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Twenty years have passed since 1997 when the Household Registration and Conscription Information
System was first computerized, facilitating data exchange throughout the nation. Since this computeriza-
tion, the system has met a wide range of government agencies’ needs for household data and has helped
facilitate governmental resource sharing through its multi-channel data exchange mechanisms. Aiming to

promote transcript-less operations and adapt to new developments in information technology, the latest
generation Household Registration and Conscription Information System was transferred to the Internal
Affairs Information Center on June 29, 2020. A digital service network for the household administration
will be built, and a data center, a centralized management information processing structure, will be estab-

lished to further implement the upward concentration of information resources, as well as to handle the
construction and development of systems and relevant personal information protection and information
security operations. Moreover, the MOI will continue to discuss measures regarding the renewal of the
national identity card to enhance anti-counterfeiting mechanisms and functions.

III. Nationality Administration

Nationality designates that a person is included within that nation’s population under the rule
of its law. Nationality administration entails the handling and management of nationality affairs, the
implementation of associated policies, the study and amending of nationality laws and regulations

for processing changes (acquisition, naturalization, loss, and restoration) to nationality, compiling
data on nationality changes, and the issuing of relevant certificates. Statistics concerning nationality
changes in the past five years are shown in Table 3-2.

Table 3-2 Acquisition and Loss of Nationality
Unit: Persons
Acquisition of Nationality Loss of Nationality
Year
Total Male Female Total Male Female

2017 5 366 443 4 923 751 340 411

2018 3 552 329 3 223 807 339 468
2019 3 438 341 3 097 858 378 480

2020 3 818 348 3 470 881 389 492

2021 4 079 396 3 683 902 406 496

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