REGULATIONS FOR ENTERING AND TRAVELLING IN CHINA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R009700100004-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 14, 2000
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: January 10, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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l:FORMArION REPORT.. CD NO. 25X1A
COUNTRY China DATE DISTR.
10 Jan 52.
SUBJECT Regu'a ,,ions for Entering and. 'gavelling in China NO. OF PAGES 1
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To enter China'. a person must first obtain an entrance permit from
government authorities,. at his final destination. This can be obtained
in Hong Kong by mail from China. He must also provide a guarantor,
either a shopkeeper or}head of a family,, with a permanent residence
certificate in the area of ,his desti.natio33.1 The entrance permit is
not collected at the point of entry into China, but is surrendered to
public security bureau authorities at the time the traveller makes
application for a residence certificate at his final destination.
Ordinarily a person entering China is not required to obtain a permit
for travel in China., but he is required to notify the local census
registration office of his intention to travel and his destination.
However, if he plans to travel to Chekiang Province, Chekiang authorities
require him to obtain a travel permit at 1 ,s point of departure. In
South and Southeast China a traveller seeking a hotel room is subject
to a thorough interrogation by public security personnel unless he can
identify hihself by a labor union membership card or other means. Canton
is the onlyc~ty in China where citizens' identification cards are issued
to residents.
3. A traveller is not inspected at railroad stations between.Tientsin and
Shanghai nor at the railroad stations of large towns and cities on the
route from Shanghai to Canton via Hangchow; However, he ;_s given a
thorough examination at village railroad stations along the Shanghai-
Hangchow-Canton route .3
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,,,,__?_Comment. In about June 1951 two shop and one or more personal
guarantors were required from the place of destination for a person
claiming Chinese residence who wished to travel to China. Because
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2 Co . Details on the census registration form for Canton
a-a on travel regulations in South China were reported
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Travel inspection procedures at railroad stations in
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