Ministry of Transport: From next month, express delivery will not be allowed to be placed in smart express boxes or express delivery service stations without authorization, and the maximum fine will be 30,000 yuan.

According to news from this site on February 24, the Ministry of Transport recently announced the newly revised "Express Delivery Market Management Measures", which will be effective from March 1, 2024.

It is clarified that if an enterprise operating express delivery business has any of the following circumstances, the postal management department shall order it to make corrections, give a warning or notify a criticism, may also impose a fine of not more than 10,000 yuan; if the circumstances are serious, , impose a fine of not less than RMB 10,000 but not more than RMB 30,000:

• (1) Confirming receipt of express on behalf of without the consent of the user;

• (2) Using smart express boxes, express service stations, etc. to deliver express parcels without the user’s consent;

• (3) Throwing or trampling on express items.

According to previous reports on this site, the "Measures" were initially released on January 5 and have been reviewed and adopted at the 28th Ministry Meeting on December 8, 2023. The official explanation pointed out that the "Measures" promulgated and implemented in 2013 played a key role in strengthening the supervision of the express delivery market and promoting the healthy development of the express delivery industry.

As the high-quality development process of the express delivery industry continues to accelerate, the volume of express delivery business continues to grow, and the people’s expectations for express delivery services continue to increase. The problem of incompatibility and incompatibility between the "Measures" and industry development and industry practice becomes more and more serious. has become increasingly prominent and requires comprehensive revision.

• The high-quality development of the express delivery industry has accumulated some successful experiences and institutional needs, which should be transformed into institutional arrangements in order to establish a clear institutional framework for the express delivery market.

• Second, the green development of express delivery faces new tasks, and it is necessary to establish a more comprehensive institutional orientation to guide the green and low-carbon development of the express delivery industry;

• Third, service quality problems such as false signatures and unauthorized use of box or station delivery by express delivery companies often occur. It is necessary to strengthen the institutional guarantee for consumers to use express delivery services and protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers;

• Fourth, the "Personal Information Protection Law of the People's Republic of China" and other laws and administrative regulations have made some new provisions, which require institutional arrangements to be connected to higher-level laws.

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