Burgeoning Delivery Industry Grapples with Poisoning Death

(Beijing) – Making a phone call to send a package wherever they want cheaply has become a familiar practice for many Chinese people. The rapid growth of convenient courier services in the country has been astonishing. Over the past decade, the annual revenue of the courier industry has risen to 120 billion yuan.

But a recent deadly accident has rung the alarm in the booming industry, and raised questions about whether the growth model is sustainable.