Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- More than 130 billion piecesThe new vitality of the express country in small parcels
Xinhua News Agency reporter Dai Xiaohe.
"Small parcels" are connected to the "big market", which is related to the "big people's livelihood". According to the latest data, China's express delivery business volume is expected to exceed 130 billion pieces in 2023, achieving a leap from "10 billion per year" to "10 billion per month", becoming the most representative industry in the field of modern logistics.
On December 25, 2023, at the Haian Logistics Base of China Railway Shanghai Bureau Group, a container gantry crane carried out container shipment operations. Xinhua News Agency (photo by Zhai Huiyong).
How to understand this "astronomical number"?If you average 0Calculated by a length of 3 meters, the length of these packages connected from end to end can circle the earth's equator nearly 1,000 times, which is equivalent to more than 90 pieces of express delivery per capita in China.
A mobile sorting line, a speeding express truck, a package ...... arrived as promisedIt not only shows the strong resilience of the development of the express delivery industry, but also shows that the "fundamentals" of China's super market have not changed, and the increment of consumption upgrading is still continuing.
Looking at the world, what does 130 billion pieces mean?
In horizontal comparison, China's "small parcel" volume is equivalent to 6 times the express delivery volume of the United States in 2022, 14 times the express delivery volume of Japan in 2022, and 25 times the express delivery volume of the United Kingdom in 2022, accounting for more than 60% of the total global express delivery.
Vertically, with the acceleration of the coverage of the delivery network, the express delivery business volume has accelerated from 10 billion pieces per year to 100 billion pieces per year. In 2014, the annual express business volume exceeded 10 billion pieces, and in 2021, the annual express business volume exceeded 100 billion pieces. Entering 2023, from March, China's express delivery business volume will exceed 10 billion pieces every month.
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Small express delivery, connecting thousands of cities and industries, connecting thousands of households, connecting online and offline, and smoothing both ends of supply and demand.
In ancient times, the mysterious Western Regions are rich in Xinjiang today;In ancient times, the camel bell Silk Road is now the "express artery" in the northwest. Taking YTO Express as an example, the express shuttle bus connecting Hangzhou and Urumqi has 7 pairs per week, and each vehicle carries more than 20,000 parcels.
How can the express delivery industry stimulate new momentum for industrial integration?In Cangzhou, Hebei Province, the delivery service is integrated into the front end of the industrial chain and the first chain, and the express delivery actively "enters the factory", so that the local "business card" craft glass is exported to more than 50 countries and regions overseas, with an annual shipment volume of more than 30 million pieces.
Where did the little package end up?Today, more than 3,000 border villages across the country are all connected to the post, and the Shenxian Bay outpost at an altitude of 5,380 meters has also been expressed. With the continuous improvement of the coverage rate of "express delivery into the village", more than 100 million express parcels enter and leave the village every day.
Zhao Chongjiu, director of the State Post Bureau, said that the industry will continue to maintain a steady upward trend in 2024, with an expected growth rate of about 8%. With the advent of the wave of "intelligence", the express delivery country will accelerate to "strong", from "everywhere" to "all the time".