DHL Global Forwarding is to open five new branch offices in China, two of which are in the country’s interior: Zhengzhou in Henan province and Taiyuan in Shanxi province. The other three offices are in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, Xuzhou, Jiangsu province, and Huizhou, Guangdong province.

The company said the move is aimed at better meeting the fast growing demand in central and western China for logistics services of international quality.

Zhengzhou is one of China’s eight key railway hubs, located at the junction of the Longhai Railway (east-west) and Jingguang Railway (north-south).

Taiyuan’s East Railway Station is among the biggest rail container yards in China, with good connections to the seaports of Qingdao and Tianjin. It also has high-speed rail access to Shijiazhuang, Beijing, Shenyang, Zhengzhou and other major cities.