BEIJING, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- Con artists and swindlers
in China who try to use fake ID will have a tougher time trying to pass
themselves off as someone else now that the public has access to the Ministry of
Public Security's population database.
Anyone can now send a text message or visit the
country's population information center's website, to check if the name and the
ID number of a person's identity card match. If they do match the ID
cardholder's picture also appears, said the Ministry, adding that no other
information is available to ensure a citizen's privacy is protected.
Completed at the end of 2006, China's population
information database, the world's largest, contains personal information on 1.3
billion citizens.
Giving public accessing to the database is also
designed to correct mistakes if an individual discovers that their name, number
and picture don't match.
Millions of dollars are lost each year by people who
use false identities. According to the Ministry of Public Security, about 90
percent of people who commit crimes hold fake ID cards.
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China to renew 200 mln ID cards in 2006
BEIJING, March 7 (Xinhuanet) -- Some 200 million computerized "second generation" ID cards will be issued to residents around China, replacing the old cards that have been in use for 20 years.
According to a televised conference of the Ministry of Public Security, by the end of 2005, about 102 million new ID cards had been issued to residents since the massive renewal project kicked off last year.
Overlapped ID numbers affect one mln people
BEIJING, May 25 -- An estimated 1 million people in China had overlapping ID card numbers, a Beijing newspaper reported Monday.
The replication occurred in the past several years when ID numbers increased from 15 digits to 18 digits, professor Wang Taiyuan with the Chinese People's Public Security University was quoted by The Mirror as saying. The newspaper did not elaborate on how the estimation was made.
Beijing to set up information databank to stop marriage cheats
BEIJING, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- A marriage databank is to be set up in Beijing this year to help the authorities prevent bigamy and bogus marriages.
Information on the database will be available to public security, civil affairs and population departments and women's federations.
