Staff members sort packages at a logistics center in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, Jan. 13, 2022.(Xinhua/Liu Xiao)
BEIJING, May 10 (Xinhua) -- China's express delivery sector posted steady growth in business revenue in the first quarter of this year, People's Daily reported on Tuesday.
The total business revenue of the sector amounted to 239.28 billion yuan in the first three months of this year, up 6.9 percent year on year, according to the State Post Bureau.
The country's express delivery companies handled overall 24.23 billion parcels during the January-March period, up 10.5 percent from a year earlier.
About 2.92 billion intra-city parcels were delivered during the periods, surging 5.6 percent year on year.(Edited by Yang Yifan with Xinhua Silk Road, yangyifan@xinhua.org)