Delivery companies in Northeast China's Jilin province and elsewhere are gearing up for the upcoming 'shopping surge', as the number of parcels is estimated to rise 35 percent year-on-year for the upcoming November 11 or Double 11 Festival, a day now commonly tied to online shopping.

A couple of parcels slide along the conveyor belt. However, in one or two days, when tens of thousands of parcels pour in, the belt will be fully occupied. [Photo/chinajilin.com.cn]

The State Post Bureau, the national supervision body of the express delivery industry, said last month that more than 1.05 billion parcels were estimated to have been delivered to shoppers after the shopping spree on November 11.

Jiang Liyuan, a staff member of the delivery center, scans the parcel and then files it to the box where the green light is on. The 33-year-old has been working here for two years, and says she has to work despite the cold in an open factory. [Photo/chinajilin.com.cn]

Now, according to the bureau, express companies are able to handle up to 200 million parcels on a daily basis.

SF Express's Jilin provincial delivery center has hired new staff, and has offered them a pay rise for the upcoming shopping spree and the following ten to fifty days. It has also added 20 more trucks, expanding its total delivery capacity to 48 trucks.

Staff members quickly pick up parcels and put them on the conveyor belt. When a heavily-loaded truck is backed up to the center, it is quickly connected with the system through the conveyor belt. [Photo/chinajilin.com.cn]

"We've got an open space to make loading the shipping trucks as easy as possible, and to keep seafood parcels as fresh as possible," said Li Guozhong, a staff member of the company.

Two workers carry a TV off of the conveyor belt. [Photo/chinajilin.com.cn]

The parcel rush is approaching, but within the factory, staff work in an orderly way in front of the picking platform to deal with 150,000 parcels each day.

In just one or two days, tens of thousands of packages will pour in and workers will have to endure the hustle and bustle of the factory.