The formal implementation of non-package distribution began at 1996, and large-scale implementation began after 1998. By 2000, the package distribution system was completely stopped.

The Ministry of Education requires that starting from 2000, the national employment dispatch cards for graduates of ordinary colleges and universities and the national employment dispatch cards for graduates of ordinary colleges and universities should be stopped, and the national employment dispatch cards for graduates of ordinary colleges and universities and the national employment dispatch cards for graduates should be enabled.

Canceling the distribution of packages is an established reform goal since the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee, and another supporting reform is that the state will no longer bear the tuition fees of college students.