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China
launches electronic passports
Saturday November 27, 2010 12:18:21 PM ,
IANS
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Beijing:
China has launched its first ever electronic passports that would
contain information in microchips.
The adoption of electronic passports complies with international
trends and plays an important role in international travel for
officials, Huang Ping, director-general of the department of
consular affairs of China's foreign ministry, said at the launch
ceremony in Shanghai Friday.
The passport features an electronic data storage chip that
contains personal data including name, family name, personal
numeric code, the document's term of validity, the issuing agency
and citizenship, China Daily reported.
The electronic passport looks the same as a non-electronic one,
but it has new digital encryption and printing technologies and is
designed to foil forgers, the ministry said.
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