Express delivery exceeded 30 billion pieces. Why does the Prime Minister pay special attention to this data？

2026年1月31日 | admin | D4

Photo: When Premier Li Keqiang visited a courier outlet in Yiwu on November 19th, 2014, he praised their work one after another. He said that from a small point of view, you not only created jobs, but also created a new life; Generally speaking, things from rural areas are sent to cities, and things from cities are sent to rural areas, narrowing the gap between urban and rural areas. Logistics is one of the cores of modern economy, and express delivery is an important part of logistics. Although the work is very ordinary, it is very critical. "Your work is amazing!"

　　Photo: When Premier Li Keqiang visited a courier outlet in Yiwu on November 19th, 2014, he praised their work one after another. He said that from a small point of view, you not only created jobs, but also created a new life; Generally speaking, things from rural areas are sent to cities, and things from cities are sent to rural areas, narrowing the gap between urban and rural areas. Logistics is one of the cores of modern economy, and express delivery is an important part of logistics. Although the work is very ordinary, it is very critical. "Your work is amazing!"

Photo: When Premier Li Keqiang visited a courier outlet in Yiwu on November 19th, 2014, he praised their work one after another. He said that from a small point of view, you not only created jobs, but also created a new life; Generally speaking, things from rural areas are sent to cities, and things from cities are sent to rural areas, narrowing the gap between urban and rural areas. Logistics is one of the cores of modern economy, and express delivery is an important part of logistics. Although the work is very ordinary, it is very critical. "Your work is amazing!"

　　Photo: On January 27th, 2014, Li Keqiang went to Xi ‘an SF Express Co., Ltd. to visit the courier workers. Li Keqiang said that the express delivery industry is related to the economy and people’s livelihood. You are not only delivering goods, but also conveying the wishes of your relatives and friends, sending you the warmth of the Spring Festival and delivering happiness to thousands of households. Express delivery industry is the "dark horse" of China economy. I wish you every success in the Year of the Horse.

　　It seems that this white box covered with green tape is not much different from the express delivery you and I usually send and receive. However, this white box carries a certain milestone: according to the monitoring of the State Post Bureau, this parcel sent from a Guizhou tea farmer on December 20 became the 30 billionth express delivery in China in 2016.

　　If calculated according to the population of 1.3 billion, it is equivalent to sending 23 pieces per capita. Compared with last year, the volume of express delivery business increased by 10 billion pieces this year, a year-on-year increase of 53%.

　　"The express delivery industry is China’s economy ‘ Dark horse ’ 。” This is the evaluation made by Premier Li Keqiang when he visited the express workers in Xi ‘an SF Express Co., Ltd. on the eve of the Spring Festival in 2014. On the same day, the Prime Minister also posted a receipt for an upcoming express delivery. He told the courier to deliver it to the customer in good condition in time.

　　"The country’s great attention and policy support have opened a new era for the development of China express delivery industry." Some media commented like this. In 2014, Li Keqiang made two field visits to express delivery enterprises and praised the important role of express delivery industry in "invigorating circulation, stimulating domestic demand and increasing social employment" five times. In 2015, with the approval of Premier Li Keqiang, the State Council issued the first programmatic document "Several Opinions on Promoting the Development of Express Industry".

　　"Judging from our current package volume, we are in the best period in history." This is more than 100 years ago, the American Wall Street Journal quoted an American Express executive’s comments. At that time, the number of parcels in the logistics industry was often regarded as a barometer to measure the vitality of a country’s economic development.

　　Now, the pendulum swings to the other side of the Pacific Ocean. In 2014, China’s express delivery business exceeded 10 billion pieces for the first time, surpassing the United States and ranking first in the world. In 2015, the express delivery industry continued to grow by more than 45%, breaking through the annual business volume of 20 billion pieces.

　　"My eyes are falling!" An insider still remembers his visit to FedEx in 2014, and the other party was amazed when he learned that China had produced 270 million pieces of express delivery just by "double 11".

　　Behind this rapid growth is the important value for the overall economic development. According to the research report released by Beijing Jiaotong University, the express delivery industry is of great significance to promoting economic development, especially to promoting employment. In 2015 alone, 20.7 billion pieces of express delivery issued by the whole country led to the employment of 2.03 million people, including couriers, sorters and truck drivers.

　　100 billion yuan — — This is the amount that the express delivery industry supported the national online sales of agricultural products in the first 10 months of this year. In fact, the 30 billionth single express this year is the tea sent by a local tea farmer in Guizhou through Meitan outlet in Zunyi, ZTO Express.

　　Even in Heilongjiang, where the current economic downward pressure is huge, the express delivery industry ranked first in the country in the first nine months of this year with an increase of 80.29% year-on-year, which directly promoted the "going out" and "selling well" of local agricultural special products. A month ago, at the symposium on deepening the "streamline administration, delegate power, strengthen regulation and improve services" reform hosted by Li Keqiang, the person in charge of the Heilongjiang provincial government mainly reported this change to the Prime Minister.

　　"This is a good sign." Li Keqiang said, "It shows that the old industrial base in Northeast China has great advantages, potential and room for manoeuvre." In fact, with the rapid development of express delivery industry, it directly promotes the growth of service industry and consumption.

　　Moreover, with the help of "internet plus Logistics", the express delivery industry is accelerating the change of the production processes of many manufacturing enterprises. In this year’s "double 11", Midea Company opened online and offline warehouses through cooperation with big data company Cainiao Network, which advanced the production pace of the factory by one month and reduced the cost by 40%.

　　"Your work is amazing!" In November, 2014, when Li Keqiang visited a courier outlet in Yiwu, Zhejiang, he praised the staff here. The Prime Minister said that logistics is one of the cores of modern economy, and express delivery is an important part of logistics. Although your work sounds ordinary, it is very important.

　　"From a small point of view, you have not only created jobs, but also created a new life; From a big point of view, rural things are sent to cities, and urban things are sent to the countryside, narrowing the gap between urban and rural areas. " This sentence of the Prime Minister has pinned his higher expectations for the express delivery industry. (Reporter Yang Fang)