SF Express (Group) Co., Ltd. is a Chinese multinational delivery services and

logistics Logistics is the part of supply chain management that deals with the efficient forward and reverse flow of goods, services, and related information from the point of origin to the Consumption (economics), point of consumption according to the ...

company based in

Shenzhen Shenzhen is a prefecture-level city in the province of Guangdong, China. A Special economic zones of China, special economic zone, it is located on the east bank of the Pearl River (China), Pearl River estuary on the central coast of Guangdong ...

, Guangdong. It is the largest courier in China, and provides domestic and international express delivery. SF Express operates a fleet of cargo aircraft, which are owned by its subsidiary

SF Airlines SF Airlines () is a Chinese cargo airline owned by SF Express (Group) Co. The company is headquartered in the No.1 Freight Depot of the International Shipping Center of Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport in Bao'an District, Shenzhen, Guan ...

. The parent company of SF Express, SF Holding trades on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange and the

Hong Kong Stock Exchange The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (, SEHK, also known as Hong Kong Stock Exchange) is a stock exchange based in Hong Kong. It is one of the largest stock exchanges in Asia and the List of major stock exchanges, 9th largest globally by market ...

. It is a constituent of SZSE 100 Index.

History

In the early 1990s, factories in Shunde needed to get samples to Hong Kong–based buyers, but frequently had issues with long shipping delays. To speed up this process, founder Wang Wei established ShunFeng Express as a small courier service with six employees, launching in 1993 providing service between

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

and Guangdong Province. In January 2010,

started scheduled cargo services, with 41 aircraft, to provide services such as one-day and next-morning deliveries. In July 2017, SF Express used backdoor listing to begin trading on the

Shenzhen Stock exchange The Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE; ) is a stock exchange based in the city of Shenzhen, in the People's Republic of China. It is one of three stock exchanges operating independently in Mainland China, the others being the Beijing Stock Excha ...

, involving an asset swap with listed company Maanshan Dintai Rare Earth & New Materials Co. SF Express was added as a constituent of SZSE 100 Index on 12 June 2017, effective on its first trading day. SF Express has opened at least 500 Heike ()—an online shopping service community store—across all Chinese provinces, except for in

Tibet Tibet (; ''Böd''; ), or Greater Tibet, is a region in the western part of East Asia, covering much of the Tibetan Plateau and spanning about . It is the homeland of the Tibetan people. Also resident on the plateau are other ethnic groups s ...

and

Qinghai Qinghai is an inland Provinces of China, province in Northwestern China. It is the largest provinces of China, province of China (excluding autonomous regions) by area and has the third smallest population. Its capital and largest city is Xin ...

. The company had plans to open 4,000 Heike stores nationwide in 2014. Since 2016, SF Express has signed

military-civil fusion Military-civil fusion (, MCF) or civil-military fusion is a strategy and policy of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) with the stated goal of developing its People's Liberation Army (PLA) into a world-class military. Military-civil fusion is a p ...

agreements with the Logistic Support Department of the Central Military Commission and

People's Liberation Army The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the military of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People's Republic of China (PRC). It consists of four Military branch, services—People's Liberation Army Ground Force, Ground Force, People's ...

. In February 2019, SF Express acquired the supply chain operations in China, Hong Kong and Macau from

Deutsche Post DHL Deutsche Post AG (), trade name, trading as DHL Group, is a German multinational corporation, multinational package delivery and supply chain management company headquartered in Bonn, Germany. It is one of the world's largest courier companies ...

. Formed a new subsidiary as SF DHL Supply Chain China. SF Express operates one of the largest networks of self-service locker kiosks in Hong Kong with 939 kiosks as of October 2020. In November 2024, SF Express parent company SF Holding held a secondary listing on the

Gallery

File:SFVanHarajuku.jpg, An SF Express van in

Tokyo Tokyo, officially the Tokyo Metropolis, is the capital of Japan, capital and List of cities in Japan, most populous city in Japan. With a population of over 14 million in the city proper in 2023, it is List of largest cities, one of the most ...

, Japan File:SF Express Service Center on Jaffe Road, Wan Chai.JPG, An SF Express Service Center in

File:SF Airlines Boeing 757-200SF Gu.jpg, An

cargo plane at

Shanghai Pudong International Airport Shanghai Pudong International Airport is one of the two international airports serving Shanghai, China. Pudong Airport serves both international flights and a smaller number of domestic flights, while the city's other major airport, Shanghai ...

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* {{FTSE China A50 Index Companies based in Shenzhen Express mail Companies listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange Companies in the FTSE China A50 Index Companies established in 1993 2017 initial public offerings 1993 in Shenzhen

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