Chinese friends who have become Australian nationals or have resided permanently in Australia often face a major problem when they come back to China to visit relatives or visit friends or business trips: no ID cards!
This directly leads to:
- When taking the train to collect tickets, I can only watch the Chinese compatriots swipe their identity cards and collect tickets on their own in minutes. They also have to line up at the manual counter to check their passports with their luggage;
- When staying in a hotel, there are a lot of rules, no ID card not allowed to live! Passport? Not used at the top;
- Even if you don`t go back to China, it`s not a good thing to stay in Australia! For example, if you want to open a WeChat public account to keep up with the trend, thank you for sharing the mood, and found that there is no ID number, even the registration can not be registered!
Young overseas Chinese want to return to China to do business, old overseas Chinese want to settle down, and these things have to be faced sooner or later. For this reason, the facilitation of the entry and exit of overseas Chinese and their stay in and out of China has always been a hot topic of concern to the overseas Chinese community.
In the ongoing two sessions of China, many delegates also talked about this hot topic and suggested that all parties should work together to make it more convenient for overseas Chinese to "return home"! Let`s hear what the delegates say.
Member of the CPPCC National Committee, Vice Chairman of the overseas Chinese Federation of China, Zhu Yilong
Picture shows Chu Yat-lung Information Chart
When the overseas Chinese return to settle and restore their hukou, the phenomenon that they cannot obtain legal hukou and identity documents at home because of the inconsistent information comparison still exists.
Suggestion: the government household registration department takes the lead, contacts the entry and exit administration, the civil affairs, the overseas Chinese affairs office, the overseas Chinese federation and so on, establishes the joint examination consultation mechanism, solves the overseas Chinese difficult information inconsistent problem, fully guarantees its right to restore the hukou.
Member of the CPPCC National Committee, President of overseas Chinese University, Xu Xipeng
The picture shows Xu Xipeng`s data map.
Some overseas Chinese hold Chinese passports, but do not have household registration and identity cards in the country, and often are not accepted when dealing with affairs, making their domestic life a lot of inconvenience.
It is suggested that a pilot reform should be carried out to study the convenient use of separate documents for issuing identity cards to overseas Chinese. On the other hand, consideration should be given to the establishment of an information bank of overseas Chinese residents` identity cards by public security departments, and an annual examination system for overseas Chinese identity cards should be tried out.
Deputy to the National people`s Congress, Professor, South China University of Technology, Enron
Picture shows Enron data chart
In recent years, although accelerated the strength and speed of China Green Card issue, but the pace is still slow, the threshold is still high.
Suggestions: we should strengthen the approval of the permanent residence right of excellent overseas Chinese in China on the premise that they can contribute to China`s development and construction. Make more Chinese high-end talents, interested, willing to work in China with peace of mind.
Let`s take a look at the heavyweight proposal on behalf of the members:
At this year`s two sessions, Zhu Zhenfu, member of the National Committee of the Chinese people`s political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and vice president of the all-China Bar Association, again proposed to amend Article 9 of the nationality Law at the meeting.
Member of the CPPCC National Committee, Vice President of the all-China Bar Association, Zhu Zhenfu
He proposed that article 9 of the nationality Law be amended: if a Chinese citizen does not apply for renunciation of Chinese nationality after he acquires foreign nationality, then China only recognizes the citizen`s Chinese nationality and does not recognize his or her foreign nationality.
He believes that when Article 9 of the nationality Law was enacted, our national strength was still weak. But now all over the world, especially in western developed countries, they are competing for talents and resources, and nationality has become an important means to compete for talent resources. It is not in the long-term interest of the country to lose its nationality automatically and to cede talent to other countries.
He also said that it is not possible to equate the acquisition of foreign nationality with unpatriotic, and that many Chinese people who acquire foreign nationality are not indifferent to the motherland; it may be the need for work or other reasons.
As a result, his new proposal hopes to address the issue in a more modest way, allowing Chinese nationals who have acquired foreign nationality to retain it without voluntarily renouncing it.
We can see that in recent years a series of new regulations are making the life of overseas Chinese more and more convenient.
If you`re an overseas Chinese,
Overseas Chinese refers to overseas Chinese residents holding Chinese passports. If overseas Chinese are allowed to return to settle in China, they may apply for a new identity card.
The overseas Chinese propose to the government overseas Chinese affairs department of the local people at or above the county level that if the conditions meet the conditions, the overseas Chinese affairs department of the provincial or municipal level of the people`s government shall issue the Certificate of overseas Chinese return and settlement.
