Does the hotel receptionist ask for money?

No need.

You can bring friends to check in, but according to the police station, all check-in guests need to have one ID card per person, so they need to register at the hotel front desk. In addition, there is no charge for registration, but if your room includes breakfast or other services, you need to ask the front desk whether an extra portion will be included after registration or whether there will be an additional charge.

The National Tourism Administration has established the National Tourism Star-Rated Hotel Review Committee (hereinafter referred to as the "National Star-Rated Hotel Review Committee"). The National Star Rating Committee is the highest organization responsible for national star rating work.

(1) Responsibilities: Coordinate and be responsible for the star rating of national tourist hotels; appoint and manage national star reviewers; organize the evaluation and review of five-star hotels; authorize and supervise local tourism Hotel star rating agencies carry out their work.

(2) Members: The National Star Rating Committee consists of the China Tourism Association, China Tourist Hotels Association, National Tourism Administration Supervision and Management Department, Policy and Regulations Department, Supervision Bureau, China Tourism Association, China Tourist Hotels Association Secretary Relevant person in charge of the department, director of the tourist star hotel evaluation committee of each province, autonomous region, and municipality directly under the Central Government.

(3) Office: Office of the National Star Review Committee, as the office of the National Star Review Committee, is located in the Secretariat of the China Tourist Hotels Association.

The tourism bureaus of each province, autonomous region, and municipality directly under the Central Government have established provincial-level tourism star hotel evaluation committees (referred to as "provincial-level star evaluation committees"). After the provincial star judges report to the national star judges for registration, they will conduct star reviews based on the authorization of the national star judges.

(1) Members: The establishment of provincial star-level judges is determined based on local actual conditions and is composed of heads of local tourism industry management departments and heads of tourism hotel associations.

(2) Office: The office of the Provincial Star Rating Committee is the office, which can be located in the industry management office of the local tourism bureau or the Tourism Hotel Association.