Express delivery firms urged to improve training

Express delivery companies should fully allocate and use their staff education expenses, and put 60 percent into training front line employees, a notice published on Aug 6 said.

Issued by the State Post Bureau and the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, it said vocational training is important in supporting the high-quality development of the express delivery industry, expanding employment and entrepreneurship, and bringing more convenience to the public.

Delivery companies should make employee training plans, carry out skills training that adapts to job requirements and organize other training activities such as skills competitions and online study, it said.

The notice also called for express delivery industry associations, leading delivery companies and industry training organizations to play a role in guiding and supporting small and medium-sized delivery companies to implement vocational training for employees.