After a three-year push by the State Post Bureau to expand the nationwide delivery network to include even the most remote parts of the country, some 95 percent of Chinese villages now have access with the rest to follow, the bureau said recently. With over 100 billion parcels delivered in China last year, the bureau said that it intends to continue its expansion into rural areas this year, and also ensure that the rights of couriers are improved and protected. China has 990 large parcel delivery centers in rural counties and 278,000 parcel delivery stations located in villages. The bureau will focus on improving the parcel delivery system in rural counties, towns and villages to consolidate the achievements of the three-year campaign to promote the parcel delivery network in rural areas, said Hou Yanbo, spokesman for the bureau. (....)