by Ling Cao

JD data shows that delivery orders increased nearly 70% during May 1-5 holiday, nearly doubling the industry average. Orders in tier five and six markets increased nearly 80% and 100% respectively.

Chinese official data shows that the industry collected a total of 1.1 billion delivery parcels from May 1^st to 5^th, increasing 41.8% y-o-y, while the industry has sent over 1 billion parcels, as increase of 38.93% y-o-y.

JD data indicates that delivery orders in Beijing increased nearly 60% during this period. Orders in Chengdu and Xi’an increased both nearly 70% while Wuhan reached 80%.

JD has long provided superior delivery service for customers. Recently, JD opened up a fast parcel delivery service in over 140 cities. The service allows customers to send parcels to be received as fast as the same day within a city, and as fast as the next morning between different cities. JD will refund the delivery fee if it doesn’t meet the guaranteed delivery time.

 

(ling.cao@jd.com)