Express delivery firms veanture overseas

Along with rapid growth in e-commerce, the country's express delivery companies are expanding onto the turf of their international counterparts in cross-border services. What comes first is the battle for international talents.

Shanghai YTO Express (Logistics) Co Ltd, a major delivery service provider in China, confirmed in January the company had hired Zhong Zhanrong, former Asia-Pacific trans-shipment director of United Parcel Service of North America Inc, the international shipping giant, as the company's vice-president.

Zhong is expected to help expand YTO's businesses in Southeast Asia, according to the National Business Daily.