The cumulative volume of express delivery business in Shanghai in the second quarter of this year reached 910 million pieces
The express delivery industry in Shanghai is based on both domestic and international markets, providing strong support for consumer demand and achieving significant results in international expansion. The Shanghai Postal Administration recently released the "2023 Second Quarter Shanghai Express Development Index Report", which showed that the Shanghai express development index for the second quarter was 240.5, a year-on-year increase of 34.3%. The total volume of express delivery business in the city has reached 910 million, nearly 2.5 times that of the same period last year.
In the second quarter of this year, the express delivery industry in Shanghai showed an accelerated development trend. Driven by the holiday economy and mid year promotion, the market size expanded month by month, and the cumulative express delivery business volume completed 910 million pieces, nearly 2.5 times the same period last year, with a daily average business volume of 10 million pieces. The cumulative business revenue has reached nearly 50 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 15.7%. The industry has strong development momentum and promising potential.
During the May Day holiday, the cumulative volume of express delivery business in Shanghai reached 35 million pieces. During the "6.18" promotion period, the collection volume exceeded 200 million items, a year-on-year increase of 36.6%, with a clear bimodal operation trend. The highest collection volume reached 20.2 million items on June 1st, which is 2.02 times the daily average business volume. At the same time, express delivery companies have strengthened the protection of the rights and interests of express delivery personnel, explored the establishment of a democratic consultation mechanism across the entire network, opened up channels for express demands from express delivery personnel, further enhanced the enthusiasm and cohesion of employees, and increased labor productivity by 15.9% year-on-year, effectively ensuring the rapid recovery of the industry and stable operation during peak hours.
At the same time, the express delivery industry is also continuously improving in terms of service quality and efficiency index, value contribution index, and open agglomeration index.
The report shows that the collaborative development between the express delivery industry and e-commerce continues to deepen, effectively promoting the positive development of the online economy, supporting the online shopping transaction volume of goods to exceed 240 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 24.8%, and promoting the total retail sales of consumer goods in the city to reach 476.655 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 48.6%. This plays a positive role in accelerating the recovery of the consumer market in Shanghai. The express delivery industry actively implements the "Three Year Action Plan for Promoting High Quality Development of Manufacturing Industry in Shanghai", continues to promote the integration of development with the manufacturing industry, comprehensively promotes the "Express Delivery to Factory" project, and makes industry contributions to promoting the development of the real economy, helping the manufacturing industry better play an important supporting role in the transformation and innovation of the city's economic development, and taking the lead in exploring a new industrialization path with new era characteristics.
The express delivery industry in the city continues to strengthen infrastructure construction, enhance the attraction of factor resources, continuously promote the extension and expansion of the international network system, and focus on shaping new advantages for external development. Express delivery companies are seizing the policy benefits of the "Several Policy Measures to Promote Stable Scale and Quality Improvement of Foreign Trade in Shanghai", increasing the construction of overseas warehouses, promoting the sharing and sharing of public overseas warehouses, and actively collaborating with cross-border e-commerce to achieve rapid development. In the second quarter, the international/Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan business volume increased month by month, with a cumulative completion of 59.635 million items, a year-on-year increase of 74.0%. The cumulative revenue from international/Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan businesses reached 4.5 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 67.3%. The orderly promotion of international development in the express delivery industry plays a positive role in promoting the facilitation level of international postal services and providing strong support for the upgrading of the Shanghai International Trade Center.
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Text/Photography: Li Jicheng