Express courier, is also known as: door-to-door logistics activities with mail function, refers to the courier company by rail, road, air and shipping transportation, rapid delivery of goods to customers. In many ways, express delivery is better than the postal delivery service. In addition to the faster delivery of the destination and must be received, many courier companies are now providing mail tracking capabilities, delivery time commitment and other services provided by the customer needs. Therefore, the express delivery is much higher than the general delivery.
Express industry can operate in different size, small to service a particular town, to regional, international or even global service.
In November 16, 2015, according to the Legal Affairs Office of the State Council website news, China intends to provide express delivery enterprises shall not be collected to send false information courier waybill. [1]

In December 25, 2015 from the State Post Bureau website was informed that the Chinese courier business volume for the first time exceeded 20 billion mark, continues to dominate the world. The township National Express service coverage rate has exceeded 70%, the eastern provinces have achieved the "part of town outlets".

The development of modern express industry is even with the economic development of the world.
With the rapid progress of global economic integration, trade barriers between countries continue to eliminate international trade and domestic trade activities become more active, production, management and social activities tend to be of high efficiency and fast rhythm, time value is more and more important, the rapid transfer needs a large number of samples, documents, business letters, documents, mail express industry provide a large number of sources.
With the development of science and technology, increase the technological content of products, a large number of products of high-tech enterprises, small volume and light weight, the value is very high, take liquidity is very big, can express transport these products to customers as quickly as possible, and provide good packaging, warehousing, customs clearance Logistics services to meet the needs of enterprises, realize the maximum possible social division.
In the process of development, and gradually formed the processing documents, drawings, documents and other trade based mail express delivery and processing samples, high additional items, social activities and family gifts of luxury goods such as express delivery of goods, these two ways and develops at the same time, only a small scale due to its ability to express company co operation, have different focuses. Internationally renowned courier companies rely on its strong technical and network advantages, and constantly expand their forces in a region or even the world gradually formed an advantage, and opened up a variety of new ways and means of service. Analysis of the basic characteristics of the development of express industry, to seek its development of the law of the development of China's express delivery industry is very necessary.
Courier industry as an important part of the postal industry, with a wide range of driving industry, to absorb the number of jobs, high economic value added, technical features and other features. It will be the function of information transmission, goods delivery, cash flow and other cultural communication together, many areas of production, circulation and consumption Association, investment and finance, modern society is an irreplaceable basic industry.