The State Post Bureau has the other day issued 18 licenses for express delivery enterprises for operating international express delivery business. Plus 9 approval licenses issued by the State Post Bureau for international express delivery business, 99 express business licenses issued by provincial ( city) postal administration for express delivery business within provinces(cities) previously, so currently the number of enterprises obtaining express delivery business license has amounted to 126. China’s express delivery industry has preliminary assumed orderly development trend.

In recent years, Chinese express market develops rapidly. At present, there are more than 2000 enterprises who have been recorded in the postal administrative departments for express business, with more than 5000 branches, more than 400000 employees, and more than 50 billion yuan of annual output value, over 20% of annual business growth rate, having made significant contributions to promoting economic and social development and facilitating people's production and life.

But objectively speaking, as express market develops rapidly, there are prominent problems such as low service quality, lack of access and many potential safety hazards. "Express is not fast", express service satisfaction rate is low, large gap compared to the international express delivery giants exists. The fundamental goal for implementation of the of the express delivery business licensing management system is to promote express enterprises in our country to transform the mode of development and realize sustainable development.

Express market, as all the markets, faces the intense competition of two markets at home and abroad. Several major express delivery giants have been far ahead in the overlay network, transport capacity and informatization construction. While the express industry in China started late, resources are scattered, some express enterprises still adopt the original factory-style delivery means, which is not only inefficient, but also has severe damage to the legitimate rights and interests of customers such as price cheating, low dumping and illegal article withholding and detaining, etc. The good and bad of postal express industry is quite uneven, that is obvious. Therefore, it is imperative to speed up the delivery resource integration, strategic restructuring, enhance the management level and service level and improve operation efficiency in express industry.

The implementation of express business license system has enhanced the express delivery service quality, improved the quality of personnel, and fostered professional technical talents. It has played a positive role in promoting standardization and normalization of employee skills and enterprise production, improving the scientific management level and the express delivery service quality, promoting scientific development of the industry directly related to users’ communication secret and legitimate rights and interests, involving national security and social stability.
With the implementation of express delivery business license system, a series of related express logistics planning policy before will boost the development of express delivery industry. State Post Bureau has carried out the plan on the implementation of the logistics industry restructuring and revitalization; State Post Bureau and Civil Aviation Administration of China jointly issued notice to enhance air mail transport work; development plan on key regions’ express services has been completed. In such environment, China’s post and express industry development should take a road with consideration of enterprise and industry, scale and benefit, immediate and long-term development. (xinhuanet.com)