State Post Bureau: from January to April, the postal industry's total business revenue reached 6018.5 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.8%.

According to data from the State Post Bureau, from January to April, the postal industry's business revenue (excluding direct business revenue of postal savings banks) totaled 601.85 billion yuan, an increase of 5.8% year-on-year. Among them, the revenue of express delivery services totaled 497.93 billion yuan, an increase of 6.6% year-on-year. From January to April, the postal industry handled a total of 70.16 billion items, an increase of 4.1% year-on-year. Among them, the volume of express delivery services totaled 64.57 billion items, an increase of 5.1% year-on-year. In April, the postal industry's business revenue reached 152.58 billion yuan, an increase of 5.4% year-on-year. Among them, the revenue of express delivery services reached 128.91 billion yuan, an increase of 6.3% year-on-year. In April, the postal industry handled 18.26 billion items, an increase of 2.9% year-on-year. Among them, the volume of express delivery services reached 16.84 billion items, an increase of 3.2% year-on-year. In terms of business types, from January to April, the volume of same-city express delivery services totaled 4.51 billion items, a decrease of 9.1% year-on-year; the volume of intercity express delivery services totaled 58.68 billion items, an increase of 6.4% year-on-year; and the volume of international/cross-border express delivery services totaled 1.38 billion items, an increase of 2.6% year-on-year. From January to April, the proportions of same-city, intercity, and international/cross-border express delivery services to the total volume were 7.0%, 90.9%, and 2.1% respectively. Compared with the same period last year, the proportion of same-city express delivery services decreased by 1.1 percentage points, the proportion of intercity express delivery services increased by 1.2 percentage points, and the proportion of international/cross-border services decreased by 0.1 percentage points. From January to April, the proportions of express delivery revenue in the eastern, central, and western regions were 73.0%, 16.0%, and 11.0% respectively, while the proportions of express delivery volume were 68.0%, 21.2%, and 10.8% respectively. Compared with the same period last year, the proportion of revenue in the eastern region decreased by 1.0 percentage point, and the proportion of volume decreased by 3.4 percentage points; the proportion of revenue in the central region increased by 0.5 percentage points, and the proportion of volume increased by 1.8 percentage points; the proportion of revenue in the western region increased by 0.5 percentage points, and the proportion of volume increased by 1.6 percentage points. From January to April, the brand concentration index CR8 for express delivery revenue was 87.1, a decrease of 0.3 from January to March; while the brand concentration index CR8 for express delivery volume was 96.1, an increase of 0.1 from January to March. This article is compiled from the "State Post Bureau" public account. Editor: Li Fo.