The State Post Bureau released data showing that as of September 29, China's express delivery volume this year has exceeded 150 billion pieces, 12 days earlier than in 2025.

This year, China's postal and express delivery industry has focused on "two promotions" and "three improvements," making all-round efforts from rural areas to factories and from domestic to international markets: To improve rural delivery service capabilities, the State Post Bureau has continued to deepen the construction of the rural delivery logistics system, deepen the integration of rural passenger, freight and postal services, pilot postal safety-net services, and promote express delivery into villages through multiple methods. To improve service capabilities for industries, the postal and express delivery industry has actively embedded itself in the real economy and deepened and expanded service scenarios. To improve international delivery service capabilities, the postal and express delivery industry has accelerated the construction of a three-dimensional interconnected delivery logistics network under the Belt and Road Initiative to better support foreign trade development and high-level opening up.

Data on postal industry operations from January to August 2026 published by the State Post Bureau show that from January to August, the postal industry's business revenue (excluding direct operating revenue of Postal Savings Bank of China) totaled 1,230.45 billion yuan, up 6.0% year on year. Among this, express delivery business revenue totaled 1,028.92 billion yuan, up 7.4% year on year. Postal industry delivery volume totaled 145.46 billion pieces, up 4.0% year on year. Among this, express delivery volume totaled 134.06 billion pieces, up 4.6% year on year.

In August, the postal industry's business revenue reached 150.54 billion yuan, up 5.3% year on year. Among this, express delivery revenue reached 127.15 billion yuan, up 6.9% year on year. Postal industry delivery volume reached 18.03 billion pieces, up 2.3% year on year. Among this, express delivery volume reached 16.60 billion pieces, up 2.7% year on year.

Calculations show that China's express delivery development index in August 2026 was 431.7, up 1.5% year on year. Among its sub-indices, the development scale index was 591.1, up 4.2% year on year; the service quality index was 605.6, basically flat compared with the same period last year; the development capability index was 223.5, up 1.6% year on year; and the development trend index was 56.7.

Source: E-commerce Pai
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