State Post Bureau: by 2025, the postal industry will complete 216.51 billion deliveries, a year-on-year increase of 11.8%.
On January 22nd, the State Post Bureau released the operational status of the postal industry in 2025.
On January 22, the State Post Bureau announced the operation of the postal industry in 2025. In 2025, the postal industry completed 216.51 billion pieces of mail delivery, an 11.8% year-on-year increase. Among them, the express delivery volume reached 198.95 billion pieces, a 13.6% year-on-year increase.
In 2025, the total business revenue of the postal industry (excluding the direct operating income of postal savings banks) reached 1.8 trillion yuan, a 6.1% year-on-year increase. Among them, the cumulative business revenue of express delivery reached 1.5 trillion yuan, a 6.5% year-on-year increase.
In December, the postal industry completed 19.77 billion pieces of mail delivery, a 1.8% year-on-year increase. Among them, the express delivery volume reached 18.21 billion pieces, a 2.3% year-on-year increase.
In December, the total business revenue of the postal industry reached 163 billion yuan, a 0.6% year-on-year increase. Among them, the business revenue of express delivery reached 138.87 billion yuan, a 0.7% year-on-year increase.
In terms of business types, in 2025, the cumulative volume of express delivery in the same city reached 1.579 billion pieces, a 1.0% year-on-year increase; the cumulative volume of express delivery in different cities reached 17.894 billion pieces, a 15.0% year-on-year increase; the cumulative volume of international/Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan express delivery reached 4.22 billion pieces, an 8.8% year-on-year increase.
In 2025, the cumulative volume of postal letters reached 680 million pieces, a 31.0% year-on-year decrease; the cumulative volume of parcels reached 305.37 million pieces, a 2.0% year-on-year decrease; the cumulative volume of newspapers reached 16.25 billion copies, a 4.2% year-on-year decrease; the cumulative volume of magazines reached 590 million copies, a 6.5% year-on-year decrease; the cumulative volume of remittances reached 2.026 million transactions, a 26.0% year-on-year decrease.
In 2025, the proportions of express delivery in the same city, different cities, and international/Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan to the total express delivery volume were 7.9%, 90.0%, and 2.1%, respectively. Compared with the same period last year, the proportion of express delivery in the same city decreased by 1.0 percentage points, the proportion of express delivery in different cities increased by 1.1 percentage points, and the proportion of international/Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan delivery decreased by 0.1 percentage points.
In 2025, the proportions of express delivery revenue in the eastern, central, and western regions were 73.7%, 15.7%, and 10.6%, respectively, and the proportions of express delivery volume were 70.5%, 19.9%, and 9.6%. Compared with the same period last year, the proportion of express delivery revenue in the eastern region decreased by 1.1 percentage points, the proportion of express delivery volume decreased by 1.9 percentage points; the proportion of express delivery revenue in the central region increased by 0.8 percentage points, the proportion of express delivery volume increased by 1.2 percentage points; the proportion of express delivery revenue in the western region increased by 0.3 percentage points, the proportion of express delivery volume increased by 0.7 percentage points.
In 2025, the concentration index CR8 of express delivery and parcel service brands was 86.8, a decrease of 0.1 compared to January-November.
Note: Some data may not equal the subtotal due to rounding.
Note: Express handling volume = express delivery volume + express delivery distribution volume
This article is compiled from the State Post Bureau, edited by GMTEight: Chen Wenfang.
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