A Burgeoning Profession

Couriers sort packages outside a delivery station of an e-commerce company in Taicang, east China's Jiangsu Province, on January 16
A balancing act with packages in Fuyang, east China’s Anhui Province, on November 13, 2015
A delivery boy drops off packages at a self-pickup and drop-off service booth in Beijing on March 5
Packages are delivered on a horseback in Urad Middle Banner, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, on February 22
A courier takes a canoe to deliver packages on July 6, 2016, when a heavy storm and rain inundated Wuhan, capital of Hubei Province
Delivering packages on a hot day in Shanghai on July 16, 2016

Photos by VCG

As the delivery industry thrives, couriers have become a familiar sight. They travel across cities and villages with packages to be delivered to clients' homes. These pictures feature some of the more than 2 million people employed in this sector.