In 2014, the express delivery industry became a "dark horse" driving China’s economy. Statistics show that in 2014, China’s express delivery business reached 14 billion pieces, up 52% year-on-year, ranking first in the world.
Behind this data are countless "hands-on parties". According to the data of Economic Information Daily, before and after the Double Eleven in 2014 (from November 10th to November 17th), the amount of mail (express mail) to be handled by the whole industry will reach 586 million, an increase of nearly 70% over the same period of last year. On the day of Double Eleven alone, the Tmall platform generated 278 million packages with a turnover of 57.1 billion.
Behind the prosperity, there are also problems in the express delivery industry: low gross profit margin, frequent turnover of personnel, and easy backlog of express mail before the Spring Festival (Observer Network reminds everyone that there are things to buy quickly before the Spring Festival, and it is likely that many express delivery points will be empty in early February). The marketization process of express delivery industry for many years has also been accompanied by disorderly competition.
On November 11, 2014, a courier company in Shanghai.Sorting center
The following is the article "China Times" on January 23, "The year-on-year growth of 52% jumped to the world’s first express delivery to change China", written by Fu Mengmeng..
On January 21st, under an office building near Fuxingmen, Beijing, electric tricycles with the names of various courier companies were parked on the roadside. In front of these electric tricycles, a large number of parcels were piled up. Xiao Li, the courier, is busy in it.
"There are many companies in this office building, and the daily delivery volume and receipt volume are very large." Xiao Li told the reporter of China Times that due to the regulations of office buildings, couriers were not allowed to deliver goods upstairs, and over time, various courier companies "occupied" this open space in unison.
Ma Junsheng, director of the State Post Bureau, said that under the background of the decline in the volume of traditional postal letters in various countries, global e-commerce has risen and online shopping has become popular. It is very important for postal services in various countries to adapt to changes in market and consumption and accelerate transformation.
Increase by more than 50%
Xiao Li, 23, has been working as a courier for more than a year. In his view, the express delivery industry has broad prospects because"Old ladies have learned to shop online.".
In the current public opinion, a monthly salary of over 10,000 yuan has become synonymous with couriers. But when the reporter asked about Xiao Li’s income, he waved his hand and said, "How is it possible? I can’t even think about it if the monthly salary exceeds 10,000. It is possible for couriers in Jiangsu and Zhejiang to get so much." Xiao Li said that due to the concentration of receipts in the area he is responsible for, his income is higher than that of other colleagues, and he only gets about 6,000 yuan a month.
I will arrive at the company at 7 o’clock in the morning, and it is already midnight when I get home at night. I am fully armed with masks and earmuffs, and I am driving an electric tricycle to run around the streets of Beijing. This is the daily life of couriers like Xiao Li in Beijing. However, they may not know that the parcels delivered by them are of great significance for China’s economy to stimulate domestic demand.
In 2014, China’s express delivery business reached 14 billion pieces, up 52% year-on-year, ranking first in the world. On the most day, there are more than 100 million express mails on the way. Behind this data is the rapid development of the e-commerce industry. Recently, the Ministry of Commerce announced the e-commerce transaction volume in 2014, reaching 13 trillion yuan. This means that,On average, everyone’s e-commerce consumption reached 10 thousand yuan..
What Xiao Li doesn’t even know is that their work has broken the original geographical limitations and become a bridge to narrow the distance between rural areas and cities. In January last year, the State Post Bureau proposed "Express Delivery to the Countryside", which released the huge consumption power of Guangfa rural areas and also promoted more productivity. In many rural areas, specialty agricultural products have also entered thousands of households in cities through couriers.
The rapid development of internet technology and e-commerce is changing the production, consumption and circulation mode in rural areas step by step. Statistics show that in 2014, more than 2 billion express shipments were sent to rural areas, which drove about 200 billion yuan of materials to the countryside, and even drove agricultural special products into cities through "reverse logistics".
Mr. Xu, who lives in Miyun County, Beijing, told this reporter that there is a large fruit forest in the back of his home. In his fruit forest, not only nearly 100 chickens are scattered, but also a large number of green vegetables are planted. Thanks to the spread of the express delivery network to the countryside, he sold his own fruits and vegetables, as well as farmed chickens and eggs online, and sold 12,000 orders in just half a year.
"The’ dark horse’ of express delivery is endogenous to the market and is promoted and cultivated by reform. It is the reform that has tapped the market potential, released market demand and promoted the development of the industry. " Ma Junsheng gave such an answer to why the express delivery industry can achieve such great results in a short time.