China’s express delivery sector handled 50.5 billion parcels in 2018, up 25.8 percent year-on-year, data from the State Post Bureau (SPB) showed.

　　国家邮政局的数据显示，2018年，中国快递行业共处理了505亿件包裹，同比增长25.8%。

　　Gross business revenue of the sector increased 21.2 percent year-on-year to hit 601 billion yuan (about 88 billion U.S. dollars) in 2018, according to the SPB.

　　据国家邮政局统计，2018年，该行业的总收入同比增长21.2%，达到人民币6010亿元(约合880亿美元)。

　　The express delivery sector supported annual e-commerce sales of nearly 6.9 trillion yuan and cross-border e-commerce businesses of over 350 billion yuan while creating more than 200,000 new jobs in 2018.

　　快递行业所支撑的电子商务年销售额近6.9万亿元，跨境电商业务3500亿元以上，2018年新增就业20万人以上。

　　"There are about 100 billion parcel deliveries worldwide each year. China accounts for half of them," said Ma Junsheng, head of the SPB.

　　国家邮政局负责人马军胜说:“全世界每年约有1000亿个包裹，其中中国就占了一半”。

　　In rural areas, 92.4 percent of towns have been covered by express services, said Ma.

　　马军胜说：“在农村地区，城镇快递服务覆盖率达92.4%。”

　　A total of 12 billion parcels were delivered in rural areas last year, supporting a total value of more than 700 billion yuan of goods transactions between urban and rural areas.

　　去年，在农村地区共运送了120亿个包裹，支撑了7000亿元以上的城乡货物交易。