DHL Express Shandong recently celebrated its 30th anniversary. 1993, DHL Express Shandong was incorporated in Qingdao, becoming the first international express company to settle in Lu. Over the past three decades, DHL Express has continued to invest in the construction of logistics infrastructure in Lu, has built up more than 20 logistics facilities, including service centers, ports and terminal outlets, direct service network covering more than 80% of the province's prefecture-level cities.

Pei Mingwei, General Manager of DHL Express Shandong Branch, said that as one of the foreign enterprises settled in Shandong earlier, DHL is the beneficiary of the development dividend of Shandong Province over the past three decades. Shandong is China's economic powerhouse and foreign trade province, as one of China's important manufacturing base, Shandong has a complete supply chain system, rich experience in foreign trade and a huge business scale. "We are confident in the long-term, sustainable development of our business in Shandong and will also continue to invest in deepening our presence."

Since its inception, DHL Express Shandong Branch has cooperated with a number of head enterprises in Shandong Province in various industries to help local enterprises globalize and make high-quality "Lu goods" efficiently go to sea. Nowadays, many service centers of DHL Express in Shandong Province have become one of the major taxpaying enterprises in the region.

In addition to infrastructure, DHL Express is also actively investing in air routes. 2022, August 12, with the opening of Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport, DHL Express officially opened the Qingdao to South Korea Incheon direct cargo flights. At present, the flight operates six times a week, and the cargo on-time transit rate is close to 100%, providing Qingdao and neighboring cities with more sufficient capacity and more stable transit time.

In recent years, cross-border e-commerce has accelerated and become a new engine of foreign trade growth. In order to accelerate the development of cross-border e-commerce, and promote the transformation of the old and new momentum of the economy, Shandong Province this year has issued a "cross-border e-commerce in Shandong Province jumped up the development of the action plan", "continue to optimize the port business environment to promote the high-quality development of foreign trade and a number of measures," and other documents, aimed at promoting the quality of the new business of foreign trade and strive to promote the high-quality development of foreign trade.

International logistics as a component of cross-border e-commerce, plays an important role, DHL Express is the first in Shandong Province to export cross-border e-commerce customers to provide "9610, 9710, 9810" all-round declaration of the international courier company, through these declaration modes, the enterprise can enjoy the local airports and customs given to simplify the declaration procedures, priority arrangements for inspection and other facilitation. Through these declaration modes, enterprises can enjoy the local airport and customs to simplify the declaration procedures, priority arrangements for inspection and other facilitation operations, to further improve the efficiency of customs clearance of goods, enhance the delivery time, and effectively help local enterprises cross-border e-commerce business development.