China's cross-border express delivery service sees vigorous growth

As the global express delivery market scales up, China's cross-border express delivery volume has sustained a 20 percent growth rate this year.

The country's express delivery companies have continued to enhance their cross-border service solutions since the beginning of this year, aiming to provide more convenient delivery services to consumers abroad.

The growth rate of the volume of China's international parcels to and from other countries and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the Macao Special Administrative Region, and the Taiwan region has been around 20 percent since the beginning of this year. The introduction of multilingual services by many domestic e-commerce platforms has made shopping here more convenient for many overseas consumers.

E-commerce platforms currently offer free shipping to overseas regions such as Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, as well as China's Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan.

The volume of China's international parcels to and from other countries and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan reached 3.04 billion parcels in the first 10 months of this year, marking a year-on-year increase of 25.5 percent, according to data.

"This year, overseas warehouses are rapidly expanding their reach, while the scale of cross-border express delivery continues to grow, extending coverage to more countries and regions. This expansion also facilitates the global flow of a broader range of cross-border products," said Xu Liangfeng, deputy director of the Data Management Division of the Postal Industry Security Center under the State Post Bureau.

China's cross-border express delivery service sees vigorous growth

Crew members of the Chinese Navy's destroyer Nanchang held a flag-raising ceremony on Sunday to celebrate the fifth anniversary of being commissioned.

On Jan 12, 2020, China's first Type-055 destroyer was commissioned, inheriting the hull number of the Navy's first destroyer, "101".

Throughout the five years, Nanchang has been involved in multiple missions in distant waters and open oceans.

"In one of the years, we patrolled in the island chain five times, and set sail nearly 100 times, with over half a year being on missions," said Wang Xiuyue from destroyer Nanchang.

The launch of Nanchang, an indigenous large destroyer that has a deadweight of over 10,000 tonnes, is symbolic for the navy, marking its destroyers are upgrading into the fourth generation.

"Nanchang '101' means the first. Since Nanchang was the first of its kind, we had no blueprints or materials to refer to. We explored to build it by ourselves," said Wang Zhongguang, who is responsible for securing Nanchang's electric system.

With his master electrotechnology skills, Wang is respected as an "elite soldier," an informal title to show respect to the best soldiers.

"To be an 'elite soldier' means you have to do your best all the time," said Wang.

Wang's spirit was echoed by many of the Nanchang crew members.

"I am looking forward to participating in more distant water missions with Nanchang. I hope to spend another five years with her, or even longer," said Lei Qi, a Nanchang crew member.

"I believe that to become a world-class navy, we must press ahead despite all difficulties," said Lin Xue, another crew member.

Nanchang Destroyer crew members celebrate fifth anniversary of commissioning