China's express delivery volume has topped the world for three consecutive¹ years, contributing 40% to the global growth of the industry, Ma Junsheng, director general of the country's State Post Bureau, said on World Post Day.

国家邮政局局长马军胜在世界邮政日当天表示，中国的快递业务量连续三年位居世界第一，对全球快递业增长的贡献率达到40%。

The business volume and revenue of China's mail service have increased by a factor of 3.6 and 2.7, respectively, since the end of 2012, Ma noted².

马军胜指出，自2012年底以来，中国邮政业业务总量、业务收入规模分别增长了3.6倍和2.7倍

The number of China's online shoppers now accounts for nearly 40% of the country's population, according to statistics released by China's E-Commerce Research Center.

据中国电子商务研究中心发布的数据显示，目前中国网络购物者的人数约占中国总人口的40%。

Thanks to the rapid development of e-commerce, China has maintained a 50% growth rate of the express delivery industry for five years in a row, handling 100 million parcels each day.

得益于电子商务的快速发展，中国快递业连续5年保持50%的增长速度，平均每天要处理1亿个包裹。

The surging logistics industry is also pushing express companies to achieve faster delivery.

而飞速发展的物流业，也在推动快递公司实现更快的递送。

The director general of the bureau's market supervision³ department pointed⁴ out that 84.62% of all parcels shipped less than 1,000 kilometers could be delivered within 48 hours.

国家邮政局市场监管司司长指出，在运送距离在1000公里以内的包裹中，有84.62%可以在48小时内送达。

Statistics by the bureau show that China handled 17.32 billion express parcels in the first half of 2017, a year-on-year increase of 30.7%. As a result, industry revenue also grew by 27.2% to 21.82 billion yuan.

该局的统计数据显示，中国在2017年上半年处理了173.2亿件快递包裹，同比增长30.7%。因此，快递行业收入也增长了27.2%，达到218.2亿元。