China’s express delivery sector power ahead, sending 100 billion parcels so far this year, 35 days earlier than 2024
China’s express delivery sector, powered by e-commerce giant platforms, has reached a new milestone, with volume of sent parcels surpassing 100 billion units by Wednesday—35 days earlier than in 2024, the State Post Bureau (SPB) announced on Thursday.
The accelerated growth underscores the expanding scale of China's consumer market and reflects the economy's strong resilience and vitality.
The 100-billionth parcel of 2025 was an air conditioner enrolled in the consumer goods trade-in program, shipped from Zhongshan city in South China's Guangdong Province to Changzhou city in East China's Jiangsu Province, according to the SPB.
The rapid expansion of the express delivery industry has been fueled by sustained high-quality economic development and a set of government policies to boost domestic consumption. Initiatives such as expanding categories for consumer goods trade-in programs have injected new impetus into the retail market and the logistics sector, according to the SPB.
Since the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025), China's postal and courier industry has seen a period of fast and high-quality growth, and the nation’s express delivery volume has consistently exceeded 100 billion parcels annually.
The earlier achievement of this year's 100-billion parcels benchmark highlights the continuous expansion of China's consumer market and the accelerating development of e-commerce, which have driven the rapid growth of express delivery services, significantly enhancing its capacity to drive overall economic growth, according to the SPB.
The "economies of scale" effect in the courier delivery sector continues to strengthen, significantly enhancing its role in driving industrial growth and stimulating economic development.
During the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025), infrastructure advancement, such as high-speed rail, expressways, and airport networks, have enhanced logistics efficiency. Meanwhile, rural delivery systems have narrowed urban-rural consumption gaps.
The integration of logistics with manufacturing has created new opportunities. During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, over 1,600 key projects—each generating annual revenues exceeding one million yuan—were established, effectively supporting advanced manufacturing industries like medical equipment and new-energy vehicles.
The widespread adoption of 5G, IoT, and AI technologies has accelerated the intelligent transformation of the postal and courier industry. AI-powered models are driving end-to-end delivering sector upgrade —from warehousing to last-mile delivery—enhancing efficiency and reducing costs.
Simultaneously, leveraging its vast network, the industry provides green logistics solutions across the whole supply chain, enabling low-carbon operations for upstream and downstream partners.
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