With the arrival of spring, Yunnan's large, plump, crisp, and sweet blueberries are entering peak season. Xi Yufen, a resident of Jihua Village in Chengjiang, Yuxi, earns 150 yuan daily by picking blueberries at a nearby plantation—a welcome source of income. She notes that freshly picked berries are shipped out the same day, and wages are paid on time.
This efficient logistics system has become key to raising local incomes. In recent years, Yunnan has leveraged integrated cold-chain networks, smart transit hubs, and customized delivery services to streamline the distribution of agricultural products such as Chengjiang blueberries, Dounan flowers, and Xinping honey-sweet oranges. These efforts have boosted both rural earnings and industrial efficiency, injecting strong momentum into the “Yunnan products going out” initiative.
To address the short shelf life and high handling requirements of blueberries, the Yuxi Postal Administration developed a full-chain supply solution that integrates resources across all stages. Service stations combining collection, packaging, and pre-cooling have been set up in production areas, along with 24-hour temperature-controlled cold storage facilities. Berries move directly from orchards to village collection points, then to county-level distribution centers and city hubs, where they are matched with the nearest air transport. This seamless process ensures delivery to key cities like Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou within 24 hours, to the Yangtze and Pearl River Delta regions within two days, and to most parts of China within 72 hours—maximizing freshness.
Supported by this integrated approach, shipments of Chengjiang blueberries surged 359% year-on-year to 3.9 million parcels in 2025. Growth remained strong in early 2026, with monthly volumes exceeding 1.3 million parcels in February, giving local farmers a robust start to the year.
At the Kunming Dounan Flower Market, vendor Li Rui offers customized flower bundles via WeChat, attracting buyers from across the country thanks to faster delivery times. As a key hub for Yunnan’s agricultural exports, J&T Express’s Kunming transit center upgraded its facilities in 2025, increasing daily outbound capacity from 600,000 to over 1 million parcels. Average delivery times from Yunnan to other provinces improved by 2–3 hours, while logistics costs dropped significantly. Over 120 million parcels of agricultural products were shipped, saving farmers more than 24 million yuan in logistics expenses.
The center, which covers nearly 50,000 square meters and employs about 1,000 staff and logistics personnel, currently handles close to 2 million parcels daily, with outbound volume up over 20% year-on-year. Enhanced warehousing has further smoothed the path for agricultural exports. Since March 2025, J&T’s Yunnan cloud warehouses have established four facilities serving local specialties such as fresh flowers, Huaping Kate mangoes, and Binchuan沃柑. Through centralized storage and bulk shipping, these warehouses help merchants and growers cut logistics and storage costs by 35%.
In Xinping Yi-Dai Autonomous County, Yuxi, locally grown honey-sweet oranges benefit from abundant sunshine and significant day-night temperature variations, resulting in high sugar-acid ratios and tender, juicy flesh. The local brand “Plateau Prince” has seen strong sales thanks to mature branding, grading standards, and e-commerce systems. Initially concerned about potential damage and delays in fresh fruit delivery, the brand’s general manager Chu Yuntao was reassured by customized shipping services from J&T’s Yuxi Hongta outlet.
To protect delicate premium fruit, the outlet uses double-layer packaging with branded cartons inside shipping boxes, greatly reducing damage risk. For winter shipments to northern China, added foam box insulation prevents oranges from freezing, ensuring consistent quality for “southern fruit heading north.”
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