page_title: Chinese passport
section_title: Form "97-2"
hierarchical_section_title: Chinese passport / Overview and Contents / Format / Ordinary Passport - Inside / Form "97-2"
caption_attribution_description: English: Informatin Page of PRC Ordinary Passport (97-2 Version) 中文（简体）‎: 中华人民共和国97-2版普通护照内页
context_page_description: The People's Republic of China passport, commonly referred to as the Chinese passport, is a passport issued to nationals of the People's Republic of China who have registered as a resident of Mainland China and hence hold a hukou, for the purpose of international travel, and entitles the bearer to the protection of China's consular officials overseas.
  On 1 July 2011, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China launched a trial issuance of e-passports for individuals conducting public affairs work overseas on behalf of the Chinese government. The face, fingerprints, and other biometric features of the passport holder is digitalized and stored in pre-installed contactless smart chip, along with "the passport owner's name, sex and personal photo as well as the passport's term of validity and [the] digital certificate of the chip". Ordinary biometric passports were introduced by the Ministry of Public Security on 15 May 2012. As of January 2015, all new passports issued by China are biometric e-passports, and non-biometric passports are no longer issued.
context_section_description: The Form "97-2" ordinary Chinese passport is a machine-readable passport.
  In "97-2", personal data is on the inside front cover along with a coloured photo printed with inkjet printer, with a protection film covering most of the data page. Details include:
  Passport code (P)
  Country Code (CHN)
  Passport number (G########) - consists of one letter indicating passport type (G = ordinary), followed by eight digits
  Surname
  Given Names
  Sex (M/F)
  Date of birth (DD.MMM.YYYY)
  Date of issue (DD.MMM.YYYY)
  Place of birth (Province, or city/province/state if born abroad)
  Place of issue (Province, or city/province/state of diplomatic/consular authority if issued abroad)
  Date of expiry (DD.MMM.YYYY)
  Authority (Exit & Entry Administration, Ministry of Public Security or the Chinese diplomatic and consular mission)
  Machine Readable Code
caption: Biodata page of the Form "97-2" PRC Ordinary Passport
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