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Express deliveries pick up last year

Express delivery sector in China grew steadily in 2015 despite a slowing economy, data showed on Monday. In 2015, businesses made 20.65 billion deliveries, 48 percent up from 2014, according to the State Post Bureau. The total revenue of the courier market hit 276 billion yuan ($42.44 billion) in 2015, up 35 percent year-on-year. Over the past five years, the amount of express packages and the business revenue have increased 7.8 times and 3.8 times, respectively.