Express more than 50% growth, there are many helpless behind the boom

January 21, in Beijing's Fuxing Gate near an office building, the roadside stopped full of the name of the various courier company Electric Tricycle, in front of these electric tricycles, stacked with a large number of parcels. Courier Xiao Li is busy in it.

"There are a lot of companies in this office, and the amount of hair and receipts is large every day." "Xiao Li told Huaxia Times" reporter, because the office regulations do not let courier delivery upstairs, as time passes each express company will invariably "occupy" this space.

In the 2014, the express industry became a "dark horse" for China's economy. Statistical data show that 2014 China's express business volume of 14 billion, an increase of 52%, leaped the world first. and the development of its blowout type "behind the Power" is the rise of the electricity quotient.

Majunsheng, director of the National Postal Service, said that in the context of the decline in the traditional postal mail volume in various countries, the rise of global E-commerce, the popularity of online shopping, the postal services to adapt to the changes in the market and consumption, speed up the transformation seems to be critical.

Grew more than 50%

This year, 23-Year-old Xiao Li engaged in courier work for more than 1 years, in his view, express the prospects of the industry, because "the old Lady has learned to online shopping."

In the current public opinion, the monthly salary has become a synonym for courier. But when the reporter asked Xiao Li's income, he waved his hand and said: "How possible, a monthly salary of million I would not think that the courier in Jiangsu and Zhejiang may get so much." "Xiao Li said that because of their own responsible for the region collection volume is relatively concentrated, the income relative to other colleagues are still higher, each month to get only 6000 yuan."

7 o'clock in the morning to the company, night back home has been midnight, masks, ear sets of armed, open electric three-wheeled on the streets of Beijing, this is Beijing, like Xiao Li's Courier daily life. But they may not know that the parcels they send out are of great significance for China's economy to boost domestic demand.

2014 China Express business volume of 14 billion, an increase of 52%, ranked first in the world. Most of the day, there are more than 100 million pieces of express delivery on the way. Behind this data is the rapid development of the electric business industry. Recently, the Ministry of Commerce announced the 2014 electric business turnover, reached 13 trillion yuan. This means that the average person's electricity consumption reached 10,000 yuan.

What little Li is not aware of is that their work has broken the original geographical limitations, has become a bridge between rural and urban distance. Last January, the state post office put forward "express to the countryside", the release of the vast rural areas of the consumption power, but also led to more productivity. In many rural areas, the characteristics of agricultural products also through the hands of courier into the city of thousands of households.

The rapid development of Internet technology and electronic commerce is changing the rural production, consumption and circulation mode. Statistics show that 2014, sent to the rural areas of more than 2 billion express shipments, driven about 200 billion yuan material "to the countryside", more through the "reverse logistics" to promote agricultural products into the city.

Mr. Xu, who lives in Miyun County, Beijing, told our correspondent that his home was planted with a large fruit grove in his fruit grove, which was not only a breeding ground for hundreds of chickens, but also a large number of green vegetables. Thanks to the express network spread to the countryside, he will grow their own fruits, vegetables and farmed chicken and eggs online sales, only half a year to deal 12,000 orders.

"Courier This horse" is the market endogenous, is the reform of the birth and nurture. It is the reform that has tapped the market potential, released market demand and promoted the development of the industry. "For the express industry why can make such a big achievement in a short time, Majunsheng gave such a solution."

Behind the boom

Prosperity behind there are many helpless, the year of the Sheep Spring Festival has nearly one months of time, express industry has already entered the "New Year". The annual spring Festival, for the express industry means a large-scale "labor shortage", and this year's "labor shortage" seems to come earlier than in previous years.

Reporter recently interviewed a number of express outlets to understand that more than express companies have faced the resignation of courier staff. In Fengtai District, a courier shop, staff told reporters, they recently have three courier resigned, "We have been in the courier shortage of the state, has been hiring." The clerk told the reporter.

and Daxing District a courier network in charge of the reporter revealed that every year there will be some outlets due to recruit people and delay delivery, so fined tens of thousands of, hundreds of thousands of. "The more backlog, the longer, the more fines." "he said.

Express Logistics Consulting Network chief consultant Xu said, the current domestic private courier annual average turnover rate reached 30%. But compared to the "labor shortage", there is a more headache problems leading to express companies wandering in the survival margin.

"In the domestic 20 well-known express brand or have a certain well-known express brand, nearly half of the express Enterprise headquarters has not realized profitability." "Xu pointed out that the electric business continues to use its own sourcing advantages to suppress express prices, the business model from the earning of goods to earn the difference between the price of express payment.

"2005 ago, the Express company's profit margin is about 35%, but now the majority of express companies to reduce the profit margin below 5%, there are a large number of enterprises in the profit and loss line hovering." Now the express industry is in full competition for the supremacy of the stage. Bolong consultant Zhu Xiang said.

"A vote of one or two yuan profit is long past, now a ticket only a few cents profit." "Yuantong Express Central District Deputy Wang Zeyi also have many worries, he said that because of the industry's disorderly competition over the years, has been playing a price war, especially the explosion of business, express companies, although the volume of business is increasing year by hour, but the same labor, warehousing, vehicles and other costs are also increasing, resulting in less profits.

Many companies are trying to change the plight of low profits. Last year, some express regional franchisee will be placed in the express advertising, and to earn a certain amount of advertising costs.

In addition, some large express companies have entered the higher profits of the sea Amoy market. 2013 Private Express faucet Shun Fung First Test water sea Amoy business, on-line Feng Yun. By the year 2014, Shentong, rhyme and other companies have started to dabble in overseas businesses, or set up platforms or direct overseas companies.