Tag: China

Chinese law delivers shipping controversy

Posted by | Apr 4, 2002 | |

Private express shipping companies, including U.S.-based giants FedEx, UPS and DHL, are facing a May 6 deadline to turn over the bulk of their business in China to the government-run postal service.
Under the order, private services may not deliver any letters or packages under 1.1 pounds, may not charge prices below those of China Post and may not deliver to private homes or major government offices. The restrictions would apply to shipments within China and those to or from other countries.
Li Limou, a spokesman for a trade group representing the delivery companies, says the rules would wipe out 60% of the business private express shippers do in China.

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UPS opens new intra-Asia hub

Posted by | Apr 3, 2002 | |

United Parcel Service today opened its intra-Asia air hub in the Philippines, allowing the acceleration of delivery times for goods moving within and out of Asia.
The new hub provides a central sorting point within four hours from all major Asian cities.

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Asian post liberalisation will be different from that in Europe

Posted by | Apr 1, 2002 | |

In the next presentation in the postal session, Perry Chao, senior vice president of UPS’s Asia Pacific region, highlighted the way the internet had ‘forever changed the competitive landscape’ for express operators, for example by enabling customers to research different suppliers and choose between them.

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Chinese Post service uses circular in bid to beat off competition

Posted by | Mar 29, 2002 | |

China’s State Postal Bureau, under rising pressure in the marketplace, is trying to use its role as regulator to make life harder for its competitors, state media said Friday.
The bureau, also known as China Post, has given express delivery companies a tough choice in an attempt to save its own courier service, Express Mail Service, the China Daily reported.

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China express delivery firms ask govt to help resolve dispute with China Post

Posted by | Mar 26, 2002 | |

The China International Freight Forwarders’Association has applied for government to help resolve a dispute between theseveral hundred express delivery companies operating in the country and theState Postal Bureau, which operates its own postal services under the name ChinaPost. The bureau issued a document earlier this month saying that all express delivery firms will only be allowed to deliver goods weighing morethan 0.5 kg and costing more than China Post’s Express Mail Service.

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