China-Singapore Jingwei Client, August 14 (Xiong Jiali) Today is the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, the traditional Chinese Valentine's Day festival. Many prospective couples hope to register their marriage on this beautiful day.
Although it coincides with Saturday and was affected by the epidemic, marriage registration agencies in Tianjin, Shantou, Guangdong, Xi'an, Shaanxi, Chengdu, Sichuan, and many other places said they would “work overtime for love”.
Marriage certificate data map.
Photo by Dong Wenbo of Sino-Singapore Jingwei
Marriage Registry Work Overtime
Tianjin City has made it clear that all marriage registration agencies in the city will work overtime for half a day (8:30-11:30) on August 14 to handle marriage registration for the masses; marriage registration agencies in Shantou City, Guangdong Province will provide marriage registration services in the morning; Shaanxi Province The Xi'an Civil Affairs Bureau stated that under the premise of effectively preventing and controlling the epidemic, parties who need marriage registration on the Qixi Festival can make an appointment in advance with the marriage registration agencies in Xi'an for marriage registration through online appointments.
The Chengdu Civil Affairs Bureau also pointed out that the marriage registries will "work overtime for love."
Since June of this year, Sichuan Province has implemented a pilot program of "cross-provincial administration" of marriage registration and divorce registration for inland residents.
Therefore, as long as one of the prospective newcomers is a mainland resident holding a Chengdu residence permit (or a Chengdu household registration), they can obtain the permit in Chengdu.
Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, decided to open some marriage registration windows to handle business.
They are: marriage registration in Shangcheng District, marriage registration in Xihu District, marriage registration in Xiaoshan District, marriage registration in Yuhang District, marriage registration in Linping District, marriage registration in Qiantang District, marriage registration in Fuyang District, marriage registration in Lin'an District, marriage registration in Tonglu County, and Marriage registration in Jiande City.
Jinhua City, Yongkang and Pan'an, will also handle marriage appointment registration services normally. Except for special groups and the elderly, the parties need to make an online appointment in advance.
Screenshot of the official WeChat account of Hangzhou Civil Affairs Bureau
In addition, the marriage registration agencies in Qingdao City, Shandong Province have carried out shift work on Saturday and Sunday (8:30-12:00 am every Saturday and Sunday).
According to the arrangement, the marriage registration offices in Shinan District, Laoshan District, Jimo District, Huangdao District, and Laixi City will be on duty on the morning of August 14. Newcomers can log in to the "Aishandong" APP to make an appointment in advance.
Epidemic prevention needs to be kept in mind
In the first half of this year, the number of registered marriages nationwide was 4.166 million, an increase of 287,000 pairs compared with the data for the same period in 2020.
As the epidemic has not yet ended, the local marriage registries remind everyone to pay attention to the epidemic prevention while registering a marriage.
The Hangzhou Civil Affairs Bureau pointed out that in order to reduce the gathering and staying of people, new people who have made an appointment should register at the marriage registry at the time of the appointment. Please leave the registry in time after the registration is completed.
The Xi'an Civil Affairs Bureau reminded that the parties who went to handle marriage registration should take personal protection, wear masks, and cooperate with the marriage registration authority to do the scanning and registration work.
The Shantou Civil Affairs Bureau made it clear that an online appointment and time-by-time registration system will be implemented on the Qixi Festival, and the parties must make an online appointment for marriage registration at least one day in advance.
The relevant person in charge of the Jinhua Civil Affairs Bureau said in an interview with the media that the marriage registration windows in various regions strictly implement prevention and control measures such as "temperature detection, health observation, and behavior control". Masks must be worn throughout the process and the arrangements of on-site staff must be obeyed.
(Zhongxin Jingwei APP)
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