At present, the express industry is a sunrise industry. However, even after rapid development in recent two years, volume of China’s express business only accounts for less than 0.3% of GDP, a large gap compared with the developed countries. Every year our country’s express business volume is about 20 billion, a huge space for development. Express industry is rapidly developing, and the requirement of talents had also been rising.

The prospect attracts investment

Statistics show, express enterprises registered in the business sector have reached more than 2000, with branches up to more than 5000. In addition, many logistics and transport enterprises are also involved in the express delivery business. "Added up, it is estimated that there will be more than 10000 qualified express companies. If the unregistered workshops are counted, that number may reach tens of thousands." Mr. Fan, senior consultant said, although the growth rate of domestic express industry is amazing, hot network economy is ceaselessly inducing new private express delivery enterprises to establish. There are also problems of insufficient capacity of industrial development existing.

At present, internal price competition in the express industry is intense with each passing day. "Single charge within the city rises from 5 yuan to 8 yuan. Although seemingly more expensive, cost rises even crazier. Our couriers’ income can only rely on receiving more orders to increase." Mr. Ye, a courier of a private enterprise said.

Express industry is facing many embarrassing problems behind the tense price competition. After the price war, the express industry may usher in competition in technology and quality, including efficiency, safety, characteristics and so on, even corporate culture. Customers may accept the concept of corporate culture and make the choice of its service.

Practitioners Miss Hu said, at present many investors of home and abroad are optimistic about the prospects for the development of China's express delivery industry, and have injected a large amount of capital.

Laws and regulations raise the threshold

Mentioning China’s express industry development prospect in the future, the implementation of the new "law of post" and" express delivery business license management approach" is a threshold that can’t be missed. According to statistics, at present, China postal enterprise employees are about more than 700000. Coupled with the private and foreign express delivery companies, China is expected to have millions of employees in express industry. With the new" law of post" and express enterprises actively seeking admission, and the increase of hardware construction investment momentum accelerating, growth in business volume will usher in a new round of industry reshuffle, the industry will enter a correction phase.

In the new "law of post" implemented, express delivery business rules are added and the postal service, charge, damages and penalties are specified, which attracted approving of many larger enterprises. Mr. Chen, executive of a famous express group said," clear provisions in the new postal law of express industry are good for the healthy development of the industry. In his view, low industry threshold resulted in the situation of good and evil mixed up. The law can not only regulate the industry, raise the threshold, and is also a protective measure for the customers.

The overall talent needs

Although express industry has a low threshold, this does not mean that the requirements of staff quality are reduced. Senior industry professionals think, express delivery industry is actually a special industry stressing credit. But at present, the lack of qualified talents restricts the healthy development of the industry and makes it an industry with more customer complaints.

Mr. Xie, management personnel of an express enterprise believes that, at present, "standardization" is the common goal of pursuit of the express industry". In the absence of established standards, it depends on conscience, which is definitely not a good way for enterprise management." Mr. Xie says, in the next stage, the competition will be scientific, systematic and occupational. It also strengthens the express enterprise's demand for qualified personnel, whether for first-line gathering, delivery, or midlevel marketing management, or senior management. Talents are urgently needed in the whole organization structure of express delivery industry. Demands of relevant professional talents from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications and Zhejiang Post and Telecommunication Technology Career College and so on exceed supply in recent years.

Talents with regional management experiences are especially popular. In addition, overall setting of management system including quality management, project engineering, route optimization, customer service, efficiency comparison, network bus, regional management and standardized operation also make the relevant talents favored in the industry. (Big river net)