A few days ago, the national public security organs began to issue electronic ordinary passports. In 2009, with the approval of the State Council, the Ministry of Public Security launched the research and development project of People's Republic of China (PRC) electronic ordinary passport to actively adapt to the global development trend of electronic passports, continuously improve the scientific and technological content of China passports and facilitate citizens' entry and exit. After three years of careful preparation, China's electronic ordinary passport adopts a high-security smart card chip that meets the relevant standards of ICAO, protects the data of the chip through cryptographic technology, and adopts dozens of physical anti-counterfeiting technologies. On the one hand, it is helpful for border inspection departments of various countries to quickly verify their identity at port inspection, improve customs clearance efficiency and protect the legitimate rights and interests of entry-exit citizens; On the other hand, it will play a positive role in preventing criminals from forging or altering passports and curbing transnational organized criminal activities such as illegal immigration and human trafficking.

It is understood that compared with the old ordinary passport, the new electronic passport has added a carrier that can store digital personal data, and adopted digital signature technology to protect the stored personal data. The anti-counterfeiting performance of passports has been fundamentally improved, and fingerprint collection has been added to the procedures. Passport is a document for citizens to prove their nationality and identity when entering or leaving the country and abroad. Be careful not to lose it. It is illegal to alter, alter, transfer or intentionally damage a passport. Because ordinary electronic passports have sensitive electronic components built in, in order to maintain the best performance, entry-exit personnel holding new electronic passports must be careful not to bend, punch or expose their passports in extreme temperature and humidity environment. The validity period of the electronic ordinary passport is/kloc-5 years for passport holders under 0/6 years old, 10 years for passport holders over 6 years old.

In order to facilitate college teachers and students to exchange, study and travel abroad, the Ministry of Public Security launched? Enter the entry and exit service of colleges and universities? Service activities. When applying for an electronic ordinary passport, you need to sign the Application Form for Ordinary Passport of China Citizens on the spot. The signature of the applicant should be its true signature, which should be scanned and printed on the information page of the applicant's electronic ordinary passport. When entering or leaving the country, the frontier inspection organ has the right to check whether the applicant's signature is true. In order to ensure the printing quality of signatures, in principle, signatures must be filled in standardized Chinese characters, and ethnic minorities can fill in their own languages, but they should be consistent with the ethnic names on the resident identity cards. The signature shall be written horizontally and placed in the applicant's signature box, and shall not be pressed or tilted. When signing, you can't use Lian Bi, there is a breakpoint, and the distance between words can't exceed half a word. Applicants who do not have writing ability, such as preschool children, may not sign their names.