China News Service, Guangzhou, April 13 (Cai Minjie and Liao Peijin) The Ministry of Civil Affairs has recently agreed to confirm 15 cities including Guangzhou as experimental areas for the reform of marriage customs in the country.
The relevant person in charge of the Guangzhou Civil Affairs Bureau stated on the 13th that the National Marriage Customs Reform Experimental Zone will provide the public with richer and more distinctive marriage custom culture propaganda, marriage and family services, etc., but will not change the marriage registration procedures or handling links.
According to the "Guiding Opinions of the Ministry of Civil Affairs on the Pilot Reform of Marriage Customs", the cities in the experimental area promoted the transformation of customs in the field of marriage, advocated the formation of correct marriage and family values in the whole society, curbed irregular marriage customs, and continuously improved the civilization of the whole society.
The urban wedding culture of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area belongs to the scope of Lingnan wedding culture. The idea and practice of advocating a healthy and civilized wedding culture is easier to gain recognition among cities in the Bay Area.
In recent years, Guangzhou has promoted reform and innovative services such as the citywide marriage registration, and explored the promotion of cross-provincial and municipal marriage registration work, and integrated the cooperation in resource sharing, talent exchange and other aspects of urban wedding services in Greater Bay Area.
The relevant person in charge of the Guangzhou Civil Affairs Bureau said that applying for the National Marriage Reform Experimental Zone is conducive to building a brand for the reform of marriage customs in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
In addition, in recent years, Guangzhou has integrated the resources of marriage registration, marriage, family, and wedding customs, carried out marriage and family counseling, family mediation, volunteer services, etc., provided psychological support and legal assistance; set up a self-service certification service area to create Chinese and Western style, indoor A variety of styles of certification halls outside, to optimize the certification service environment, etc.
What is the content and direction of marriage customs reform?
The relevant person in charge of the Guangzhou Civil Affairs Bureau stated that the city will carry out marriage and family counseling services such as pre-marital counseling, marriage and family relationship adjustment, divorce counseling, and integrate the resources of civil affairs, courts and other departments to carry out marriage and family counseling, family mediation, and volunteer services. Promote the happiness and harmony of marriage and family; optimize marriage registration and certification services, explore the use of 5G communication technology and digital light and shadow interactive equipment, and innovate and design personalized styles and immersive experience in multi-scene certification services.
At the same time, Guangzhou plans to build a wedding culture center, establish a marriage service research institute, hold a wedding expo, hold a high-end forum on wedding culture, promote wedding tourism activities and build a wedding industrial park.
According to the relevant person in charge of the Guangzhou Civil Affairs Bureau, the city will combine the work of the "National Marriage Customs Reform Experimental Zone", configure intelligent service equipment, simplify marriage registration procedures, continue to optimize marriage registration service places, and deepen marriage and family counseling and marriage registration certification. Services to improve the service level of marriage registration.
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