The resident ID card of the People's Republic of China is a proof of citizenship to prove that you live in People's Republic of China (PRC).
On March 29th, 2004, Chinese mainland officially began to renew the second-generation resident ID card with built-in contactless IC card smart chip. The surface of the second-generation ID card adopts anti-counterfeiting film and printing anti-counterfeiting technology, and personal color photos can be used to read the information in the digital chip by machine.
However, with the development of the times, the legal vacancy problems such as incomplete distribution scope of certificates, backward production technology, easy forgery of certificates and inspection of resident identity cards by law enforcement personnel are prominent. The formulation of the Law of the People's Republic of China on Resident Identity Cards and the research and development of the second-generation resident identity cards have begun.