On household registration

1. Article 10 of the Regulations on Household Registration in People's Republic of China (PRC): "If a citizen moves out of the jurisdiction of the household registration, he or the head of the household shall apply to the household registration authority for registration of moving out, obtain a certificate of moving out and cancel the household registration." "Citizens who move from rural areas to cities and towns must apply to the permanent residence registration authority for moving out with the employment certificate of the urban labor department, the school admission certificate, or the approval certificate of the urban household registration authority".

2. Article 2 of the Notice of the State Council on Approving the Regulations of the Ministry of Public Security on the Migration of registered permanent residence (Guo Fa [1977] 140): "Anyone who migrates from rural areas to towns, from agricultural population to non-agricultural population, from towns to cities, from small cities to big cities, and from ordinary rural areas to state-owned farms and vegetable teams must apply to the local police station.