China News Service, Beijing, August 24th (Reporter Liu Liang) Ma Junsheng, director of the State Post Bureau of China, introduced at a press conference on the 24th that since 2012, the average unit price of express delivery in China has been reduced by about 8 yuan (RMB, the same below). The postal express industry The scale continues to expand, and social and economic benefits are becoming increasingly apparent.
The data disclosed on the same day showed that the development scale and quality and efficiency of China's postal express industry have improved significantly.
The scale of industry revenue has expanded rapidly, from 198 billion yuan in 2012 to 1103.8 billion yuan in 2020, an average annual increase of 24%; express delivery business volume has increased from 5.7 billion pieces to 83.5 billion pieces, a net increase of 14 times, with an average annual increase An increase of 40%.
The effective appeal rate of postal and express delivery services has dropped significantly, and the average unit price of express delivery has dropped from 18.5 yuan to 10.6 yuan.
Ma Junsheng said that after eight years of hard work, a modern postal industry that is compatible with a well-off society has been fully established.
Among them, the equalization of universal postal services has basically been achieved, business outlets have achieved full coverage of towns and villages, and all organized villages have achieved direct postal services.
The coverage of express delivery outlets in towns and villages reached 98%, and the proportion of direct delivery services to villages exceeded half, and the full time limit of express delivery services in key areas was shortened to 58 hours.
At the same time, enterprise cultivation has leapt to a new level.
China Post's ranking in the world’s top 500 has jumped from 258 in 2012 to 74 last year, ranking second among postal companies in the world. It has cultivated 3 companies with annual business income exceeding 100 billion yuan and 4 companies with annual business income exceeding RMB 100 billion. A large-scale express company group with a value of 50 billion yuan, 8 express companies have successfully restructured and went public.
Ma Junsheng emphasized that the postal express industry is playing an increasingly important role in promoting the transformation of circulation, promoting consumption upgrading, and smoothing the economic cycle.
From 2012 to last year, the average unit price of China's express delivery was reduced by about 8 yuan. Last year, the national express delivery volume was 83.5 billion pieces, and this year may reach 100 billion pieces. This has played a great role in achieving a seamless connection between production and consumption and reducing logistics costs.
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