[7] In 2012, over 38 million Chinese citizens held ordinary passports, comprising only 2.86 percent of the total population at the time.

[15] The passports for Macau and Hong Kong SARs are issued and regulated by the governments of these regions, and are therefore not covered by this law.

[16] Chinese regulations require public affairs passports to be kept in the possession of the holder's work unit,[19] and they must be surrendered by the individual within one month of returning to China.

Details include: In the biometric Passport, the personal data page was moved to a separate sheet of paper, and the design of personal data page has been amended significantly, adding the full name of PRC in Simplified Chinese and English on top along with an e-passport symbol printed with optically variable ink.

In the biometric version, selected nature hotspots and famous sights of mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan are printed in the inner pages, each page also contains a transparent watermark of another nature hotspots and famous sights in the same area.

For e-passport, inside the backcover, a caution for the biometric chip is written in both Chinese and English: 本护照内置敏感电子元件。为保持最佳性能，请不要将护照折弯、打孔或者暴露在极端温湿度环境。This passport contains sensitive electronics.

In some Regions, processing time is 7 business days such as Shanghai City if application was submitted electronically (online or by cell phone APPs such as WeChat).

[25] Permanent residents of Hong Kong or Macau who hold Chinese nationality Special Administrative Regions of China are issued Hong Kong or Macau SAR passports by the respective passport issuing authorities in the SARs.

Chinese nationals who are non-permanent residents of Hong Kong or Macau AND are without household registration in mainland China are issued Hong Kong Document of Identity for Visa Purposes or Macao Special Administrative Region Travel Permit, respectively.

Exit and Entry Permit is not required, however, when not leaving the sterile area of Taoyuan Airport on transit to the third place regardless of the city of departure.

e-Channel was first introduced for self-entry, i.e. for Chinese biometric passport holders return to China from Outside destinations.

If their biometric passports do not contain fingerprint data, they must first register with China Immigration Inspection (CII) at land border checkpoints or international airports to be eligible.

[27] Starting from August 19, 2016, passengers are able to use the e-Gates in terminal 2 of Beijing Capital International Airport to complete exit procedures from China as well.

The latest visa exemption is granted by Kiribati Ministry of Foreign Affairs to all Chinese citizen for tourism purpose.

After Covid travel restriction was lifted, the resume of free-to-travel is on high demand as well as align to government's economic boosting strategy; Passport offices are also introducing new mobile-app allow hassle-free passport application or renew, together with video-call and facial recognition techniques to enable this service 24/7.

According to Henley's report, Chinese Passport is the front runner for visa-free travel ranking among all countries.

In order for such Chinese citizens to travel from mainland China to Hong Kong and Macau, a Two-way Permit is required.

Chinese foreign missions, however, do issue visa-like Hong Kong SAR Entry Permits for up to 14 days to Chinese citizens residing outside mainland China upon request, so PRC passport holders can travel solely between Hong Kong and Mainland with passports.