As the "Double 11" (November 11) shopping festival is approaching, Yang Chuantang, Secretary of the Leading Party Members’ Group of the Ministry of Transport, and Li Xiaopeng, Minister of Transport, inspect the preparation of the postal services in Beijing and Sichuan for the peak season on November 7. They came to Baiwanzhuang branch office of Beijing Postal Branch and Shaocheng Road Post Office in Chengdu respectively, to see how well the postal enterprises have done in implementing the green initiative and in preparing for the delivery service of "Double 11" shopping festival, and to extend their sincere solicitude to the frontline postal staff as well.

During the inspection,  stressing that “Double 11” is a major test for the postal express industry and a concentrated display of the industry image, Yang Chuantang and Li Xiaopeng called for in-depth study of the important instruction of General Secretary Xi Jinping on the postal express industry, shouldering responsibility and taking proactive actions to ensure the safe and smooth operation of the delivery channels in the peak season, and earnestly performing duties to serve the development of the national economy, to meet people's ever-increasing needs for a better life, and to push forward the high-quality development of the postal express industry.

On the afternoon of Nov 7, accompanied by Yang Bin, Vice Mayor of Beijing, and Ma Junsheng, Director General of the State Post Bureau, Yang Chuantang came to Baiwanzhuang branch office to investigate the green packaging and green recycling implemented by postal enterprises. He listened to the report of Li Pizheng, Deputy Secretary of the Leading Party Members’ Group of China Post Group, on China Post's Green Initiative, and gave full recognition to it.

Yang Chuantang is inspecting the tape-free packing box.

In Baiwanzhuang branch office, Yang Chuantang and his entourage first watched the promo video on China Post’s Green Initiative. In 2018, China Post took the lead in launching the go-green campaign, making systematic arrangements for the projects of green packaging, green transportation and green finance, and issued a three-year plan for the green initiative, going all out to deepen going green, striving to address pollution in packaging and transportation and supporting pollution prevention and control in the whole society. According to Li Pizheng, China Post has established a green packaging innovation laboratory and strengthened the innovation and research in green packaging technology. Yang Chuantang recognized the efforts of China Post in this aspect.

At the counter of Baiwanzhuang branch office, Yang Chuantang carefully examined the specifications and quality of the tape-free packing box, and asked about the details of how to use the tape-free box and the application of other green packing boxes and narrow tapes. He also learned about China Post’s recycling program in front of the recycling bins of packaging waste and electronic waste. In the proxy financial service area, Yang Chuantang also asked about the development of green finance.

Yang Chuantang learns about the recycling of electronic waste.

At the subsequent video conference held by the State Post Bureau, Yang Chuantang listened to their report on the preparation for the “Double 11” peak season. Firstly, he demanded, the postal express industry should shoulder its missions and responsibilities, striving to push ahead with the high-quality development of the industry. It should give full play to the unique advantages of the industry in driving logistics transformation and promoting consumption upgrading, pushing forward innovative, secure and green development. Secondly, postal express industry should make all-out efforts to ensure the smooth operation during “Double 11" peak season. All the related companies should improve their work plans, prepare in advance, maximize their resources, strive to achieve a balance of the supply chain, and effectively improve the processing capacity in the transit links and the delivery capacity of the last mile. Thirdly, the express delivery industry should accelerate its steps in green development. Reduced, green and recyclable packaging should be promoted in the whole process of packing and delivery of the ecommerce products. Green transportation should be extended, and supervision on green development should be enhanced. Fourthly, the postal express industry should focus on preventing and mitigating delivery security risks. Safety is always the top priority for delivery service. Therefore, the responsibilities of the express companies, industrial supervision and localized administration must be further strengthened. Safety management systems must be put into effect, and risk prevention and control measures must be refined and implemented. The postal express industry should give full play to the role of joint security supervision mechanism, push forward inter-departmental information exchange and sharing, and guarantee the safety and smooth of the delivery channels.

Li Xiaopeng inspects Shaocheng Road Post Office in Chengdu.

On the afternoon of Nov 7, accompanied by Yang Hongbo, Vice Governor of Sichuan Province, and Dai Dongchang, Vice Minister of Transport, Li Xiaopeng came to the post office of Shaocheng Road in Chengdu City to inspect the last-100-meter delivery and learn more about the preparation of the postal services for the “Double 11” peak season. He also expressed his solicitude and appreciation to the postal staff working hard in various positions, and commended the postal enterprises for their adherence to the service principle “China Post, of the People, for the People” in providing universal postal service.

Li Xiaopeng extends solicitude to the postal staff.