2. Abbreviations of provinces, cities, municipalities directly under the Central Government and autonomous regions, such as Shanghai or Zhejiang.
3. Native place refers to an individual's ancestral home or birthplace. Not where you live now.
4. The native place is not where your household registration book is located. For example, after we were born in Hunan, our registered permanent residence moved to Beijing (then our native place is still Hunan, not Beijing).
5. The native place is generally from the father's family and also from the mother's family. This will vary from person to person.