Villages get new boost with express delivery
China DailyTAIYUAN - Song Yanru begins her day of work early in the morning, sorting and loading courier packages. In February, several firms, led by ZTO Express, launched express delivery sites in 19 villages of Nitun, offering local residents the convenience to send and receive express parcels at their doorstep. To better connect rural people to the booming e-commerce economy, courier companies have been setting up express delivery sites in villages, usually in cooperation with local grocery stores or village committees. The delivery business in Shanxi's rural areas during the first five months of this year has seen evident growth, according to the ZTO Express outlet in the province. "The express delivery service is now available in 89 villages, which is almost 85 percent of the total villages, in Yangqu county, and the number of parcels delivered to these villages has jumped some 300 percent since February," says Zhou Zijian, a manager of the ZTO Express outlet in the county.
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