
AI-generated summary
This year is the first year of the "15th Five-Year Plan". my country's economy has maintained an overall stable and new and excellent development trend. The potential contained in the domestic consumer market has been continuously released, providing a solid demand foundation for the continued expansion of the postal express industry market scale.
China News Service, September 30. According to the website of the State Post Bureau, monitoring data from the State Post Bureau show that on September 29, my country’s express delivery business volume in 2026 has exceeded 150 billion pieces, 12 days ahead of 2025. The accelerated flow of 150 billion parcels reflects the strong resilience and vitality of our country's economy.
This year is the first year of the "15th Five-Year Plan". my country's economy has maintained an overall stable and new and excellent development trend. The potential contained in the domestic consumer market has been continuously released, providing a solid demand foundation for the continued expansion of the postal express industry market scale. The postal express industry focuses on "two promotions" and "three improvements", making comprehensive efforts from rural areas to factories, from domestic to overseas, and promoting high-quality development of the industry to take new steps.
The relevant person in charge of the State Post Bureau said that this year, my country's express delivery business volume exceeded 150 billion pieces 12 days earlier than last year, which is a vivid footnote of the strong resilience of the Chinese economy and once again confirmed that the postal express industry is not only an important channel for smoothing the economic artery, but also an important force in ensuring the microcirculation of people's livelihood. As my country's consumption-promoting policies continue to be effective and new drivers of the industry accelerate, the postal express industry will further play a leading role in the logistics field, help smooth the economic cycle, and continue to inject momentum into promoting high-quality economic development.
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The postal express industry will further play a leading role in the logistics field, help smooth the economic cycle, and continue to inject momentum into promoting high-quality economic development.
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