Enforcement key to real-name delivery change

Workers at a delivery service sort parcels in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. [Photo/China Daily]

From november, people will have to register their real names when sending a parcel via an express delivery company. The move is the latest measure to strengthen the safety management of express delivery services nationwide. Comments:

Delivery companies who fail to implement real-name registry should face a fine that exceeds the profits gained from their violating the new regulation. But better proactive supervision is also needed, such as random checks of the parcels being delivered. Meanwhile, it is also a question whether the watchdog is indeed fulfilling its supervisory duties. If it is not, this real-name registration requirement for delivery services will simply be reduced to empty talk.

Legal Daily, Oct 26

There are two problems with the new real-name registration for express deliveries. Since it would cost a lot for the delivery companies to purchase a machine to check the validity of a sender's ID card, they will simply be examined with the naked eye. There is also the risk of privacy leaks and identity theft. Only by coming up with more effective and feasible regulations will the real-name registration rule achieve its intended purpose.

Fuzhou Evening News, Oct 26

The verification of parcel senders is already difficult for some government departments, so it will not be easily handled by the delivery companies. Moreover, profit-driven delivery service providers and employees, as well as those tasked with enforcing the regulation, should all be held accountable for any privacy leaks.

Cnhubei.com, Oct 24