Tag: China

Australia Post, China Post jv plans expansion in China’s key centers

Posted by | Oct 12, 2005 | |

Australia Post said its recently formed international logistics joint venture with China Post is planning to open more distribution hubs in China’s key commercial and manufacturing centers after establishing the first hub in Shanghai in July. It said the joint venture company, Sai Cheng Logistics, will link the hubs to similar facilities in Australia. In its annual report, the Australian government-owned postal services and logistics company said the joint venture was formed in response to the increasing demand among Australian businesses for logistics and supply chain support in China.

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Guaranteed expedited delivery from US to Pacific Rim now open to businesses

Posted by | Oct 11, 2005 | |

Business mailers can now benefit by using a date-certain, guaranteed delivery service to the Pacific Rim utilizing the cooperative efforts of the US Postal Service and five other world posts. Global Express Mail service with guarantee, which became available to non commercial mailers on July 25, 2005, was launched in an historic agreement among postal administrations for Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, the United States, and the Republic of South Korea. The introduction of this guarantee feature was an enhancement to the existing Global Express Mail service and was available, until now, to non commercial mailers only. “Global Express Mail with guarantee is an ideal solution for business mailers,” said Jim Wade, vice president of international business for the U.S. Postal Service. “It can help these commercial shippers conduct transactions in the Pacific Rim, an arena which continues to experience unprecedented growth in international trade,” he added.

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DHL-Sinotrans’ USD200mn expansion plan in China goes smoothly

Posted by | Oct 11, 2005 | |

The USD 200 million expansion plan of DHL-Sinotrans, a local joint venture of express and logistics company DHL, makes great headway, according to the news released by the company. DHL-Sinotrans has enhanced the facilities and capacities of its service centers in Qingdao, Shanghai, Suzhou, Hefei and Xiamen in the first half of this year. Prior to that, the company had built and upgraded its service facilities in 9 cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.

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Overseas firms target U.S. market

Posted by | Oct 10, 2005 | |

As many U.S. companies expand their marketing presence in China, other global companies are targeting the U.S. with new marketing efforts.

Two notable companies that are pumping up their marketing in the U.S. are DHL International, a German-based shipping company owned by Deutsche Post World Net, and BT, a London-based telecommunications company.

DHL and BT last month launched new ad campaigns in the U.S., and their strategies demonstrate the ways in which global marketers approach the unique challenges of reaching fragmented U.S. audiences.

“As companies come to the U.S., the major challenge is about brand management,” said Bill Engler, senior VP-strategy at brand consultancy BrandLogic. “It really gets down to consistency and flexibility, and creating a brand guidance system that allows for both.”

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China’s postal service reform plan arouses concern of private sector

Posted by | Oct 8, 2005 | |

A reform plan for the country’s postal service has been approved by the State Council, but the unclear definition of universal service and competitive service has aroused the concern from the private sector. According to the plan, the General Post Administration will serve as a regulatory organization and a new company, the China Postal Service Group, will be set up to take over the operational functions from the original postal service administration and hold the controlling shares of postal savings banks. But the reform plan has not touched such issues as how to divide the universal service and competitive service, how to divide the services by postal service group and EMS service by private sectors. The plan has put foreign enterprises and non-governmental enterprises on jitters.

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