ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc.
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About ZTO Express (Cayman)
Trucking & Courier Services (No Air), SIC 4210
ZTO Express provides comprehensive express delivery and integrated logistics services across domestic and international markets. The company specializes in parcel deliveries under 50 kilograms, delivering intra-city, inter-city, and cross-border shipments alongside customized enterprise logistics, reverse logistics, and ancillary options such as cash-on-delivery. It also provides less-than-truckload freight, warehousing, distribution, air cargo, and freight forwarding services. Direct network partners serve as its primary direct customers, purchasing transit and technology services, while enterprise clients, e-commerce merchants, and retail parcel recipients constitute its key end customers.
Headquartered in the Qingpu District of Shanghai, China, the company maintains extensive operational infrastructure throughout the country. Its delivery network reaches more than 99% of Chinese cities and counties. The operating footprint includes 93 sorting hubs featuring 596 automated sorting lines, approximately 3,800 line-haul transportation routes operated with over 10,000 trucks, more than 31,000 pickup and delivery outlets managed by network partners, and roughly 100,000 last-mile delivery posts.
Summary of the business section of ZTO Express (Cayman)'s latest annual report, written by StockData.
Company profile
Company
- Legal name
- ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc.
- Founded
- 2009
- Headquarters
- Shanghai, F4
- Address
- Building One, No. 1685 Huazhi Road, Qingpu District 201708
- Phone
- 8621 59139988
- Website
- ir.zto.com
- Employees
- 23,399, Dec 31, 2025
- Industry
- Trucking & Courier Services (No Air)
- Auditor
- Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Certified Public Accountants LLP, Shanghai, China
Stock & identifiers
- Ticker
- ZTO
- Other tickers
- ZTOEF
- Exchange
- NYSE
- IPO date
- Oct 28, 2016
- Shares outstanding
- 1.59B, Dec 31, 2025
- Filer category
- Large accelerated filer
- SEC CIK
- 1677250
- CUSIP
- 98980A105
- ISIN
- US98980A1051
- LEI
- 549300SCJPK3YZJTJR78
- EIN
- 00-0000000
Executives and directors
Officers and directors who filed ownership reports (Forms 3, 4, 5) in the last two years
| Name | Position | Shares owned |
|---|---|---|
| Hongqun Hu | Chief Operating Officer, Director | 31,448 |
| Meisong Lai | Chief Executive Officer, Director | 211,041,381 |
| Jilei Wang | VP of Infrastr. Mgmt., Director | 42,116,711 |
| Jianfeng Zhang | VP of Public Relations | 13,732 |
| Jianchang Lai | VP of Overseas Operations | 21,082 |
| Jingxi Zhu | President | 513,023 |
| Huiping Yan | Chief Financial Officer | 33,324 |
| Wei WZ Zhu | Director | – |
| Xing Liu | Director | 18,448 |
| Charles Huang | Director | 18,448 |
| Herman Cheng-Chun Yu | Director | 55,343 |
| Fang Xie | Director | 1,879 |
| Di Xu | Director | – |
Employees
Headcount reported in annual reports
“As of December 31, 2025, we had a total of 23,399 employees.”
Corporate history
Events identified from SEC filings
| Date | Event | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 2016 | IPO | Initial public offering priced (424B4 prospectus) |
| Oct 14, 2016 | Listing | Registration of securities on an exchange (Form 8-A) |