According to a report on the website of the Ministry of Commerce, an article in The Times of India on May 6 quoted the China Daily as saying that the State Council Information Office said that in order to strengthen control over the Internet, a network identity verification system was under development. After the use of this system, website managers and netizens who want to leave messages online must be registered under their real names. This is the first time that the Chinese government has confirmed that it will use a real-name system for online messages, which caused a great uproar when it was first disclosed years ago. The report said that currently Chinese netizens must register before leaving messages, but they are not required to use their real names.