China's courier sector posts steady growth

People process express delivery of matsutake in Yajiang County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Aug. 14, 2018. To support farmers to develop matsutake farming and increase villagers' incomes, local government has introduced logistics enterprises in the past two years. So far, more than 2,000 tonnes of matsutake have been sold via express delivery. China's courier sector posted steady growth in the first nine months this year, according to an information given by the State Post Bureau. The sector raked in 424.63 billion yuan (about 61 billion U.S. dollars) of revenue from January to September, up 24 percent year on year, with parcels delivered amounting to 34.74 billion. (Xinhua/Jiang Hongjing)