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All information is printed in [[Simplified Chinese characters|Simplified]][[Chinese language|Chinese]] and [[English language|English]]. |
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Revision as of 23:53, 18 March 2010
This article's factual accuracy is disputed. (November 2009) |
The People's Republic of China passport (Chinese: 中华人民共和国护照 Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó hùzhào)
Overview and contents
There are several types of passports issued by the PRC:
- regular/ordinary (formerly known as "private regular/ordinary") passport;
- service, or official, passport;
- diplomatic passport;
- Special Administrative Region passports, i.e. the Hong Kong SAR passport and Macau SAR passport at present.
The newest version of the regular Chinese passport is "Form 97-2", which replaced its predecessors "Form 92" and "Form 97-1", and was released to the general public in 2007.
Ordinary Passport - Inside
The "Form 97-2" ordinary Chinese passport is a machine readable passport.
Personal data is on the inside front cover along with a coloured photo printed using digital security technology. Details include:
- Passport type (P)
- Country Code (CHN)
- Passport number (Gxxxxxxxx)
- Name (Surname and Given names)
- Sex (M) or (F)
- Date of birth (DD.MMM.YYYY)
- Date of issue (DD.MMM.YYYY)
- Place of birth (Province, or country if born abroad)
- Place of issued (Province, or place of diplomatic/consular authority if issued abroad)
- Date of expiry (DD.MMM.YYYY)
- Authority (Exit & Entry Administration Ministry of Public Security or the Chinese diplomatic and consular mission)
Languages
All information is printed in SimplifiedChinese and English.
Validity
The passport previously had a 5-year period of validity. Since 2007, it will be valid for 10 years for bearers 16 years of age or older. According to the new Passport Law of the PRC, renewal of previously issued passports ended on January 1, 2007. However, if a passport was renewed before 2007, it remains valid until its new expiration date. On April 1, 2007, China began issuing a 48-page passport.
Passport Note
In Chinese
中华人民共和国外交部请各国军政机关对持照人予以通行的便利和必要的协助.
In English
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China requests all civil and military authorities of foreign countries to allow the bearer of this passport to pass freely and afford assistance in case of need.