China's postal sector sees robust growth in first 4 months

BEIJING, May 15 (Xinhua) -- China's postal industry registered a notable growth in the first four months of this year, official data showed.

The business revenue of the sector amounted to 397.05 billion yuan (about 61.53 billion U.S. dollars) in the period, up 28.5 percent year on year, according to the State Post Bureau.

In April alone, the postal sector raked in 99.98 billion yuan, up 11.3 percent year on year.

From January to April, the country's delivery services providers handled a total of 30.43 billion parcels, jumping 59.9 percent from a year earlier. Enditem