China will encourage delivery firms to use information technology such as mobile Internet, big data and cloud computing to upgrade services and enhance efficiency. That's according to the country's top decision maker, the State council.
The cabinet said despite a slowing economy, express delivery services have grown steadily as online shopping gained popularity in China. The amount of express delivery packages increased 8.2 times over the past six years. In the first half of 2015, express deliveries jumped more than 43 percent year on year. China aims to nearly quadruple revenues of its express delivery market by 2020, in a move to boost consumption and services as the economy slowed on softening trade and investment. Meanwhile, new plans are being worked on to try to bolster e-commerce activity in China's vast rural areas. The new plans include major upgrades to the internet itself, as well as the creation of new infrastructure projects to promote the development of logistics in more parts of rural China.