Physical Distribution Intranet

To meet the needs of business expansion and building modern postal routes, the development of physical distribution network has been accelerated and new technologies applied to trunk routes. By the end of 2003, China Post has had 21,000 postal routes nationwide, of which 1010 are for planes, 168 for trains and 14,000 for vehicles.

In 2003, major headway was made in the informatization and standardization of postal routes, and the management over route operation was strengthened and route operational system optimized, which served as a strong basis for the development of postal industry. The simulate tests on the mail production system and mail transportation dispatching system of mail centers were completed, and these two systems have started on-line operation in 39 mail centers. The mail center system was further improved, and the organizational structure and operational mode of postal routes with C1 and C2 mail centers as the distribution hubs of regular mail was developed.

65 large postal hubs with modern processing and conveying machines were built up in a way to meet the requirements of “three-shape” classification of mails and delivery of mail containers. The area of the production site of mail centers nationwide doubled, and state-of-the-art technologies were adopted. Currently the network is equipped with 120 sets of parcel sorting machines, 115 sets of letter sorting machines and 119 sets of letter sorting and facing machines.

In 2003, the Department of Postal Routes Operation readjusted 29 express truck routes including the one between Beijing and Baoding, opened 5 class-one road routes including the one between Guangzhou and Nanning and 6 special railway routes for parcels such as the one between Beijing and Chengdu. To support the Next Morning Delivery service in the Yangtze River Delta initiated by the State Post Bureau, the timetable and delivery schedule of 17 truck postal routes were readjusted. The timetable and mail delivery schedule of 3 truck postal routes including the one between Shanghai and Hangzhou were also readjusted to coordinate with the opening of the Shanghai to Osaka international air route which has extended the postal routes of China Post abroad. The launch of 32 special logistics routes, such as the ones from Guangzhou to Beijing, Shenyang, Wuhan and Xi’an, formed the North, South and East distribution networks of China Post Logistics which cover 21 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities), and the special post logistics platform was established. Throughout the year the network handled 22 integrated logistics projects for Avon, Lenovo and Capitel etc.