create a sustainable express delivery model to meet the express delivery needs of consumers in rural areas. In the city, express delivery vigorously promotes door-to-door delivery, and some express delivery companies promise to "pay if you don't come to the door" service. During the e-commerce promotion, most express delivery companies launched a night delivery model to work overtime to ensure the delivery timeliness.
In 2023, express delivery companies have already competed fiercely in the service field, and next, the competition in timeliness and service in the express delivery industry will be more intense. In order to support the improvement of timeliness and service innovation, express delivery companies will also increase investment in science and technology, and reduce costs and increase efficiency through information technology. In the future, the competition in the express delivery industry will be a showdown of digital technology forces.