![]() ![]() ![]() Ten years later, a number of non-State courier service providers emerged, competing for a share of the market with EMS and some foreign companies that, by then, had launched operations in China. The growth is attributed to the hard work of millions of people who deliver parcels (nicknamed kuaidi xiaoge), who have brought convenience to tens of millions of people, President Xi Jinping told a group of deliverymen while inspecting a parcel sorting station in May.Ĭhina did not have a proper express delivery service until China Post set up the country's first express service, EMS, in 1980. Įditor's Note: The millions of people who work for courier and food delivery firms and sweat it out to make our lives more convenient as well as boost retail sales deserve respect and appreciation, writes a veteran journalist with China Daily.Ībout 50 billion parcels were delivered in China in the first half of this year, up 3.6 percent year-on-year, despite the sporadic COVID-19 breakouts which left many major cities including Shanghai and Shenzhen locked down for months. A deliveryman checks parcels in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu province on Feb 27, 2020. ![]()
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