I know many people were once frustrated about tracking info appearing Chinese other than English when tracking China Post packages online. And many of them tried more than once to find a parcel tracking site that can bring them tracking info in English.
As a customer service who work for TrackingMore, a popular third party parcel tracking website, I have received many requests from people asking me if our site can change the Chinese tracking info into English.
In a matter of fact, there is no appropriate way to retrieve English tracking info from China Post official website as it only provides Chinese tracking info for people. If you saw China Post tracking info in English on a certain site, it is probably processed by site administrators. For example, they can utilize some translation tools or matched terms gathered by people at the backstage.
However, I do not want them feel upset. So usually I would translate each tracking info for them or guide them to turn on the auto translation button at the bottom of their tracking info. They can see that button when tracking China Post packages on TrackingMore.
Now, with so many requests asking for help and so little time, I began to think why don’t I just write down the general explanations of commonest China Post tracking info for people to refer to so that they can understand what’s going on about their packages and I can also save time to serve myself a cup of coffee. And that is why this article came into being.
China Post Tracking Info Explanations In English
收寄局收寄: Received by the mail handling agency or postal agency.
深圳市国际大宗邮件处理中心: The name of the local mail agency. In this case, it refers to Shenzhen. Typical mail agencies in China are Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Beijing.
出口总包直封封发: It means the item has been dispatched onward to its next destination.
出口总包互封开拆: This actually means that there is an exchange taking place from the domestic port to the international port.
交航: It means the item is in the midst of transportation to the destination country, either by sea or by air.
Above are the general explanations of China Post tracking info in English. Next time, when tracking China Post packages, you can take them as a reference.
More explanations of logistics terms, you can refer to this link: https://www.trackingmore.com/tracking-status-en.html