Residence Permit for Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan Residents

Not to be confused with Mainland Travel Permit for Hong Kong and Macao Resident or Mainland Travel Permit for Taiwan Resident.

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 Chinese citizens with permanent residency in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. Legally, Chinese citizens with permanent residency in the three regions can reside indefinitely in mainland China for any purpose without restriction. They can apply for this card for their living convenience in mainland China, as along as they have lived in the mainland for more than six months and meet one of the following conditions: legal and stable employment, legal and stable residence, or continuous study.^[1][2]

Residence Permit for Hong Kong and Macao Residents 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)
Type	Identity document
Issued by	China
Purpose	Identification
Eligibility	Chinese nationality, permanent residency status in Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwan, have lived in the mainland for more than six months, and meet one of the following conditions: legal and stable employment, legal and stable residence, or continuous study

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 Pinyin Gǎng-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 Pinyin Táiwān Jūmín Jūzhùzhèng

Applications for this card first opened on 1 September 2018.^[3]

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.^[4]

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.^[5] 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. "国务院办公厅关于印发《港澳台居民居住证申领发放办法》的通知 港澳台居民居住证申领发放办法__2018年第24号国务院公报_中国政府网". www.gov.cn. Archived from the original on 2024-09-20. Retrieved 2024-09-20.
2. "港澳台居民居住证申领指南". 广东省公安厅 Guangdong Provincial Public Security Department. Archived from the original on 2023-05-25. Retrieved 2024-09-20.
3. 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. Archived from the original on 15 March 2019. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
4. 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.
5. "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. Archived from the original on 2020-10-27. Retrieved 2020-03-31.