Police stations, public security branches or public security battalion(or squadron) of public security bureaus on district or county level

Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau

None

Units and individuals in Shanghai

1. By saying“application and issuance”in Applying for a Resident Identification Card, it means that Chinese citizens residing within the boundary of the People’s Republic of China who reach the age of 16, can lawfully apply to the public security organ at the place of his permanent residence for a resident identification card. Overseas Chinese who return to reside in the People’s Republic of China, compatriots from Hong Kong or Macao or from Taiwan who move to resettle in inland areas, foreigners settling down in the People’s Republic of China, or the stateless ones who are permitted to be naturalized, who have reached the age of 16, can apply for resident identification cards on their going through procedures of residence registration. Citizens recruited for active service who return to the place of their former residence registration after retired from military service, and who have not gone through the procedures for applying for and issuing resident identification cards shall also apply for resident identification cards while going through the procedures of residence registration. Those who are subject to such criminal penalties as being taken into custody, fixed term imprisonment, labor education and rehabilitation or detainment, but have not gone through the procedures for applying for and issuing resident identification cards shall also apply for resident identification cards after they are released from prison or after their labor education and rehabilitation is disburdened. To apply for a resident identification card, the applicant shall fill in Registration Form of Application for Residence Registration (Application for Resident Identification Card), present his or her residential registration booklet for examination, and submit two of his 1”full-faced pictures which are taken recently, and then obtain the Receipt of Applying for Resident Identification Card, Applying for a new Resident Identification Card and Applying for reissue of a New Resident Identification Card, or Applying for a Temporary Resident Identification Card.

2. By saying“applying for a new Resident Identification Card”, it means that where the bearer changes his registered residence, or the term of validity of a resident identification card expires, or the card is so seriously damaged that what is registered becomes illegible, or contents registered on the card need to be changed or corrected, the bearer shall apply for a new card. To applying for a new resident identification card, the applicant shall fill in the Registration Form of Application for a New Resident Identification Card or Application for Reissue of a New Resident Identification Card, submit two of his 1”full-faced pictures which are taken recently, and then obtain the Receipt of Applying for a Resident Identification Card, Applying for a new Resident identification Card and Applying for reissue of a New Resident Identification Card, or Applying for a Temporary Resident Identification Card. While issuing the new resident identification cards, the organ issuing new cards shall take back the old cards.

3. By saying“applying for reissue of a new resident identification card”, it means that anyone who loses his resident identification card, which can not be found within 3 months from the day when the loss case is reported to public security organ, shall apply for reissue of a new resident identification card. On losing his resident identification card, the citizen shall go to report the loss at the police station of the place where his permanent residence registration is located and obtain a“Registration Sheet on Report of the Loss of Resident Identification Card”. Those whose resident identification cards can not be found within 3 months from the day when the loss case is reported to public security organ, shall take the said“Registration Sheet on Report of the Loss of Resident Identification Card”, submit their Written Application, certifications from their work units, and present their residential registration booklet for examination, fill in Registration Form of Application for a New Resident Identification Card or Application for Reissue of a New Resident Identification Card, and illustrate the course of the loss and reasons for their application for the reissue of a new card. After investigation work is done by policeman of the police station and the superintendent of the police station does the examination work on the application and signs his opinion, the reissue of a new resident identification card can be done with the approval of the superintendent; the applicant shall submit two of his 1”full-faced pictures which are taken recently. The applicant shall submit the Receipt of Applying for a Resident Identification Card, Applying for a New Resident identification card and Applying for reissue of a New Resident Identification Card, or Applying for a Temporary Resident Identification Card. Anyone whose original card is found after obtaining a new one shall return the original card to the police station of the place where his permanent registered residence is located. The police station shall process and wind up the case within 2 months from the day when the case is accepted.