The overseas Chinese themselves apply for permanent residence registration and identity card at the county-level public security organ in the proposed settlement area by the Certificate of return and settlement of overseas Chinese.
It is reported that overseas Chinese re-apply for identity cards may also like to return to start a business, investment and other channels, please consult the relevant departments.
If you`re an overseas Chinese,
Overseas Chinese refers to Chinese who have been naturalized. In fact, to China, you are already a foreigner. Starting from June 2017, foreigners` permanent residence permits will be renamed "Aliens permanent residence identity Card". Eligible Chinese may apply for them.
Application conditions
China has consciously lowered issuance standards since last year, with 1576 people approved by the Ministry of Public Security in 2016, an increase of 163 percent from 2015.
This kind of "lower threshold" measures, has been implemented in Shanghai, Beijing, Guangdong and other places.
Before the reform, many foreign Chinese applied for "China Green Card" and needed to evaluate their professional titles, which really made it difficult for many Chinese to apply for "China Green Card".
After the reform, not only the scope of the applicable population has become larger, but also the audit time has been reduced.
(take Shanghai as an example)
Having a doctorate degree or already in the Shanghai "double self (editor`s note: Shanghai Zhangjiang National Independent Innovation demonstration Zone and China (Shanghai) Free Trade Experimental Zone)" zone, "mass entrepreneurship and innovation (editor`s note: innovation and entrepreneurship)" base has worked continuously for four years and intends to apply for permanent residence in China;
For dealing with private affairs in Shanghai or for working in Shanghai, studying, engaging in business, scientific, educational, cultural, health, and other exchange activities, it is intended to apply for a multiple entry and exit visa within 5 years or a residence permit for a period of 5 years.
It takes only 15 working days to confirm the status of foreign Chinese, and no charge is charged.
The certificate refers to the second generation ID card design, embedded in the contactless integrated circuit chip. The registration items include the holder`s name, gender, date of birth, nationality, duration of validity, issuing authority and document number, etc., which can be read by the second generation ID card reader.
Come on, let`s focus on an important discussion.
On the afternoon of March 8, the invited representatives attending the two sessions held a forum with the Chinese Ministry of Public Security to discuss in depth how to protect the interests of overseas Chinese and overseas Chinese. Mr. Wang Jian, member of the Party Committee and Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Public Security, Mr. qu Yunhai, Director General of the entry and exit Administration of the Ministry of Public Security, Ms. Min Haiyun, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Public Security, Mr. Zhu Yuxiang, International Cooperation Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security and Deputy Director of the China National Central Bureau of Interpol. It is a rare opportunity for the head of the Ministry of Public Security to have direct dialogue with specially invited representatives from overseas.
According to official account Jing said Japan, the dialogue also revealed a lot of important news.
Can the Chinese card be activated?
The Ministry of Public Security responded: it is an Indian practice to give special identity cards to overseas Chinese. We have studied this for a long time, and it also involves other departments of the country. We believe that there are tens of millions of overseas Chinese nationals in China. At present, we do not have the environment and conditions for issuing "Chinese cards". We will protect more rights and interests by giving more convenience to overseas Chinese.
It seems that it will take some time for each overseas Chinese to issue a "Chinese card".
2 5-year visa card for foreign Chinese
Good news for overseas Chinese! The head of the Ministry of Public Security said that the Immigration Administration has begun to implement a preferential policy of granting visas to foreign Chinese to return to and from China many times over the past five years. In order to avoid the trouble of re-applying for 5-year visa after the foreign Chinese change their passports, the 5-year visa card is being studied so that they can be managed separately from the passport and carried with them.
3. Foreign Chinese applying for Green Card conditions or reduction
Similarly, for overseas Chinese, it is also a good news! A responsible person of the Ministry of Public Security said: regarding the issue of foreign Chinese applying for green cards in China, the Ministry of Public Security coordinated the overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other relevant departments, and other relevant departments have formulated a plan to report to the State Council, preparing to lower the threshold and ease the requirements for academic qualifications and In order to allow more foreign Chinese to return home to serve, return home to start a business, home reunion.
4 return identity card processing
Regarding the extensive demand for overseas Chinese identity cards to be re-processed, the responsible person of the Ministry of Public Security responded in this way, choosing a foreign country as their permanent residence and only temporarily staying in China. In this case, China will not be able to apply for your identity card.
But now, the overseas Chinese who meet the relevant conditions, such as the return to settle, have been able to re-process the identity card according to the relevant formalities.
I sincerely hope that the overseas Chinese-related system will become more and more perfect, so that overseas Chinese / overseas Chinese like the editor can often go home to see it.
