10-hour delivery service between Beijing and Shanghai

The Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway service is promoting its new speed on the Beijing-Shanghai rail service as a way to help accommodate the coming "Double 11" shopping promotion which falls on November 11.

China Railway Corporation to help speed "Double-11" packages within 10 hours. [File Photo: Sina Weibo account of China Railway]

The China Railway Corporation is promising to deliver goods to customers between Beijing and Shanghai in 10 hours, and same-day arrivals as well as next morning deliveries for certain packages. It has been seen as the country's fastest express delivery service between different cities.

Faster services are being touted through the new "Fuxing" bullet trains, which are now running at 350 kilometers per hour. This has cut the time from Beijing and Shanghai to around 4.5 hours.

China Railway Corporation to help speed "Double-11" packages within 10 hours. [File Photo: Sina Weibo account of China Railway]

"Double 11", also known as "Singles' Day" has become the largest online shopping promotion in the world.

China's e-commerce giant Alibaba saw some 650 million orders delivered on November 11, 2016, worth an estimated 120 billion yuan (about 17.6 billion US dollars).