In future, Taiwan nationals who apply for China residence permits but fail to register doing so will be fined
Taiwan News
Date: 2019/05/06
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Minister Chen Ming-
Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council Minister Chen Ming-tong (CNA photo)
tong (陳明通) said on Monday (May 6) that about 100,000 Taiwan nationals have applied for China residence permits, Central News Agency reported on Monday.
Chen made the statement in answer to Kuomintang (KMT) Legislator Lin Li-chan’s (林麗蟬) question about whether the MAC knew how many Taiwan citizens had applied for China residence permits. Chen said that China had at first detailed the numbers of applicants itself, but later stopped doing so.
Chen added that a registration mechanism will be set up to keep track of how many Taiwan nationals apply for China residence permits.
In future, Taiwan nationals who apply for China residence permits but fail to register will be fined NT$10,000 to NT$50,000, he said, adding the exact sum is still being negotiated. [FULL STORY]
