China News Service, Beijing, September 7th. Title: A card changes lives and revisits the first batch of Taiwanese compatriots who apply for a residence permit for Taiwan residents
China News Agency reporter Wang Jiexian
Thinking back to today three years ago, Taiqing Boyu Zheng still has fresh memories.
On the morning of September 7, 2018, Zheng Boyu received the first Taiwanese Resident Permit issued by Beijing at the Hujialou Police Station of Chaoyang Public Security Bureau in Beijing.
In traditional Chinese culture, the "three years" time point has a special meaning.
Three years later, Zheng Boyu once again accepted an exclusive interview with a reporter from China News Agency, telling about the changes this card brought to life.
"I finally got this certificate that day. I said in an interview that I became a new Beijinger from that moment." For Zheng Boyu, from a traveler with a travel certificate to a new Beijinger with a residence permit, The word "Beijing" has a different meaning-adding a sense of belonging.
He introduced that the convenience brought by the residence permit to Taiwan compatriots is obvious.
During daily travel, you can use the 18-digit residence permit to go through self-service check-in procedures at the airport, and you can directly swipe your card to enter the station at the railway station. Taiwanese can also feel the "go and go" of mainland residents; there is no need to book foreign affairs when staying. You can enter the doors of hotels, youth hostels, and express hotels.
In the media report on the day of obtaining the certificate, Zheng Boyu also said that he wanted to "open" all the Internet tools and services that had been "stuck" because of the lack of an 18-digit number certificate.
Nowadays, a series of services that require real names can be used normally, Zheng Boyu sighs, the real convenience has been confirmed in every bit.
"I have always encouraged friends around me to apply for a residence permit." Zheng Boyu said that a card carries the same treatment. Behind this is the deep friendship between mainland China and Taiwan compatriots. He has also seen more and more friends apply for it and enjoy it. The new experience brought about by good policies "because this residence permit is really getting better and better".
Chen Wencheng, a teacher in the Department of Physical Education and Research of Peking University, is also one of the first Taiwanese to apply for a residence permit.
Observing the feedback from the circle of friends and combining his own experience, he realized that Taiwanese compatriots who have lived in the mainland for a long time have a strong willingness to apply for certificates.
In October 2018, Chen Wencheng entered Peking University to start post-doctoral research. Upon entry, he learned that the system for "five social insurances and one housing fund" had been updated in a timely manner. With a residence permit, he can directly go through the mainland social insurance procedures. The processing time is more than one month. Shorten it to one week.
Compressing the time cost has also shortened the spiritual distance between him and the mainland.
Since then, during inter-provincial exchanges and business trip research, Chen Wencheng has constantly experienced the convenience brought by the residence permit. He said, "Although I am in a foreign country, I rarely feel like a foreigner."
Every new measure needs to be improved. The two Taiwan compatriots interviewed told reporters that in the early stage of receiving the residence permit, they encountered problems such as the staff not knowing the documents and not using the documents, but these situations were quickly resolved. The improvement is now very smooth in most use cases; however, because the Taiwan compatriot card and residence permit exist at the same time, the information of the two is independent of each other, and there are still obstacles when using electronic payment and "haitao".
"I believe that the relevant departments will start to solve it, because in the past three years I have witnessed the gradual strengthening of the residence permit function." Zheng Boyu said that the mainland authorities have been listening carefully to the demands of Taiwan compatriots and dealt with the problems encountered when using the residence permit in a timely manner. More often than not, a residence permit has actually changed lives.
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