State Post Bureau: In August, the postal industry's business revenue reached 142.99 billion yuan, a year-on-year growth of 4.4%.

The State Post Bureau announced the operation of the postal industry in August 2025. In August, the business revenue of the postal industry (excluding the direct operating income of postal savings banks) reached 142.99 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.4%. Among them, the revenue of the express delivery business reached 118.96 billion yuan, an increase of 4.2% year-on-year. In August, the postal industry handled a total of 1.762 billion items of mail, an increase of 10.5% year-on-year. Among them, the volume of express delivery services reached 1.615 billion items, an increase of 12.3% year-on-year. From January to August, the total business revenue of the postal industry reached 1.16106 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.8%. Among them, the revenue of the express delivery business reached 958.37 billion yuan, an increase of 9.2% year-on-year. From January to August, the total volume of mail handled by the postal industry reached 139.92 billion items, an increase of 15.5% year-on-year. Among them, the volume of express delivery services reached 1.282 billion items, an increase of 17.8% year-on-year. From January to August, the volume of express delivery services in the same city reached 10.58 billion items, an increase of 5.6% year-on-year; the volume of express delivery services in different regions reached 114.92 billion items, an increase of 19.1% year-on-year; the volume of international/Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan express delivery services reached 2.7 billion items, an increase of 16.2% year-on-year. From January to August, the proportions of express delivery volume in the same city, different regions, and international/Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan to the total express delivery volume were 8.3%, 89.6%, and 2.1%, respectively. Compared with the same period last year, the proportion of express delivery volume in the same city decreased by 0.9 percentage points, the proportion of express delivery volume in different regions increased by 0.9 percentage points, and the proportion of international/Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan volume remained relatively stable. From January to August, the revenue proportions of express delivery services in the eastern, central, and western regions were 74.0%, 15.5%, and 10.5% respectively, and the volume proportions were 71.4%, 19.4%, and 9.2% respectively. Compared with the same period last year, the revenue proportion of express delivery services in the eastern region decreased by 0.8 percentage points, and the volume proportion decreased by 1.4 percentage points; the revenue proportion of express delivery services in the central region increased by 0.5 percentage points, and the volume proportion increased by 0.9 percentage points; the revenue proportion of express delivery services in the western region increased by 0.3 percentage points, and the volume proportion increased by 0.5 percentage points. From January to August, the concentration index of the top 8 express and parcel service brands (CR8) was 86.9, which was basically stable compared to the period from January to July. This article is selected from the "State Post Bureau", edited by GMTEight: Li Fo.