To make up for the loss of family gatherings, holiday parties and get-togethers, many Chinese have chosen to send “gift parcels”
- Chinese authorities had advised people to stay put to stem the spread of COVID-19
- Chinese express delivery business up 223 percent year on year
- China’s express delivery firms had dispatched 10 billion parcels domestically in just 38 days this year
Delivery companies in China reported an enormous spike in business during the Spring Festival as millions of Chinese have stayed put for the annual holiday.
On Thursday and Friday, the first two days of the week-long Spring Festival holiday, Chinese express delivery firms handled some 130 million parcels, up 223 percent year on year, showed data from the…