State Post Office: In January-July, the total business revenue of the postal industry reached 1079.91 billion yuan, up 6.1% year-on-year
The Zhitong Finance App learned that on August 14, the State Post Office announced the operation of the postal industry from January to July 2026. In January-July, the postal industry's business revenue (excluding the direct operating income of the Postal Savings Bank) reached a total of 1079.91 billion yuan, an increase of 6.1% over the previous year. Among them, the total revenue from the express delivery business reached 901.77 billion yuan, an increase of 7.4% over the previous year. In January-July, the postal industry completed a total of 127.44 billion deliveries, an increase of 4.2% over the previous year. Among them, the express delivery business completed a total of 117.47 billion units, an increase of 4.8% over the previous year.
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The State Post Office announced the operation of the postal industry from January to July 2026
In January-July, the postal industry's business revenue (excluding the direct operating income of the Postal Savings Bank) reached a total of 1079.91 billion yuan, an increase of 6.1% over the previous year. Among them, the total revenue from the express delivery business reached 901.77 billion yuan, an increase of 7.4% over the previous year.
In January-July, the postal industry completed a total of 127.44 billion deliveries, an increase of 4.2% over the previous year. Among them, the express delivery business completed a total of 117.47 billion units, an increase of 4.8% over the previous year.
In July, the postal industry's business revenue reached 154.30 billion yuan, an increase of 6.4% over the previous year. Among them, the express delivery business revenue reached 13.37 billion yuan, an increase of 8.1% over the previous year.
In July, the postal industry's delivery business volume reached 18.54 billion units, an increase of 4.3% over the previous year. Among them, the express delivery business volume reached 17.08 billion units, an increase of 4.1% over the previous year.
In terms of business type, in January-July, the total express delivery business volume in the same city completed 8.51 billion units, a year-on-year decrease of 8.1%; the total number of offsite express delivery services reached 106.48 billion units, an increase of 6.0% over the previous year; and the total number of international/Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan express delivery business reached 2.48 billion units, an increase of 5.3% over the previous year.
In January-July, same-city, offsite, international/Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan express delivery business accounted for 7.2%, 90.7%, and 2.1% of the total express delivery business volume, respectively. Compared with the same period last year, the share of express delivery business in the same city decreased by 1.1 percentage points, the share of offsite express delivery business increased by 1.1 percentage points, and the share of international/Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan business volume remained flat.
In January-July, the share of express delivery business revenue in the East, Central and Western regions was 73.7%, 15.6%, and 10.7%, respectively, while the share of express delivery business volume was 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 0.3 percentage points and the share of express delivery business volume decreased by 2.7 percentage points; the share of express delivery business revenue in the central region increased 0.1 percentage points, and the share of express delivery business increased 1.4 percentage points; the share of express delivery business revenue in the western region increased 0.2 percentage points, and the share of express delivery business increased 1.3 percentage points.
In January-July, the express delivery business revenue brand concentration index CR8 was 87.0, which was basically the same as in January-June; the express delivery business volume brand concentration index CR8 was 96.2, up 0.1 from January-June.
This article was edited by “National Post Office”; Zhitong Finance Editor: Huang Xiaodong.