China’s express delivery volume has topped the world for three consecutive years, contributing 40% to the global growth of the industry, Ma Junsheng, director general of the country’s State Post Bureau, said on World Post Day on Oct. 9.

　　国家邮政局局长马俊生在10月9日的世界新闻发布日上说，中国的快递量连续三年位居世界第一，为全球该领域的增长贡献了40%。

　　The business volume and revenue of China’s mail service have increased by a factor of 3.6 and 2.7, respectively, since the end of 2012, Ma noted.

　　马俊生指出，自2012年底以来，中国邮政服务的业务量和收入分别增长了3.6和2.7倍。

　　The number of China’s online shoppers now accounts for nearly 40% of the country’s population, according to statistics released by China’s E-Commerce Research Center.

　　据中国电子商务研究中心发布的数据显示，中国网络购物者的人数目前占中国总人口的近40%。

　　Thanks to the rapid development of e-commerce, China has maintained a 50% growth rate of the express delivery industry for five years in a row, handling 100 million parcels each day.

　　由于电子商务的快速发展，中国快递业连续5年保持50%的增长速度，每天处理1亿个包裹。

　　The surging logistics industry is also pushing express companies to achieve faster delivery.

　　飞速发展的物流业也推动快递公司实现更快的递送。

　　The director general of the bureau’s market supervision department pointed out that 84.62% of all parcels shipped less than 1,000 kilometers could be delivered within 48 hours.

　　该局市场监管局局长指出，在运送距离1,000公里以内的包裹中，有84.62%可以在48小时内送达。

　　Statistics by the bureau show that China handled 17.32 billion express parcels in the first half of 2017, a year-on-year increase of 30.7%. As a result, industry revenue also grew by 27.2% to 21.82 billion RMB ($3.31 billion).

　　统计局的数据显示，中国在2017年上半年处理了173.2亿份快递包裹，年同比增长30.7%。因此，行业收入也增长了27.2%，达到218.2亿元(33.1亿美元)。