Lack of couriers during holiday halts businesses

By Ma Lie and Yu Ran | China Daily | Updated: 2012-01-14 07:47

A courier mounts an electric bicycle laden with parcels in front of an express company in the Heping district of Shenyang, the capital of Liaoning province, in a photo taken on Jan 4. The approach of Spring Festival now heralds a peak time for online shopping and express deliveries. Man Jiang / for China Daily

XI'AN / SHANGHAI - While gift buying before the Spring Festival holiday is increasing the demand for courier services in China, more couriers are taking time off from their jobs to visit their families.