This Day, That Year

Editor's note: This year marks the 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening-up policy.

An item from Dec 6, 1986, in China Daily highlighted an express mail service being established in 45 cities in China and 34 countries. The service could deliver a letter from China to a recipient in the United States within three days.

Backed by an e-commerce boom, the country's global courier networks have been growing rapidly to take on rivals.