(Yicai Global) Nov. 12 -- China’s postal and express delivery companies set a new single-day record yesterday, which was Double 11, the world’s biggest online shopping event.

They handled a total of 675 million parcels, a 26.2 percent gain on a year earlier, according to data from the State Post Bureau. For the period Nov. 1 to yesterday, the figure tallied nearly 4 billion.

Staff sort parcels at a distribution center in a logistics park in southwestern Guizhou province.

Employees at a postal services firm in Huai’an in Jiangsu province distribute parcels. The volume was more than four times the usual amount.

Staff load packages onto a high-speed train at Hangzhou East Railway Station.

Crew move goods at Xi’an North Railway Station.

A supervisor watches as mail and cargo are loaded into an aircraft at Shijiazhuang Zhengding International Airport in Hebei province.

Sources: Visual, People.Cn, IC Photo

Editors: Dou Shicong, Peter Thomas