Chinese Spring Festival: The dreams and aspirations of a deliveryman

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GUO BEIBEI DELIVERYMAN "I start at eight in the morning, then we sort out all the packages before sending them out. I work ten hours a day, seven days a week. There is no rest."

24-year-old Guo Beibei is always on the move. It's not an easy job running up and down apartment buildings in this older part of Shanghai, where elevators are few.

GUO BEIBEI DELIVERYMAN "I deliver about 150 packages a day. You get used to it, you know. Many people there know me, and sometimes they come down to pick up their packages, so it makes it easier."

Guo Beibei is one of China's 2 million package delivery professionals. He has been working extra hard in January. He'll go back to his hometown in Henan province for the Chinese New Year, and he wants to have a fat pay check in hand.

GUO BEIBEI DELIVERYMAN "I've been very efficient. It's been very cold in Shanghai this year, it definitely affects me. But I'm in a good mood because I know I get to go home."

YANG CHENGXI SHANGHAI According to reports, some 80 percent of delivery professionals in first tier cities are migrant workers. Like many of his colleagues, Guo lives in one of these metal containers, a place he comes back to at around 9:30 in the evening. Media stories have long portrayed someone like him as the struggling underprivileged people of society. But according to him, he's not.

GUO BEIBEI DELIVERYMAN "My salary has been rising for the past two years. The company takes care of housing and meals for me, so I'm quite satisfied."

Guo, as one of the huge number of delivery professionals, is the product of China's e-commerce sector, which has boomed in the past decade. The new economy has created employment opportunities for people like Guo in big cities, and, financial rewards too. Every month, he is able to send 7000 yuan, or 1100 US dollars, to his parents.

GUO BEIBEI DELIVERYMAN "I'm the only child in the family. My life goal right now is to make more money and make my parents' lives better."

The public sees mostly the difficult part of his life. But Guo says what he sees is more about the aspirations for a better future. YCX, CGTN, SHANGHAI.