4. By saying“applying for a temporary resident identification card”, it means: (1) Before obtaining a Resident Identification Card, the citizen goes for some event and needs a certification on his identity; or the original resident identification card is lost or damaged, and the citizen shall apply for reissue of a new card; before obtaining the new card, if the citizen goes for some event and needs a certification on his identity, he can apply for a temporary resident identification card with the term of validity being 3 months (hereafter abbreviated as Article I). (2) Anyone who has reached the age of 16 and whose permanent residence registration is undetermined, and who has not obtained a resident identification card but whose residence is not registered or who can not get his residence registered at the place where he presently resides in the near term, and can not leave the place in recent period, can be permitted to be issued a temporary resident identification card with the term of validity being one year. (hereafter abbreviated as Article II) Anyone who comes under one of the circumstances in Article I shall apply for a temporary resident identification card at the police station of the place where he has his permanent residence, fill in the Registration Form on Applying for Temporary Resident Identification Cards, present his residential registration booklet for examination, and submit one 1”full-faced picture which is taken recently (the applicant whose resident identification card is lost and applying for reissue of a card shall submit“Registration Sheet on Report of the Loss of Resident Identification Card”). After the investigation work is done on the application by policeman and examination and approval is done by the superintendent of the police station, a temporary resident identification card is issued by public security branches or by public security battalion(or squadron) of public security bureaus on district or county level. The applicant shall obtain the Receipt of Applying for a Resident Identification Card, Applying for a new Resident Identification Card and Applying for Reissue of a New Resident Identification Card, or Applying for a Temporary Resident Identification Card on getting the new card. Anyone who comes under one the circumstances in Article II shall apply for a temporary resident identification card at the police station of the place where his present residence is located. The applicant shall fill in the Application Form on Temporary Resident Identification Cards, present the certifications on his residence registration (i.e., relocation certificate, birth certificate, certification on his being released upon completion of his term of imprisonment, certification on his being released from labor education for rehabilitation, or paper on his residence registration being canceled) or notarial certifications, and submit two of his 1”full-faced pictures which are taken recently. After investigation work is done on the application by policeman and examination is done by the superintendent of the police station, a temporary resident identification card can be issued with the examination and approval from public security branches or public security battalion (or squadron) of public security bureaus on district or county level. Police stations shall do examination work and wind up the case within 2 working days after accepting the application.

Applications with complete formalities shall be processed then and there (blocked areas are excluded).

Ordinances on Resident Identification Card of the People’s Republic of China and the detailed regulations on its implementation, Interim Provisions on Administration of Temporary Resident Identification Cards(89) G. F. No. 18, Notice on Strengthening and Improving the Administration over Temporary Resident Identification Cards G.T.Z. (1993) No.17, Notice on Registration Sheet on Report of the Loss of Resident Identification Card and on Receipt of Applying for a Resident Identification Card, Applying for a New Resident Identification Card and Applying for reissue of a New Resident Identification Card, or Applying for a Temporary Resident Identification Card(92) H.G. (H) No.53.

According to the following documents: document from Shanghai Municipal Price Bureau (H.J.H. (95) No.232, and document from Shanghai Municipal Finance Bureau (H.C.Z. (95), No.74: the production cost of a resident identification card in applying for a resident identification card is 10RMB.

According to the following documents: document from Shanghai Municipal Price Bureau (H.J.H. (95) No.232, and document from Shanghai Municipal Finance Bureau (H.C.Z. (95), No.74: the production cost of a resident identification card in applying for a new resident identification card is 10RMB.

According to the following documents: document from Shanghai Municipal Price Bureau (H.J.H. (95) No.232, and document from Shanghai Municipal Finance Bureau (H.C.Z. (95), No.74: the production cost of a resident identification card in applying for issue of a temporary resident identification card is 5RMB. According to the following documents: document from Shanghai Municipal Price Bureau (H.J.H. (95) No.232, and document from Shanghai Municipal Finance Bureau (H.C.Z. (95), No.74: the production cost of a resident identification card in applying for reissue of a new resident identification card is 20RMB.