China will promote rural passenger vehicles to transport mail express.

A few days ago, the Ministry of Transport and other nine departments jointly issued the "Guiding Opinions on Accelerating the Integration of Rural Passenger Transport and Postal Service", proposing that in order to further promote the integration of rural passenger transport, freight logistics and postal express delivery, and better meet the needs of rural people’s travel, freight logistics and delivery services, China will promote rural passenger vehicles to transport mail express.

Popularizing rural passenger transport vehicles to transport mail express can give full play to the advantages of wide coverage and deep access of rural passenger transport network, guide urban and rural passenger transport enterprises and public transport enterprises to rely on the layout of urban and rural passenger transport lines, optimize vehicle scheduling, set up reasonable stops, actively open rural passenger and freight mail cooperation lines from county to towns and villages, towns and villages to established villages, and use vehicle luggage compartments and internal goods storage areas to transport mail express, so as to ensure the rapid delivery of mail express on the premise of ensuring safety and ensuring rural people’s ride demand.

The opinion puts forward that a "one-point multi-function" rural passenger and postal integration development site will be built. Support county-level passenger stations to expand comprehensive service functions such as freight logistics, postal express, e-commerce, tourism, and promote unified warehousing, unified sorting, and unified distribution on the basis of retaining basic passenger service functions.

According to the opinion, the next step will be to promote safe and reliable rural passenger and postal integration development equipment. Encourage rural passenger transport operators to give priority to rural road buses equipped with lower or rear luggage compartments, and use luggage compartments to transport items such as express mail in accordance with relevant regulations.

According to the opinion, by 2027, the county-level administrative regions with conditions in China will achieve full coverage of the development of rural passenger and cargo mail integration. The number of three-level passenger and cargo mail stations in counties and villages nationwide will reach more than 100,000, and the number of rural passenger and cargo mail cooperation lines will reach more than 20,000. A new rural transportation service model of "one point with multiple functions, one network with multiple functions, intensive functions, convenience and high efficiency" will be basically established, and the national rural transportation service level and sustainable development capacity will be significantly improved. (Reporter Han Xin)