2021 express industry: smoother, smarter and greener
Our reporter Zhu Junbi
The special agricultural products that can be purchased through express delivery are becoming more abundant and fresh, and more and more countries and regions can be delivered by express delivery. The proportion of e-commerce express mails no longer being re-packaged is increasing...For recent years People feel the changes in the postal express industry.
What other changes will take place in the postal express industry in 2021?
Enter the village, enter the factory, and go to sea
An express parcel sent from Luotian County, Huanggang City, Hubei Province to Changsha, Hunan, became the 80 billionth express parcel in 2020.
This parcel, carried by SF Express, delivered the native products of Yan'er Valley Scenic Area, Luotuo'ao Town, Luotian County.
Xu Zhixin, the first secretary of Yanwowan Village, Luotuo'ao Town, Luotian County, told reporters that since Hubei SF Express established a demonstration network for express delivery into the village in the Yaner Valley Scenic Area, the logistics cost of local agricultural and sideline products has dropped by 30% to 40%.
"The sales channels for agricultural products in several villages in the town were immediately opened. This is a new milestone for e-commerce in the rural areas of Yan'er Valley, and it has opened up express delivery services to the rural people in the'last mile'." Xu Zhixin said.
Data show that in 2020, the proportion of direct delivery of express delivery to villages in my country's postal express industry will exceed 50%, and 62,000 organic villages across the country will realize express delivery into villages through cooperation.
"In 2021, the express service access rate of the organized villages should be increased. The eastern region will basically realize direct delivery of express services to the villages, and the central and western regions will reach 80% and 60% respectively." Hou Yanbo, deputy director of the Office of the State Post Bureau, told a press conference a few days ago Said that in the next step, the State Post Bureau will implement the three-year action plan for express delivery into the village, compile the guidelines for express delivery into the village, clarify the entry standards, and promote the simultaneous development of multiple modes of express delivery, express delivery, and quick cooperation in accordance with local conditions. Multi-brand express delivery services will effectively sink , To increase coverage and better serve the "village revitalization" strategy, "add 1,000 new government convenience outlets, consolidate and improve the results of direct mail delivery in organic villages, and the delivery rate of more than three shifts per week in organic villages in the western region exceeds 95%."
Ma Junsheng, director of the State Post Bureau, pointed out that entering a new stage, the development of my country's postal express industry is still in a period of important strategic opportunities, but there are new developments and changes in opportunities and challenges.
"In accordance with the work idea of'serving all areas, activating all elements, creating double heights, and smooth double circulation', focusing on improving the value of the industry in smooth flow, focusing on high-quality development and efficient governance."
The key to serving all areas and activating all elements is to give full play to the advantages of the express industry in connecting thousands of cities and industries, connecting thousands of households, and connecting online and offline, and enhance the relevance and synergy with more areas.
Ma Junsheng said that in 2021, the State Post Bureau will further promote "express delivery into villages", accelerate "express delivery into factories", actively promote "express delivery to sea", make the express delivery industry more smooth and convenient, and further improve the industry's service to rural areas, service production, and service International competence level.
Driven by the “two ins and one outs” of the postal express industry, in 2020, a total of 60 express delivery service modern agricultural gold medal projects with a business volume of more than 10 million pieces will be cultivated across the country. yuan.
In this regard, Bian Zuodong, deputy director of the Market Supervision Department of the State Post Bureau, said that this year, the State Post Bureau will solve the problem of rural end-of-service services, promote rural express delivery into villages and households, and vigorously cultivate gold medal projects for express delivery services in modern agriculture, and help special agricultural products to go out. rural.
"Through measures such as deepening upstream and downstream cooperation and jointly improving channel efficiency, we will further promote the integrated development of the express delivery industry and the modern agricultural system, sink the postal and express delivery network in an all-round way, effectively bring up the rural industry, and promote farmers' lives to become more prosperous." Dong said.
Express delivery can also be more "smart"
You must be familiar with the smart express box at your doorstep.
