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Do you register?
(Beijing Today)
Updated: 2006-04-26 10:06



With the new holiday season approaching, many young expatriates,
especially newcomers, are expecting a visit from abroad by family or
friends. According to the Public Security Bureau of China (PSB), if you
want your friends or family to stay with you they should register with
the police within 24 hours of their arrival.

However, many foreigners think it is troublesome, "What? Even if they are
just staying ere for the weekend?" said Tom Edmonson, a British man who
came to Beijing for four months and shared an apartment with a friend. "I
did not hear anything about that. I have not registered where I am
staying now, but mfriend (flat mate) has registered with the local PSB."
This situation bothers Chen Zhongliang, an official of the Entry and Exit
Affairs Management Department of the Beijing Municipal Public Security
Bureau. "This is a hinese regulation and I hope every foreigner will know
about it and follow it," Chen said.

"The whole procedure is simple and it does not take longer than two
minutes," Chen said. "If you rent a local apartment, go tegister with
your landlord. If you have foreign friends to stay for a few days, just
bring them to register." According to Chen, there are foreigners being
fined for non-registration every day.

"Normally, if they did ot know about it we might just give a warning the
first time," Chen said. "But if we found out that he/she did it on
purpose, they will be fined 200 yuan." Chen said that when foreigners
follow the rules and register where they are staying it is very helpful
for the police and also helps reduce foreigner-related crime.

Recently, to make as many foreigners aware of the policy as possible Chen
and his colleagues paid visits to over one hundred local PSB stations.
The PSB will work together with different communities to make sure
foreigners follow the regulations.


"We put up English and Chinese advertising in many communities, Korean
language posters n the Wangjing area, as well as brochures to help people
understand where to register and what they should bring with them." "If
you have not seen any brochures or posters, or need the police's help
anytime, just call 0 and they would transfer the call to us," Chen said.
















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