BEIJING, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- China's postal industry saw steady growth over the three-day New Year holiday, said the State Post Bureau on Tuesday.

From Jan. 1 to 3, the number of parcels received by the country's postal and express companies jumped 22.6 percent year on year to 920 million, the data showed.

A total of 960 million parcels were delivered during the period, up by 26.5 percent from a year ago. Enditem