The first edition of passport (1997) uses special paper, with the Great Wall watermark pattern printed on the inside page and the radial pattern of bauhinia printed with blue-orange rainbow; The photo of the holder is in color, and red or light blue can be used as the background of the photo; Passport 1 page and 2 pages are the "description pages" of Chinese and English passports respectively; Pages 3 and 4 are "Remarks Pages"; Pages 5 to 3 1 (thickened 47 pages) are "visa pages"; Page 32 (48 in bold type) is "urgent information" and the signature page of the holder; The back cover is the holder's "personal information page". Second Passport (2003) A new passport issued on June 65438+ 10/2003, the cover design is basically the same as that of the first passport, the anti-counterfeiting film on the personal information page is thinner, and the following visible anti-counterfeiting features are added: "Personal information page" is printed with the color-changing text "Hong Kong Special Administrative Region" printed with optical color-changing ink on the left side of the holder's photo; The words "Immigration Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region" in the column of "Issuing Authority" are printed with optically variable ink; Under ultraviolet light, the "profile page" has a fluorescent bauhinia pattern, thin lines and the words "Hong Kong Special Administrative Region".
E-Passport (2007)
Since February 5, 2007, the Immigration Department has issued an electronic passport that adopts biometric authentication technology and meets the standards of the International Civil Aviation Organization. The cover design is basically the same as the previous passport, adding electronic chips and 46 anti-counterfeiting functions. The inside page of passport cover is "Request Page", and 1 and 2 pages are "Remarks Page"; Pages 3 to 30 (thickened by 46 pages) are "visa pages"; Page 32 (48 pages in bold type) is "Emergency Information and Holder's Signature Page"; The "Profile Page" is compiled independently between the "Request Page" and the "Remarks Page". The main differences between the electronic passport and the previous passport are: at the bottom of the cover and the upper left of the "personal information page", the sign of "electronic travel document" has been added; The inside page of the passport is changed to different varieties of four-season flowers (spring peony, summer lotus, autumn chrysanthemum and winter plum flower), and Chinese characters with different China calligraphy fonts (regular script, seal script, cursive script, running script and official script) are printed; The photo of the holder has also been changed from the previous color to black and white, requiring the applicant to submit a color photo with a white background; On the right side of the photo of the holder of the "Personal Information Page", the trapezoidal Hong Kong permanent identity card number is printed; Wavy lines composed of miniature fonts with personal data printed on the bottom; The "Personal Information Page" is printed with various images and photos of the holder (similar to the smart ID card); The theme design of "Personal Profile Page" was changed from Bauhinia to Qingmaqiao; The background patterns of the machine-readable area of the "Personal Information Page" are Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center and Golden Bauhinia Square; The first page is printed with the holder's photo in miniature font of personal data. A contactless chip is built into the back cover, which digitally stores the holder's personal data and appearance image, and prints the following instructions:
This passport contains sensitive electronic components. In order to keep the best performance of your passport, please don't bend your passport or punch holes in this page. Do not expose this passport to high temperature, low temperature or humidity. This passport contains sensitive electronic products. For the best performance, please do not bend or modify this page or expose this passport to extreme temperature or excessive humidity. Please don't stamp here.