5.772 billion deliveries in 12 months, an average of 481 million deliveries a month.

On a 30-day basis, there are 16.03 million items per day, 670,000 items per hour, 11,200 items per minute, and 187 items per second.

This is the conversion result based on the annual express delivery data of Shandong 2022. It can be said that last year, in every blink of your eyes, there are hundreds of express delivery channels in Shandong, scurrying into the streets and headed for home, supporting the province's annual 45.183 billion yuan of express business income.

What does express mean to us? China's annual express delivery volume has grown by 18 times in the past decade, ranking first in the world for nine years in a row, with the highest daily processing capacity exceeding 700 million, according to the recently held 2023 National Conference on Postal Administration.

In 2022, the volume of express delivery services in China reached 110.58 billion, with each Chinese sending more than six express deliveries per month based on the country's population of 1.412 billion.

It is no exaggeration to say that express delivery has become a "necessity" in people's life. So far, the performance of express delivery business in 2022 has been released in all provinces and cities. Below, we will try to look at China from the perspective of these delivery data. The express industry is known as a "dark horse" in China's economic development, and its revenue scale in China's GDP has been on the rise. During the decade, China's express delivery revenue jumped from 144.17 billion yuan to 1,056.67 billion yuan, with an average annual growth rate of 21 percent. What is more commendable is that in the past three years, the express delivery industry has bucked the pressure of COVID-19 and grown, with the share of business revenue in GDP always over 0.1 percentage points higher than in 2019.

Since 2013, China's postal express business volume has expanded by more than 12 times, and officially entered the "100 billion items era" in 2021. Today, China has built the world's largest postal and express service network covering the whole country, reaching into rural areas and reaching the rest of the world, making it the most dynamic delivery market in the world.

In 2022, the volume of express delivery in Shandong ranked fourth in China, with 5.772 billion deliveries. As can be seen from the national regional heat map, the express business volume generally presents a decreasing trend from the eastern and southern coastal areas to the inland provinces. Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Shandong are the leaders in the east, while Henan, Anhui, Hubei and Sichuan are the growth highlights in the central region. In addition, the volume of express delivery in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has opened a significant gap with the surrounding areas, showing a rising trend.

In 2022, Shandong's express revenue ranked fifth in China, with 45.183 billion yuan in total. Nationwide, the revenue of express delivery services in Guangdong, Shanghai and Zhejiang exceeded 100 billion yuan, reaching 251.03 billion yuan, 184.543 billion yuan and 120.494 billion yuan respectively. As a whole, the regional distribution features are stronger in southeast coastal areas and weaker in central and western areas.

On the whole, Shandong is worthy of the "big province of Express delivery in Northern China", ranking the first among the northern provinces in terms of express delivery business volume and revenue. In addition, the growth rate of express delivery business in Shandong Province in 2022 is the highest among large eastern provinces, showing strong vitality and potential.

Focusing on Shandong, from 2018 to 2022, both the volume of express delivery service and the revenue of express delivery business maintained a rising trend. Especially in 2020, the volume of express delivery in Shandong Province increased by 43.73% to 4.152 billion, up by 11.65 percentage points compared with the previous year; The revenue of express delivery business reached 36.959 billion yuan, with a growth rate of 28.17%, also the largest in the past five years. In 2022, under the impact of the epidemic, the province's express delivery volume increased by 3.1 percent year on year, 1 percentage point higher than the country.

The emerging express industry is developing in tandem with other industries, and this new trend has become more obvious in recent years.

In terms of serving modern agriculture, more and more high-quality agricultural products are going out of rural areas and into thousands of households through express delivery channels. According to the data released by the State Post Bureau, in 2022, the number of modern agricultural gold medal express service projects in China increased to 117, generating 2.41 billion items of business, driving the total agricultural output value to exceed 200 billion yuan for the first time, up 36.8% year on year, and effectively boosting farmers' income and agricultural efficiency.

A total of 20 projects in Shandong were selected, accounting for 1/6 of the total, ranking first in China. These projects include Laling Seasoning, Rizhao Seafood, Jinxiang Garlic, Zaozhuang multi-grain, Binzhou winter jujube, Yimeng Peach, Yantai Apple, etc., which will drive the province's agricultural product sales over 40 billion yuan in 2022.

In terms of service manufacturing, the express delivery industry is also doing well. According to data from Shandong Postal Administration, the area of "delivery to factories" has been expanding in Shandong, with the express delivery industry serving manufacturing industry reaching 461 million items in 2022.

In addition, based on its geographical advantages, Shandong focuses on expanding new channels of "going to sea" for Japan, South Korea, Europe and the United States, and makes new breakthroughs in cross-border express delivery.

To deeply integrate and serve economic development, express delivery infrastructure should take the lead. Today, Shandong is consolidating express delivery to villages and building a rural delivery logistics system. It has built 95 county-level express delivery parks (excluding central urban areas) and 838 distribution centers in towns and townships, with a completion rate of 94.1% and 74.6% respectively.

We can not help but wonder, from the perspective of "express" observation Shandong 16 cities is what kind of picture? Stay tuned for the next "Data Talk" - "Shandong in the eyes of" Express ", Which city is rising quietly?" .