Legal basis: Regulations of People's Republic of China (PRC) Municipality on Household Registration.
Article 4 The household registration organ shall set up a household registration book.
Cities, waters and towns with police stations shall issue household registration books to every household.
Rural cooperatives issue household registration books as units; The household registration book is not issued to accounts outside the cooperative.
The household register and the items registered in the household register have the effect of proving citizenship.
Twenty-second household registration books, books, forms and certificates shall be uniformly formulated by People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Ministry of Public Security and printed by the public security organs of provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government.
Citizens should pay the cost of residence booklet and migration certificate.