Resident identity card is a legal document used to prove the identity of the holder. You need to prove your identity in some aspects such as business handling, travel and accommodation. In life, it has a wide range of applications:

1. Voter registration, household registration, military service registration, marriage registration, enrollment, employment, notarization, and going to the border management area.

2. Go through exit formalities, participate in litigation activities, and apply for motor vehicle and boat driver's license, not motor vehicle license.

3. Apply for individual business license, handle personal credit affairs and other financial business, participate in social insurance and receive social relief.

4. Check in, check into the hotel, and pick up remittance, mail and consignments.

5. Handle other affairs (such as mobile phone, broadband access, Internet cafe registration, etc.). )

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Law of the People's Republic of China on Resident Identity Cards

Fourteenth in any of the following circumstances, citizens should show their identity cards to prove their identity:

(a) the registered items of permanent residence have changed;

(2) military service registration;

(3) Marriage registration and adoption registration;

(4) Going through exit formalities;

(5) Other circumstances in which it is necessary to prove identity with a resident ID card as stipulated by laws and administrative regulations.

A citizen who has not obtained a resident identity card in accordance with the provisions of this Law may, when engaging in the relevant activities specified in the preceding paragraph, use other means of proof that meet the requirements of the state to prove his identity.

References:

ID card-Baidu Encyclopedia