Logistics companies are busy with the mid-year shopping festival across China
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
A drone photo taken on June 18, 2026 shows a delivery center in Nanjing, east China’s Jiangsu Province. China’s mid-year shopping spree, known as the “618” shopping festival, triggered a peak in e-commerce logistics nationwide. Logistics companies operated at full capacity to ensure the smooth collection and delivery of parcels. (Photo by Yang Suping/Xinhua)
A drone photo shows sorting robots at a logistics center in Deqing County of Huzhou City, east China’s Zhejiang Province, June 18, 2026. China’s mid-year shopping spree, known as the “618” shopping festival, triggered a peak in e-commerce logistics nationwide. Logistics companies operated at full capacity to ensure the smooth collection and delivery of parcels. (Photo by Ni Lifang/Xinhua)
An unmanned delivery vehicle is seen at a delivery center in Beijing, capital of China, June 18, 2026. China’s mid-year shopping spree, known as the “618” shopping festival, triggered a peak in e-commerce logistics nationwide. Logistics companies operated at full capacity to ensure the smooth collection and delivery of parcels. (Xinhua/Xie Han)
A staff member works on an intelligent package sorting line in Shangqiu, central China’s Henan Province, June 18, 2026. China’s mid-year shopping spree, known as the “618” shopping festival, triggered a peak in e-commerce logistics nationwide. Logistics companies operated at full capacity to ensure the smooth collection and delivery of parcels. (Photo by Li Heng/Xinhua)
Staff members sort packages at a delivery center in Xinghua, east China’s Jiangsu Province, June 18, 2026. China’s mid-year shopping spree, known as the “618” shopping festival, triggered a peak in e-commerce logistics nationwide. Logistics companies operated at full capacity to ensure the smooth collection and delivery of parcels. (Photo by Zhou Shegen/Xinhua)
A staff member sorts packages at a delivery center in Beijing, capital of China, June 18, 2026. China’s mid-year shopping spree, known as the “618” shopping festival, triggered a peak in e-commerce logistics nationwide. Logistics companies operated at full capacity to ensure the smooth collection and delivery of parcels. (Xinhua/Xie Han)
An intelligent package sorting line is seen at a delivery center in Beijing, capital of China, June 18, 2026. China’s mid-year shopping spree, known as the “618” shopping festival, triggered a peak in e-commerce logistics nationwide. Logistics companies operated at full capacity to ensure the smooth collection and delivery of parcels. (Xinhua/Xie Han)
A staff member works at a warehouse in Jinhua, east China’s Zhejiang Province, June 18, 2026. China’s mid-year shopping spree, known as the “618” shopping festival, triggered a peak in e-commerce logistics nationwide. Logistics companies operated at full capacity to ensure the smooth collection and delivery of parcels. (Photo by Shi Kuanbing/Xinhua)
Staff members sort packages at a delivery center in Zaozhuang, east China’s Shandong Province, June 18, 2026. China’s mid-year shopping spree, known as the “618” shopping festival, triggered a peak in e-commerce logistics nationwide. Logistics companies operated at full capacity to ensure the smooth collection and delivery of parcels. (Photo by Sun Zhongzhe/Xinhua)
A drone photo shows sorting robots at a logistics center in Deqing County of Huzhou City, east China’s Zhejiang Province, June 18, 2026. China’s mid-year shopping spree, known as the “618” shopping festival, triggered a peak in e-commerce logistics nationwide. Logistics companies operated at full capacity to ensure the smooth collection and delivery of parcels. (Photo by Ni Lifang/Xinhua)
A drone photo shows sorting robots at a logistics center in Deqing County of Huzhou City, east China’s Zhejiang Province, June 18, 2026. China’s mid-year shopping spree, known as the “618” shopping festival, triggered a peak in e-commerce logistics nationwide. Logistics companies operated at full capacity to ensure the smooth collection and delivery of parcels. (Photo by Ni Lifang/Xinhua)
A staff member sorts packages at a delivery center in Beijing, capital of China, June 18, 2026. China’s mid-year shopping spree, known as the “618” shopping festival, triggered a peak in e-commerce logistics nationwide. Logistics companies operated at full capacity to ensure the smooth collection and delivery of parcels. (Xinhua/Xie Han)
Staff members sort packages at a delivery center in Xinghua, east China’s Jiangsu Province, June 18, 2026. China’s mid-year shopping spree, known as the “618” shopping festival, triggered a peak in e-commerce logistics nationwide. Logistics companies operated at full capacity to ensure the smooth collection and delivery of parcels. (Photo by Zhou Shegen/Xinhua)
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
