Postal services revenue up 33%

BEIJING, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- China's postal services revenue, which excludes revenue from postal financial services, grew 33.2 percent in 2016 to 538 billion yuan ($78.24 billion), according to the State Post Bureau (SPB).

The express delivery services division handled 31.4 billion parcels last year, up 51.7 percent, the SPB said in an annual work report published on its website on Thursday.

Revenue from the express delivery sector reached 400.5 billion yuan, up 44.6 percent, the report showed. (Global Times)