China’s e-commerce logistics sector reports strong expansion

A woman arranges parcels at a workshop in Guizhou province on Jan 1, 2023. (PHOTO / IC)

BEIJING – China's e-commerce logistics activities further boomed in February as enterprises and businesses accelerated recovery, industry data shows.

The index tracking e-commerce logistics activities reached 107.2 points in the period, up 2.6 points from the previous month, higher than the 1.8-point growth in January, according to a survey jointly conducted by the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing and e-commerce giant JD.com.

All the nine major sub-indices measuring e-commerce logistics activities in different fields recorded growth last month, with those for business volume and rural business up 2.6 points and 1.8 points, respectively, from January.

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The survey predicts that the index will continue to rise in March, stressing the strong potential for the growth of demand in the future.