Express Reform for Speedy Deliveries
By LIU XINLIAN
【期刊名称】北京周报（英文版） 【年(卷),期】2011(054)030 【总页数】2
The government looks to enhance the booming,yet disorganized, express delivery industry
With the rapid development of the express delivery industry in recent years, Chinese urbanites’ impressions of deliverymen have been transformed. Gone are the typical images of dark green uniformed men toting large boxes, replaced now by young, casually dressed couriers on electric bikes laden with packages.
While express services become a daily necessity with the popularity of onlineshopping, the country is gearing up to consolidate the fragmented and crowded industry. China will strive to support mergers and acquisitions between delivery companies by offering policy incentives in taxation and land use, said a guideline of the State Post Bureau of China (SPB) posted on the website on June 17. More express fi rms will be nurtured into larger ones capable of competing against international delivery service giants like UPS and DHL and with annual revenues exceeding 10 billion yuan ($1.54 billion), said the guideline. Although China’s express delivery industry has seen rapid growth
Express Reform for Speedy Deliveries
