It is issued to Chinese citizens with permanent residency in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

They can apply for this card for their living convenience in mainland China, as long as they have lived in the mainland for more than six months and meet one of the following conditions: legal and stable employment, legal and stable residence, or continuous study.

This is the first time that the Chinese government ever assigns a number to residents of these places.

[5] The address codes of Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan for the identification number are 810000, 820000 and 830000 respectively.

The contents on the permit are mostly the same as those on the resident identity card; the differences are that there are number of issuances and mainland travel permit number on the obverse side, and there is no ethnicity on the reverse side.