The Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council issued 揚rovisional Regulations on Express Delivery （Draft for Comment）？July 24， 2017， which marks a crucial step forward in Chinese legislation on real-name express delivery. China抯 express delivery leads the world in terms of transaction volumes， but anonymous delivery has made supervision more difficult.

However， in practice， real-name express delivery is poorly implemented because it increases the costsfor courier companies. Moreover， it is difficult to strike a balance between real name express delivery and the security of personal information since there lacks a mature law protecting personal information.endprint