An express worker processes packages at a delivery station in Qinhuangdao, Hebei province, on Feb 24. (Photo: China Daily)

As of Monday, China's courier sector had handled more than 80 billion parcels this year, the State Post Bureau of China said.

Since the number of parcels delivered hit 50 billion in September, the industry saw monthly growth of about 10 billion. Last year, a total of 63.5 billion packages were delivered in China.