State Post Bureau: From January to September, the postal industry's cumulative business revenue reached 1,389.31 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.8%.

The State Post Bureau announced the operational status of the postal industry from January to September 2026. From January to September, the postal industry's cumulative business revenue (excluding direct operating revenue of Postal Savings Bank) reached 1,389.31 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.8%. Among this, express delivery business revenue totaled 1,163.44 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.2%. From January to September, the postal industry's cumulative volume of postal delivery business reached 164.13 billion pieces, a year-on-year increase of 3.7%. Among this, express delivery volume totaled 151.30 billion pieces, a year-on-year increase of 4.3%. In September, the postal industry's business revenue reached 158.86 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.1%. Among this, express delivery business revenue reached 134.52 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.6%. In September, the postal industry's volume of postal delivery business reached 18.66 billion pieces, a year-on-year increase of 1.7%. Among this, express delivery volume reached 17.23 billion pieces, a year-on-year increase of 2.1%. By business type, from January to September, intra-city express delivery volume totaled 11.00 billion pieces, a year-on-year decrease of 7.3%; inter-city express delivery volume totaled 137.18 billion pieces, a year-on-year increase of 5.4%; international/Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan express delivery volume totaled 3.12 billion pieces, a year-on-year increase of 2.7%. From January to September, postal letter business totaled 610 million pieces, a year-on-year increase of 25.1%; parcel business totaled 23.514 million pieces, a year-on-year increase of 11.5%; newspaper business totaled 11.76 billion copies, a year-on-year decrease of 3.7%; magazine business totaled 420 million copies, a year-on-year decrease of 5.0%; money order business totaled 961,000 transactions, a year-on-year decrease of 34.8%. From January to September, intra-city, inter-city, and international/Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan express delivery volume accounted for 7.3%, 90.7%, and 2.0% of total express delivery volume, respectively. Compared with the same period last year, the share of intra-city express delivery volume decreased by 0.9 percentage points, the share of inter-city express delivery volume increased by 1.0 percentage point, and the share of international/Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan volume decreased by 0.1 percentage points. From January to September, the shares of express delivery business revenue in the eastern, central, and western regions were 73.6%, 15.6%, and 10.8%, respectively, and the shares of express delivery volume were 68.8%, 20.8%, and 10.4%, respectively. Compared with the same period last year, the share of express delivery business revenue in the eastern region decreased by 0.2 percentage points, and the share of express delivery volume decreased by 2.3 percentage points; the share of express delivery business revenue in the central region remained basically flat, and the share of express delivery volume increased by 1.2 percentage points; the share of express delivery business revenue in the western region increased by 0.2 percentage points, and the share of express delivery volume increased by 1.1 percentage points. From January to September, the brand concentration index CR8 for express delivery business revenue was 86.7, down 0.2 from January to August; the brand concentration index CR8 for express delivery volume was 96.1, down 0.1 from January to August. In the third quarter, the public satisfaction score for express delivery services was 85.3 points, and the 72-hour on-time delivery rate for express delivery services in key areas nationwide was 86.81%. This article was edited and selected from the "State Post Bureau" official account, GMTEight editor: Liu Jiayin.