Zhang Xin (L), head of a local Cainiao Network Station, transfers parcels in Taiyuan, north China's Shanxi Province, Jan. 15, 2019.
Three major Chinese express delivery companies posted steady revenue growth last year on the back of booming e-commerce in the world's most populous country. SF Holding Wednesday announced that its revenues rose 27.6 percent year-on-year to 90.9 billion yuan (13.6 billion U.S. dollars) in 2018 thanks to fast growth in traditional and new businesses better catered to meet customer demands.
Liao Hongxia, a delivery woman, carries packages in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, Aug. 6, 2018.
Smaller rivals STO Express and Yunda Holding saw revenues up 34.4 percent and 38.5 percent to 17 billion yuan and 13.8 billion yuan, respectively, according to their preliminary financial results for 2018 filed to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.
Staff members work at the distribution center of an express company in Yinchuan, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Nov. 12, 2018.
The steady rise came amid a stable growth in e-commerce, the major source of business for the express delivery industry, said Chen Zhaolin, an analyst with Southwest Securities. The industry is expected to handle 20 percent more parcels in each of the next two years, Chen said. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi)
Medical staff members help a person injured in a mining accident that killed 22 people in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region, Feb 23, 2019. [Photo by Li Yixin/chinadaily.com.cn]
Students line up by the classroom door as the new term begins at the Yingpanshan Primary School in Southwest China's Chongqing, Feb 25, 2019. [Photo/VCG]
Workers dry oilcloth umbrellas of different sizes, with their covers being brushed with tung oil at the Guoming Oilcloth Umbrella Factory in Jing county, Anhui province, Feb 27, 2019. The oilcloth umbrella in Jing county boasts a history of around 1,000 years. [Photo/Xinhua]
Job-seekers cram into a spring job fair which offers over 15,000 openings in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province, Feb 26, 2019. [Photo by Long Wei/chinadaily.com.cn]
Two women wearing bright-colored traditional Chaoxian dresses take picture with the ice chunks scattered on the river bank of the Songhua River in Harbin, Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, Feb 26, 2019. [Photo by Zhang Qingyun/chinadaily.com.cn]
People enjoy beautiful scenery of rapeseed flowers in Congjiang county, Southwest China's Guizhou province, on Feb 27, 2019. [Photo/People's Daily Online]
Visitors try to capture the beauty of peach blossoms through lens at Wushan scenic spot in Fuzhou, capital city of East China's Fujian province, on Feb 22. [Photo/Xinhua]
Clusters of plum blossoms in colors of red and pink form a beautiful scene in Huai'an city, East China's Jiangsu province, on Feb 27, 2019. [Photo/VCG]
A teacher shows students how to assemble a model in Hanjiawa Middle School of Gaocheng District, Shijiazhuang City, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 28, 2019.
Students practice calligraphy in Hanjiawa Middle School of Gaocheng District, Shijiazhuang City, north China's Hebei Province, Feb. 28, 2019.
A series of activities including dancing, model-assembling and calligraphy have enriched children's extra-curricular life and guaranteed their all-round development. (Xinhua/Zhang Xiaofeng)
Students learn to extinguish fire during an emergency exercise at a primary school of Lijiaxiang Township in Huzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province, Feb. 28, 2019
Students evacuate from a school bus during an emergency exercise at a primary school of Lijiaxiang Township in Huzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province, Feb. 28, 2019.
Students evacuate during an emergency exercise at a primary school of Lijiaxiang Township in Huzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province, Feb. 28, 2019.
Activities including first aid training and school bus evacuation drill were held to mark the World Civil Defense Day which falls on March 1. (Xinhua/Xu Yu)
A volunteer introduces ear care knowledge to students at Daiying Primary School in Yingzhou District, Fuyang, east China's Anhui Province.on Feb. 28, 2019. China's national Ear Care Day falls on March 3. (Xinhua/Wang Biao)
A nurse introduces the ear structure to students at Zhongyun Central Primary School in Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province, east China's Jiangsu Province, March 1, 2019. China's national Ear Care Day falls on March 3. (Xinhua/Geng Yuhe)
A doctor introduces ear care knowledge to children at a kindergarten in Donghai County in Lianyungang, east China's Jiangsu Province, March 1, 2019. China's national Ear Care Day falls on March 3. (Xinhua/Zhang Kaihu)
A teacher introduces ear care knowledge to students at a primary school in Shijiazhuang, north China's Hebei Province, March 1, 2019. China's national Ear Care Day falls on March 3. (Xinhua/Liang Zidong)
Passengers walk to board a train at Liuzhi Railway Station in Liuzhi, southwest China's Guizhou Province, March 1, 2019. China's 40-day Spring Festival travel rush concluded on Friday. (Xinhua/Tao Liang)
Attendants pose for a group photo at the platform at Nanchang Railway Station in Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province, March 1, 2019. (Xinhua/Bao Gansheng)
Aerial photo taken on Feb. 27, 2019 shows Zhao Kuifa riding a motorbike to treat patients in Liubu Township of Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong Province. Sixty-year-old Zhao Kuifa has been working as a rural doctor for over 40 years at Huangchao Village.
Zhao Kuifa (R) prepares to ride a motorbike to treat patients in front of a rural clinic at Huangchao Village of Liubu Township in Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 27, 2019.
Zhao needs to ride about 60 kilometers to treat rural residents every day, as medical services Zhao provided for patients are widely recognized by rural residents from Huangchao and adjacent villages.
Zhao Kuifa (L) treats a patient at a rural clinic at Huangchao Village of Liubu Township in Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 27, 2019.
Liubu Township where Zhao works benefits from basic medicine subsidies as China has introduced multiple policies to improve community-level healthcare services in recent years. Zhao hopes more young practitioners work in rural areas to provide quality and efficient healthcare services for rural residents. (all photos...Xinhua/Wang Kai)
