China’s express delivery volume totals 31 billion in 2016

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By CGTN’s Ming Yue

China's express delivery industry continues to take off. The State Post Bureau said China's total volume hit more than 31 billion pieces last year, coming in first in the world.

China’s express delivery volumes totaled 31.28 billion pieces. /CGTN Photo

The Bureau released the figure in a development report for 2016. That works out to each Chinese citizen on average sending 23 items by express last year.

Each Chinese sent 23 items by express mail on average. /CGTN Photo

The China Express Development Index hit 538.5 in 2016, up over 40 percent year on year.

Authorities say China Express Development Index is a comprehensive quantity evaluation of the development of China’s express delivery service in a certain period of time, based on the basic features and laws of China’s express delivery service.

China Express Development Index increased by 40.8 percent to hit 538.5 in 2016. /CGTN Photo

The index shows that the express delivery service keeps a momentum of sustaining high-speed development.

The total express delivery volume is expected to hit over 42 billion this year, up 35 percent year on year.‍

Express delivery volume is expected to total 42.3 billion pieces in 2017. /CGTN Photo

The development of the high-speed express delivery industry, on the one hand, has been driven by traditional online shopping, along with increasing industrial innovations like crowdsourcing of postal services and shared third-party logistics services.

The Post Bureau says the rapid growth of these services embodies a new round of fast economic development.

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