快递业走向绿色智能的未来

 Special delivery is a black horse in the Chinese economy. No one had foreseen it would gallop¹ at such speed. Riding on the country's beneficial policy and the insatiable market demand created by online shopping, the sector²'s growth has been amazing.

Yang Jun, Deputy Director of the China Special Delivery Association, says the sector has come a long way since its debut³ at CIFTIS, China International Fair for Trade in Services.

"Over recent years, China's special delivery sector is growing at a speed three times that of the national GDP. From 2011 to 2015, we've registered an average annual growth rate of over 50%. In 2015, we've delivered 20 billion packages. Now our daily package handling capacity can reach 160 million. This year we are still maintaining a rapid growth momentum⁴, with business volume for the first quarter exceeding that of the whole year in 2012. That's a 56.4% growth over the same period last year."

快递业走向绿色智能的未来

According to Yang, over the past five years, there have been 145,000 special delivery centers set up across the country, creating more than 1 million jobs. At the support of special delivery service, China's online shopping transaction volume reached over 3 trillion yuan annually⁵.

But growth speed is not the sole aim of today's special delivery industry. Yang Jun explains.

"At the special delivery exhibition area, we'll try to show the visitors new directions of the special delivery industry, which is smarter, greener, and safer. We'll demonstrate to visitors the high tech's applications for special delivery, as well as our endeavors in making special delivery more energy efficient, environmentally friendly, and safer."

He reveals that China Special Delivery Association is going to sign a number of strategic cooperation agreements with international trade organizations, green auto⁶ makers⁷ and green packaging businesses to encourage energy saving and environmentally friendly practices in the industry.

During this year's fair, ShenTong Express is going to debut its mail sorting robot which is also able to interact with people and even hand out red envelops⁸.

But almost all major special delivery bosses are talking about expanding their business overseas.

Yuantong Express, a major player in the sector has outlined its international business expansion plan. Here's Qian Weihua, deputy director of media communications department of Yuantong.

"Yuantong is a strategic partner of the Alibaba group. So we say receiving your goods within 72 hours after placing your order is not just a dream. We have developed a cross border international payment system which supports online payment in various currencies just for this purpose. At this fair, we are going to sign cooperation deals with special delivery businesses from Turkey, India, Israel, and Poland. This year we'll see our businesses expand to 18 countries and regions. "

It seems there's nothing holding this black horse back in the Chinese economy. Still, we shall see which one of them runs the fastest.

For CRI, I'm Li Ningjing.

1 gallop   

v./n.(马或骑马等)飞奔；飞速发展

参考例句：

• They are coming at a gallop towards us.他们正朝着我们飞跑过来。
• The horse slowed to a walk after its long gallop.那匹马跑了一大阵后慢下来缓步而行。

2 sector   

n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形

参考例句：

• The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
• The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。

3 debut   

n.首次演出，初次露面

参考例句：

• That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
• The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。

4 momentum   

n.动力，冲力，势头；动量

参考例句：

• We exploit the energy and momentum conservation laws in this way.我们就是这样利用能量和动量守恒定律的。
• The law of momentum conservation could supplant Newton's third law.动量守恒定律可以取代牛顿第三定律。

5 annually   

adv.一年一次，每年

参考例句：

• Many migratory birds visit this lake annually.许多候鸟每年到这个湖上作短期逗留。
• They celebrate their wedding anniversary annually.他们每年庆祝一番结婚纪念日。

6 auto   

n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车

参考例句：

• Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
• The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。

7 makers   

n.制造者，制造商（maker的复数形式）

参考例句：

• The makers of the product assured us that there had been no sacrifice of quality. 这一产品的制造商向我们保证说他们没有牺牲质量。
• The makers are about to launch out a new product. 制造商们马上要生产一种新产品。 来自《简明英汉词典》

8 envelops   

v.包围，笼罩，包住( envelop的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• He glued many envelops yesterday. 他昨天用胶粘了许多信封。 来自辞典例句
• Ask your friends or mother and father to save used envelops for you. 让你的朋友或父母为你留下用过的信封。 来自英语晨读30分（高二）