Financial Focus | Entering villages, factories and going overseas, how can the express delivery industry accelerate?
2024-08-27
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Original title: Financial Focus | Entering villages, factories and going overseas, how can the express delivery industry accelerate?
The State Post Bureau recently announced that my country's express delivery volume has exceeded 100 billion pieces so far this year, 71 days ahead of 2023.
The acceleration of "small packages" is inseparable from the continuous improvement of the modern delivery service network system. The reporter learned from the interview that in recent years, my country's express delivery into villages, factories and overseas has achieved positive results, highlighting the prosperity and vitality of the express delivery market and the continuous improvement of development quality and efficiency, and also reflecting the vitality and resilience of economic development.
Covering over 95% of rural areas, the express delivery logistics system is constantly improving
Walking into the Qi County Qiyuan Fumin Silk-wrapped Duck Egg Professional Cooperative located in Huangwangmiao Village, Xigang Town, Qi County, Hebi City, Henan Province, nearly a hundred villagers are skillfully sorting, testing and packing packages of silk-wrapped duck eggs, Qihe crucian carp and other specialty agricultural products... Every day, thousands of parcels are sent out from here by multiple logistics and express companies, allowing Qi County's local specialties to enter the national market.
"In the past, although our local specialties were of high quality, they were difficult to develop due to poor logistics. Thanks to the development of express delivery into the village and the continuous improvement of the county's commercial infrastructure, many express delivery companies have entered the village to provide door-to-door services, reducing logistics and express delivery costs by more than 20% and greatly shortening delivery time." Gao Jianyu, chairman of the cooperative, said that smooth logistics has led to a doubling of the cooperative's online and offline orders. The number of silk-wrapped duck eggs sold has increased from 300,000 per year to 4 million, and the average annual income of members has increased by 20,000 yuan.
This is a microcosm of my country's efforts to promote express delivery to villages. Data from the State Post Bureau shows that by the end of July 2024, a total of 1,990 county-level public delivery and distribution centers, 53,000 township express delivery outlets, and 337,800 village-level express logistics integrated service stations have been built across the country, covering more than 95% of villages, and a relatively complete rural express logistics system has been established.
On June 28, staff loaded Guiyang's specialty agricultural products into drones. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Kun
In Guangdong, an average of more than 15 million express parcels circulate in rural areas every day, becoming an important channel for agricultural products to enter the city and consumer goods to go to the countryside; in Zhejiang, Yiwu took the lead in creating a new rural e-commerce logistics model of "postal and express co-distribution". The current average daily express delivery volume has exceeded 8,000 pieces, and the per capita delivery efficiency has increased by more than 6 times...
A relevant person in charge of the Guangdong Provincial Postal Administration said that there are currently 16,000 village-level express logistics integrated service stations in Guangdong. "In the next step, we will continue to consolidate the results of express delivery into villages, speed up the improvement of rural express logistics infrastructure, and further enrich the supply of rural express delivery brands."
Create 1910 projects with a value of over one million yuan to promote the mutual benefit of express delivery to factories and manufacturing industry
E-commerce enterprises have reached cooperation with express delivery companies, and the express delivery operation site is directly embedded in the company's factory area, forming a fast mode of "production upstairs and delivery downstairs". This is the scene seen by reporters in an industrial park in Shangxi Town, Yiwu, Zhejiang.
In the warehouse of the "Liupintang" e-commerce company, the reporter saw that the entire space was divided into three areas: printing, sorting, and loading. The goods coming off the production line can be packaged and loaded on site.
"In the five years since the company was founded, the cultural and creative products it has produced have been popular with consumers, with annual shipments reaching 20 million pieces." Li Liujun, head of the "Liupintang" e-commerce company, said that from the end "porter" to entering the production line, from single logistics transportation to integrated supply chain management services, express delivery into the factory has achieved close collaboration with the manufacturing industry, which is mutually beneficial.
