The reporter learned from the State Post Bureau that in 2021, China's express delivery business volume reached 108.3 billion, a year-on-year increase of 29.9%, and the number of parcels accounted for more than half of the world.

108.3 billion pieces of express delivery, connecting thousands of households. easternmost, sent to Xiaohezi Village, Fuyuan County, Heilongjiang; In the westernmost part, it reached Simhana Village, Wuqia County, Xinjiang; The southernmost came to Yongxing Island, Sansha City, Hainan; The northernmost flight to Arctic Village, Mohe City, Heilongjiang Province.

108.3 billion pieces of express delivery, trekking thousands of mountains and rivers. At the foot of Mount Everest, at an altitude of more than 4,000 meters above sea level, Tashi Zong Township, Dingri County, Tibet, the courier's persistence makes the express package from Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou arrive in 5 days at the earliest. From Shenzhen to Los Angeles, one by one express delivery on the plane, even across the Pacific Ocean, can achieve next-day delivery.

The express delivery industry not only runs through production, distribution, circulation and consumption, but also relates to the first, second and third industries. What kind of vitality has the booming express industry injected into economic development? What are the opportunities for development within and outside the industry? The reporter will take you to take stock of the new progress of China's express delivery industry in 2021.

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More opportunities are coming in and out of the industry

At about 12 o'clock on December 29, 2021, the "Citation C-560" aircraft landed smoothly on the runway, leaving the first aircraft tire imprint. This means that after 4 years of construction, Hubei Ezhou Huahu Airport is about to start verification flights, and it is one step closer to official operation.

Ezhou Huahu Airport is jointly funded by SF Group and Hubei Province, with a total investment of 32.063 billion yuan. Among them, the investment in the airport project is only 15.857 billion yuan, the investment in the transfer center project is 11.529 billion yuan, and the investment in the SF Airlines base project is 3.752 billion yuan.

As the first professional cargo airport in China, Ezhou Huahu Airport is also the first airport that is deeply branded with the imprint of "express delivery". It is a well-deserved "major project" in China's express delivery industry in recent years, and it is also the first time that China's express delivery companies have extended their investment fields to airports.

All this stems from the rapid development of the industry and the high demand of consumers for timeliness. With Ezhou as the center, a 1.5-hour flight circle can cover 80% of the country's population, and you can reach major domestic airports in one night and major airports in the world the next day.

"After the operation of Ezhou Huahu Airport in June 2022, SF Airlines will form an aviation network with Huahu Airport as the core hub and Beijing, Shenzhen and Hangzhou as the regional hubs." The relevant person in charge of SF Airlines said that by 2030, the annual cargo and mail throughput of Ezhou Huahu Airport is expected to reach 3.3 million tons.

SF Airlines is striding forward, and other express delivery companies are also speeding up. By the end of 2021, there were more than 130 special cargo planes for express delivery, Jiangsu Jingdong Cargo Airlines was approved for construction, and there were more than 1,500 high-speed rail express lines.

If it is said that the express delivery companies are making efforts in cargo aviation, it still represents the investment opportunities within the industry, and the story of Zhongke Weizhi symbolizes the new opportunities brought by the express delivery industry to related industries.

On October 26, 2021, Weizhi Intelligent Manufacturing Technology Jiangsu Co., Ltd., which has only been established for 5 years, successfully landed on the Science and Technology Innovation Board of the Shanghai Stock Exchange.