China remains No 1 worldwide in express delivery volume

China's express delivery volume has ranked first in the world for 11 consecutive years. At present, over 500 million express parcels are collected daily on average, equivalent to nearly 6,000 packages entering the delivery channel every second.

Staff members at the joint distribution center in Yucheng handle parcels with the help of a sorting machine. [Photo by ZHANG YU/CHINA NEWS SERVICE]

Revenue from the postal industry has grown from 1.1 trillion yuan ($153.12 billion) in 2020 to 1.7 trillion yuan in 2024. Meanwhile, the volume of express deliveries has increased from 83.36 billion packages in 2020 to 175.08 billion in 2024.

(Chinese Services Info)