Advisers call for greater protection of couriers' rights

Delegates to the recently concluded two sessions discussed employment issues related to the emerging delivery sector. Luo Wangshu and Cao Yin report.

An old Chinese saying states that when a person wakes up in the morning and opens the door to embrace a new day, seven items are necessary and unavoidable in his or her life: firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea.

The saying has been "updated "recently, and it is now widely accepted that the seven items have been integrated into one thing — a parcel.

The adjusted saying illustrates the importance of parcels in Chinese people's lives nowadays.