Passports in China are divided into diplomatic passports, official passports and ordinary passports, and ordinary passports are divided into official passports and private passports.

Diplomatic passports are mainly issued to China government officials above deputy ministers and vice governors, heads and deputy heads of important delegations such as the party, government and army, as well as diplomatic officials, consular officials and their accompanying spouses, minor children and diplomatic envoys.

Official passports are mainly issued to the staff of government departments at all levels in China, the staff of Chinese diplomatic missions abroad, consular offices, United Nations organizations and relevant specialized agencies, their accompanying spouses and minor children.

Ordinary official passports are mainly issued to China state-owned enterprises and institutions who go abroad to engage in economic, trade, cultural, sports, health, scientific and technological exchanges and other official activities, and public servants who go abroad to study, study, visit scholars and engage in labor services on business.

Ordinary passports for private purposes are issued to China citizens who have settled abroad for personal reasons, such as visiting relatives, friends, inheriting property, studying abroad at their own expense, employment and tourism.

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Ordinary passports of the People's Republic of China are issued by the Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China. Before the promulgation of the Passport Law of the People's Republic of China on June 5438+1 October/KLOC-0, 2007, it was divided into ordinary passports for business and ordinary passports for private purposes. Ordinary passport refers to the passport issued to ordinary citizens (that is, ordinary people).

Citizens who go abroad for non-official reasons, such as settling in a foreign country, visiting relatives, studying, obtaining employment, traveling and engaging in business activities, shall apply for an ordinary passport to the exit-entry administration department of the public security organ of the local people's government at or above the county level where their household registration is located.

Ordinary passports are issued by the Exit-Entry Administration of the Ministry of Public Security or the Exit-Entry Administration of the public security organs of local people's governments at or above the county level entrusted by the Ministry of Public Security, as well as China's embassies and consulates abroad and other overseas institutions entrusted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Ordinary passports are private passports. Ordinary passports for People's Republic of China (PRC) * * and People's Republic of China (PRC) on business: they are mainly issued to general staff of governments at all levels, social organizations and personnel of state-owned enterprises and institutions who go abroad on business. Ordinary passports on business are not issued by the Ministry of Public Security, but are accepted and issued by the foreign affairs offices of local people's governments. The cover is dark brown.

Ordinary Passport of the People's Republic of China for Private Purposes: It is mainly issued to China citizens who go abroad for personal reasons, such as settling down, visiting relatives, friends, inheriting property, studying abroad, employment and traveling. The cover is dark red.

After the promulgation and implementation of China's passport law, the official passport was renamed as the official passport and placed in the scope of the official passport, from the original light purple cover to dark brown; An ordinary passport for personal reasons was renamed as an ordinary passport.

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