title: Identification Cards Regulation, 1985.
abstract: This Regulation institutes an identity card system in China for persons over the age of sixteen. Under the Regulation, 301 million people had been given identity cards by December 1988 and another 199 million were expected to get them by October 1989. Each card carries a fifteen digit identification number indicating date of birth and the residence of the holder when the card was issued.
mesh_terms: D001208:Asia; D002681:China; D003906:Developing Countries; D001330:Electronic Data Processing; D005202:Asia, Eastern; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D011996:Records
keywords: Asia; China; Developing Countries; Eastern Asia; Information; Information Processing; Laws And Statutes; Personal Identification Systems--legal aspects; Records