Smart unmanned delivery vehicles serve rural areas in SW China's Guizhou

Photo taken on Sept. 1, 2026, shows a smart unmanned delivery vehicle traveling along a rural road in Datong Village, Datong Township, Jinping County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province. The local postal service has launched an unmanned vehicle delivery route connecting townships and villages to help address the challenges of express delivery in mountainous areas. As part of a pilot program to bring express delivery services to villages, Jinping has improved its three-tier logistics network at the county, township and village levels. With multiple delivery models operating in parallel, express delivery services now cover all village-level stations, facilitating the two-way flow of goods between urban and rural areas and contributing to rural revitalization. (Yang Xiaohai/Guangming Picture)

Photo taken on Sept. 1, 2026, shows a smart unmanned delivery vehicle traveling along a rural road in Datong Village, Datong Township, Jinping County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province. (Yang Xiaohai/Guangming Picture)

Photo taken on Sept. 1, 2026, shows a staff member at a postal service station taking express parcels from an unmanned delivery vehicle in Datong Village, Datong Township, Jinping County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Guizhou Province. (Yang Xiaohai/Guangming Picture)