"Especially during the epidemic, the universalization of contactless delivery services has accelerated the acceptance of these delivery methods by users." Bian Zuodong told reporters that in terms of delivery methods, platform-based and intensive delivery methods have been welcomed by more and more users. .
At present, 114,000 express terminal service stations and 400,000 sets of intelligent express boxes have played an important role.
To grow the domestic express market, it is necessary to create a first-class end delivery service.
Hou Yanbo said that one of the seven facts that the postal express industry will be closer to people's livelihood in 2021 is to further improve the end delivery service level.
The delivery rate of smart express boxes reached more than 10%, and the number of express public service stations reached 115,000.
At the same time, in 2021, the State Post Bureau will support the diversified development of terminal service facilities, and take the opportunity of the transformation of old communities to accelerate the construction of terminal facilities such as smart express mail boxes (mail boxes) and express public service stations.
The National Postal Management Work Conference in 2021 put forward that it is necessary to implement the strategy of strengthening postal services through science and technology, and to take innovation as the first driving force for high-quality development and high-efficiency governance of the industry, and to enhance the ability of service in all fields.
"Take data-driven as the traction, fully activate labor, capital, land and other element resources, promote the digitalization and digital industrialization of the postal express industry, improve the quality, efficiency and core competitiveness of the postal express industry, and build a modern postal express system." Ma Junsheng said, Focusing on the strategic basis of expanding domestic demand, we will implement a number of major projects with a strong foundation, increased functions, and long-term benefits, and build a delivery network that handles more than 1 billion pieces per day and serves more than 1 billion people, helping to cultivate a complete domestic demand system and form a strong domestic market.
In order to promote the high-quality development of the express delivery industry and improve the ability to serve the market, in 2021, the State Post Bureau will also promote the construction of postal express companies, high-tech enterprises, universities, scientific research institutes and other technological research and development systems in terms of accelerating technological innovation and application. Support the construction of industry technology R&D centers, promote the optimization of intelligent security inspection and intelligent video surveillance system algorithms, promote the pilot application of the intelligent voice appeal and complaint system, and steadily advance the pilot project of universal delivery address coding; promote the application of key commonality such as big data, cloud computing, and blockchain Technology, Beidou navigation system and other advanced technology equipment, carried out digital postal express innovation pilot demonstration projects in Hainan Free Trade Port and other places.
Express packaging "green"
A piece of express includes a variety of packaging materials such as waybills, plastic bags, tapes, and some have to be wrapped in cartons, woven bags, and filled with cushioning materials... These packaging materials not only consume a lot of resources, but also cause environmental damage after being randomly discarded Pollution.
How to make the piles of express packages "slim down and turn green"?
"To promote the high-quality development of the express delivery industry, high-efficiency governance must be achieved." Ma Junsheng pointed out that it is necessary to shift from the increase in attention to the improvement of quality, and promote the industry to achieve a comprehensive green transformation.
"The green governance of express packaging is a complex systematic project involving many links such as design, production, sales, use, and recycling. It is related to the government, enterprises, users and other parties. It requires joint construction and governance and constant efforts." Hou Yanbo said that in order to accelerate the green transformation of express packaging, the State Post Bureau will focus on implementing the "Opinions on Accelerating the Green Transformation of Express Packaging" forwarded by the State Office in 2021, refine the task ledger and strengthen work promotion.
In order to continue to promote the development of green postal services, the State Post Bureau has also incorporated content related to green governance of express packaging into the “14th Five-Year Plan” of the postal express industry and implemented it well, and issued the postal express packaging management measures and the “Postal Express Industry Green Development Action Plan (2021 —2025)", clarify the goals, tasks and main measures for the next five years.
According to the plan, we will strive to achieve 5 million recyclable express boxes (boxes) by the end of 2021, 80% of e-commerce express mails will no longer be repackaged, and 20,000 new postal express delivery devices equipped with standard packaging waste recycling devices. Outlets.
Promote the implementation of green certification for express packaging products.
At the same time, steadily promote energy conservation and emission reduction, increase the promotion and application of new energy or clean energy vehicles in the industry, and continue to do a good job in the construction of green outlets and green distribution centers.