Residence Permit for Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan Residents

Identity document in the People's Republic of China
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港澳居民居住证
Residence Permit for Taiwan Residents
台湾居民居住证
Front and reverse of permits for Hong Kong and Macao (left) and Taiwan residents (right)
TypeIdentity document and residence permitIssued by ChinaPurposeIdentification and proof of residence in mainland ChinaEligibility
  • Chinese nationals residing in Hong Kong and Macau
  • Chinese nationals residing in Taiwan
  • do not hold household registration in mainland China
  • have lived in mainland China for over half a year
  • have a stable job, a stable domicile or attend school continuously in mainland China
Residence Permit for Hong Kong and Macao Residents
Simplified Chinese港澳居民居住证
Traditional Chinese港澳居民居住證
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinGǎng-Aò Jūmín Jūzhùzhèng
Residence Permit for Taiwan Residents
Simplified Chinese台湾居民居住证
Traditional Chinese臺灣居民居住證
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinTáiwān Jūmín Jūzhùzhèng

The Residence Permit for Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan Residents is an identity document in the People's Republic of China. It is issued to de jure Chinese nationals who do not have household registration in mainland China and are permanent residents of Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwanese nationals, have lived in mainland China for over half a year, and either have a stable job, a stable domicile or attend school continuously in mainland China. Applications for this card first opened on 1 September 2018.[1]

Background

Until the introduction of the residence permit, residents of these places could only use their mainland travel permits as identity document in mainland China. Since the mainland travel permits have a different format from the resident identity card for mainland Chinese residents, this caused trouble in situations where only the resident identity card can be used. The residence permit is designed to be similar to the resident identity card to let its holders enjoy the same basic public services and convenience as mainland Chinese residents.[2]

Contents

Residence permit has a citizen identification number in the same format as resident identity card. This is the first time that the Chinese government ever assigns a number to residents of these places.[3] The address codes of Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan for the identification number are 810000, 820000 and 830000 respectively. The contents on the permit are mostly the same as those on the resident identity card; the differences are that there are number of issuances and mainland travel permit number on the obverse side, and there is no ethnicity on the reverse side.

References

  1. ^ Su, Xinqi (16 August 2018). "New ID card will give Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan residents same access to public services as mainland Chinese counterparts". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  2. ^ 周驰 (2017-08-02). "港澳台居民居住证如何申领?享哪些便利?权威回应在这" (in Chinese (China)). 中国新闻网. Archived from the original on 2018-08-31. Retrieved 2018-08-17.
  3. ^ "合資格港澳台居民下月可申請內地居住證". Think Hong Kong (in Chinese). 2018-08-16. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
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