Legal basis: Regulations of People's Republic of China (PRC) Municipality on Household Registration.
Article 3 Public security organs at all levels shall be responsible for household registration.
In towns with police stations, the jurisdiction of the police station shall be the domicile; Townships and towns without public security police stations shall be under the jurisdiction of townships and towns as household registration. Township and town people's committees and public security police stations are household registration organs.
The accounts that live in organs, organizations, schools, enterprises, institutions and public dormitories shall be designated by each unit to assist the household registration authority in household registration; Decentralized residence accounts are directly registered by the household registration authority at the place where the accounts are located.
The accounts of non-active servicemen living in military organs and military dormitories shall be designated by each unit to assist the household registration authority registered permanent residence.
Accounts of production cooperatives such as agriculture, fishery, salt industry, forestry, animal husbandry and handicrafts. , the designated cooperative should assist the household registration authority in household registration. Accounts other than cooperatives are directly registered in the accounts by the household registration authority.
Article 7 Within one month after a baby is born, the head of the household, relatives, dependents or neighbors shall report the birth registration to the baby's permanent residence registration authority.
If an abandoned baby is abandoned, the adopter or the infant-rearing institution shall declare the birth registration to the household registration authority.
Article 8 If a citizen dies, the head of the household, relatives, dependents or neighbors shall report the death registration to the household registration authority and cancel the household registration within one month before the burial in cities and rural areas. If a citizen dies in his temporary residence, the household registration organ of the temporary residence shall notify the household registration organ of the permanent residence to cancel his household registration.
If a citizen dies due to an accident or the cause of death is unknown, the head of the household and the discoverer shall immediately report to the local police station or the people's committee of a township or town.