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Household Registration Affairs

Twenty-five years have passed since 1997 when the Household Registration and Conscription
Information System was first computerized, facilitating data exchange throughout the nation. Since
then, 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 mecha-

nisms. Aiming to promote transcript-free 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 established to further implement the upward concentration of informa-
tion resources, as well as to handle the construction and development of systems and relevant per-
sonal 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

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

2022 3 589 420 3 169 892 371 521

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