NPC seeks rules to limit real-name register abuse

China's top legislature urged law enforcement agencies on Sunday to set rules on the collection and protection of personal information to prevent abuse of real-name registration systems.

"Each law enforcement agency should conduct more studies of what type of online services would need users' real names and how to obtain users' identities while preventing the information from being excessively collected or abused," said Wang Shengjun, vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.

Wang made the remark while delivering a report on the new Cybersecurity Law, which was submitted to the bimonthly session of the committee on Sunday.