In Shanghai, Face Verification Required for Sending Parcels & The Real-Name System of Express Delivery

TapTechNews August 6th news, Shanghai Network Rumor Refuting released the news that recently, many citizens in Shanghai found that when going to the courier outlet or self-service locker to send express parcels, face verification is also required.

Learned from the relevant departments that recently, the relevant departments of the State Post Bureau are organizing various headquarter courier enterprises to carry out process reengineering for the internal real-name receipt and delivery management system, the overall real-name receipt and delivery process, and the receipt and delivery process of the enterprise information system.

For the first time sending items in a certain brand courier enterprise, it is necessary to show, inspect, and register identity information. For the second time sending, it is necessary to inspect the identity information. For face recognition technology, as an auxiliary of identity information recognition, currently, it is being piloted and not mandatory recommended.

TapTechNews inquiry found that the express real-name system refers to that through the unified deployment of the State Post Bureau, the sender is required to provide real identity information when sending express parcels, including the phone number and relevant identity information, for comparison and verification. This system aims to improve the delivery safety and reduce the occurrence probability of events such as lost items, dangerous and explosive items, and poison packages.

The express real-name registration officially started on November 1, 2015. Both the sender and the recipient have to fill in the real name. The ID card is to fill in the ID card number of the sender, and the recipient does not need to fill in the ID card number.

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