National Post Office: more than 1.74 billion express packages were delivered during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday

People's daily, Beijing, June 15 (reporter Qiao Xuefeng) - the reporter learned from the state post office that during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday in 2021, the national postal express industry maintains a good situation of overall safe, stable, high and orderly operation, and the business volume of postal express service increases greatly.

According to the data, from June 12 to 14, China's postal express industry received 874 million express packages, an increase of 44.29% over the period of the Dragon Boat Festival in 2020 and 109.52% over the period of the Dragon Boat Festival in 2019; There were 870 million express packages delivered, an increase of 33.9% over the period of the Dragon Boat Festival in 2020 and 97.32% over the period of the Dragon Boat Festival in 2019.

The relevant person in charge of the State Post Office told reporters that the holiday industry showed the following characteristics: first, the industry continued to maintain a high growth trend, and the express business volume in the first five months of this year was close to the level of the whole year of 2017, with more than 1.74 billion Express packages delivered nationwide during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday.

Second, the demand for fresh fruits and other agricultural products continued to grow. Since May, local characteristic fruits have entered the mature period, and the growth rate of demand for fresh fruits has increased significantly. During the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, the number of express parcels in rural areas exceeded 380 million, with a year-on-year growth of more than 30%.

Third, we should adhere to the principle of "external prevention of import and internal prevention of rebound" to effectively prevent and control the epidemic situation in the delivery channel. Postal express enterprises should fully implement the "suggestions on the production and operation of postal express industry during the period of epidemic prevention and control (Sixth Edition)" and "guidelines on the prevention and control of epidemic situation in postal express industry and the guarantee of delivery service (Trial)", strictly abide by the overseas import customs and import cold chain customs, There was no cluster infection in the industry, and the epidemic did not spread through the delivery channel.

Fourth, during the festival, the delivery channels run smoothly and safely, strictly implement the "Regulations on the management of prohibited items", and implement the "three systems" of delivery safety; Do a good job in maintaining the stability of the industry, focusing on the protection of the legitimate rights and interests of couriers and the stability of the grassroots outlets of express enterprises; Taking the opportunity of carrying out the three-year special rectification of work safety and the centralized rectification of hidden dangers involving guns and explosives, efforts have been made to strengthen the safety management of transfer centers, trunk vehicles and terminal outlets, and there has been no large-scale mail express backlog delay and serious work safety accidents in the whole industry.