A huge leap!, From "annual average of 10 billion" to "monthly average of 10 billion" business volume | express delivery | monthly average

175 days, over 60 billion pieces! According to monitoring data from the National Postal Administration, as of June 24th, China's express delivery business volume has reached 60 billion pieces this year, 172 days ahead of reaching 60 billion pieces in 2019 and 34 days ahead of 2022.

Since the beginning of this year, China's express delivery business has achieved an average monthly growth of tens of billions, showing a positive trend of monthly acceleration. On February 8th, the express delivery business volume exceeded 10 billion pieces, taking 39 days; From 10 billion pieces to 20 billion pieces, it takes 28 days; From 20 billion to 30 billion pieces, it takes 29 days; From 30 billion pieces to 40 billion pieces, it takes 28 days; From 40 billion to 50 billion pieces, it takes 27 days; From 50 billion pieces to 60 billion pieces, it only took 24 days. If we look at the time dimension further, in 2013, the volume of express delivery business in China was only 9.19 billion pieces. Over the past 10 years, we have achieved a huge leap from an average of 10 billion yuan per year to an average of 10 billion yuan per month.

The accelerated development of express logistics fully demonstrates the strong resilience of the industry, and embodies the unremitting efforts of express delivery enterprises to practice hard and seize opportunities. At present, China has built the world's largest postal and express delivery network that covers the whole country, goes deep into rural areas, and reaches the world. As of the end of 2022, it has 434000 various business outlets, and 95% of established villages in the country have achieved express delivery service coverage. The synchronous efforts of sea, land, and air have led to a greater pace of express delivery entering villages, factories, and going abroad, resulting in a continuous improvement in service quality and efficiency. Automatic sorting robots, drones, unmanned vehicles, unmanned warehouses, using "black technology"; Next day delivery, current day delivery, next morning delivery, limited time delivery, and the delivery time is rolled up. Nowadays, more than 100 million express packages flow in rural areas nationwide every day, and the channels for industrial products to go to rural areas and agricultural products to go from villages to cities are more smooth. Cross border delivery capabilities are steadily improving, and the international supply chain network reaches various countries and regions.

The express delivery business volume exceeded 60 billion pieces in six months, which is inseparable from the strong support of China's complete infrastructure, complete industrial system, and super large scale market. China has built the world's largest high-speed railway network, expressway network, and world-class port and airport clusters. As of 2022, the total length of rural roads in China has reached 4.53 million kilometers; With the world's largest and most comprehensive manufacturing system, as the economy and society resume normal operation, manufacturing capacity is rapidly released. The vast market with a population of over 1.4 billion and the powerful purchasing power of over 400 million middle-income groups are enormous consumption forces that no country can match.

The role of the express delivery industry in connecting thousands of households, cities, and industries, as well as online and offline services, is increasingly prominent in serving high-quality economic development and people's high-quality lives. In Baigou, Hebei, millions of bags and suitcases go out through express delivery every day; Jiangsu Shaji, 99% of furniture products are sold through e-commerce channels; After the popularity of Shandong Zibo barbecue fire, the local area receives and sends over 10000 pieces of barbecue related products such as stir fried pan cakes, purple rice cakes, and barbecue ovens on a daily basis; Hainan has cultivated and built a batch of mangoes, litchi, Dracaena sanderiana and other projects with a volume of more than one million pieces, which has driven the sales of various agricultural products to nearly 3 billion yuan... The logistics is smooth, and the combination of "local characteristic industry+e-commerce+express delivery" has become a powerful starting point for many local industrial upgrading, rural revitalization, and people's livelihood improvement.

Since the beginning of this year, various regions and departments have given priority to restoring and expanding consumption, enhancing consumption capacity, improving consumption conditions, and innovating consumption scenarios. The consumer market has continued to recover and improve, especially with the rapid growth of online retail, which has driven the growth of express delivery business. Data shows that from January to May, the online retail sales of physical goods in China reached 4.81 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 11.8%, accounting for 25.6% of the total retail sales of consumer goods in society. During the e-commerce promotion period from June 1st to June 18th, the daily average business volume of express delivery exceeded 400 million pieces. With the implementation and effectiveness of various policies and measures to expand domestic demand and promote consumption, the consumer market is expected to maintain a stable growth trend in the second quarter, and the fundamental role of consumption in economic development will continue to strengthen.

60 billion parcels of express delivery mean an average of 340 million parcels are generated per day since the beginning of this year, which means that each person in the country has received and sent more than 40 parcels on average, and also represents the vitality and potential of the Chinese economy. The volume of express delivery business, like indicators such as social electricity consumption and railway freight volume, is an important physical quantity indicator for observing the trend of China's economic operation. Express packages cross urban and rural areas, mountains and seas, and wind and rain, writing vivid annotations for the stable and positive Chinese economy.