The reporter learned from the State Post Bureau that express delivery to factories has flourished in recent years. A total of 1,910 express delivery projects with business revenue exceeding one million yuan serving the manufacturing industry have been created nationwide, covering key manufacturing fields such as automobiles and medicines, and the entire chain of prenatal, intrapartum and postpartum services.
Different from the traditional "point-to-point" logistics and transportation model, express delivery to the factory provides a new integrated "warehousing + distribution" service model. Express companies arrange employees to provide on-site services in the factory, and use dedicated personnel and vehicles to ensure that orders are processed as soon as possible, greatly improving delivery efficiency.
Wuzhi County, Jiaozuo City, Henan Province was rated as the first batch of "pilot pilot areas for the integration of express delivery and manufacturing industry" in December 2023. The local government actively implemented actions such as express delivery into factories, and express delivery companies have served more than 100 manufacturing companies. In the first half of this year, Wuzhi County's express delivery business volume reached 17.75 million pieces, a year-on-year increase of 32.86%.
"The introduction of express delivery into the factory has reduced warehousing and logistics costs. With the courier's on-call operation, the company only needs to do a good job in the operation and sales of the products. Not only does it save about one-third of the transportation and transit fees, but the delivery efficiency is also significantly improved, which has effectively enhanced the company's competitiveness." said Guo Haijun, chairman of Jiaozuo Chenghui Food Co., Ltd.
Operating more than 40 international routes, optimizing international network layout
On the afternoon of August 19, the reporter saw that mail trucks loaded with express parcels were entering the Yiwu International Mail Exchange Bureau. Every day, tens of thousands of mails are shipped to 127 countries and regions around the world after customs clearance and automatic sorting.
"In the past, our products were mainly shipped to Europe and the United States. In recent years, the company has begun to expand into markets in Russia, Japan and other countries." Zhou Wanjuan, a relevant person in charge of Yiwu Panduo E-commerce Co., Ltd., said, "Yiwu has direct international freight routes to Japan, which is very convenient. Japanese buyers can receive the goods in 3 to 5 days."
Jin Meizhen, head of the International Business Branch of China Post Yiwu Branch, introduced that in 2019, China Post opened the Yiwu-Osaka international freight route, with 5 flights per week, realizing round-trip direct flights, stable time limits, next-day delivery, and professional customs declaration. This year, China Post opened a new Yiwu-Manila international freight route, with 4 flights per week, and will gradually increase to 5 to 6 flights per week in the near future.
In recent years, my country's express delivery industry has strengthened the construction of international delivery logistics systems, continuously optimized the international network layout, upgraded the international hub level, and promoted better connectivity between the domestic and international markets. According to data from the State Post Bureau, as of now, the postal express delivery industry has built a total of 312 overseas distribution centers and more than 300 overseas warehouses; the express delivery industry has accelerated the construction of its full freighter fleet, with a total of more than 40 international routes in operation in the first half of 2024.
On July 3, the X387 Silk Road e-commerce train was ready to depart from Xi'an International Port Station. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Liang Aiping
Many express delivery companies focus on factory logistics, cross-border direct mail, large-scale logistics, equipment transportation and other fields to enhance the "door-to-door" one-stop service capabilities. They use a combination of "domestic direct delivery", "self-operated warehouse + on-site distribution", "domestic centralized procurement + foreign centralized distribution" and other service models to meet diverse cross-border needs.
The relevant person in charge of the State Post Bureau introduced that in the future, the express delivery into villages, express delivery into factories and express delivery overseas will continue to be promoted to promote the high-quality development of the industry. The construction of village-level delivery logistics integrated service stations will continue to be strengthened to continuously improve the rural express delivery service capabilities; the pilot pilot areas and typical projects for the integrated development of express delivery and manufacturing will be cultivated as a guide to drive the integration and innovative development of the industry; express delivery companies will be guided to continue to improve the international express delivery network, strengthen cross-border infrastructure construction, expand international express delivery business, and improve cross-border service capabilities.
Planning: Du Yu, Gemdale
Reporter: Niu Shaojie, Li Ping, Hu Lingguo
Source: Xinhua News Agency
