Do I have to have an ID card to open a room?

You don't have to have an ID card to stay in a hotel. You just need to show your valid ID card to register when you stay in a hotel. If you lose your ID card, you can apply for temporary id card at the city police station, and you can show this certificate or other recognized valid documents when you check in.

You can't stay in a hotel without an ID card. If minors cannot stay alone, children under the age of 18 may not stay alone in the hotel without an adult. Adults need ID cards or other valid identification documents.

The details are as follows:

1. Anyone who stays in a hotel must register his ID card or other valid documents;

2. according to article 6 of the measures for the administration of public security in the hotel industry, hotels must register when they receive passengers. At the time of registration, the passenger's identity documents shall be checked and truthfully registered according to the prescribed items;

3. To receive accommodation from overseas tourists, an accommodation registration form shall also be submitted to the local public security organ within 24 hours;

4. It is ok for domestic customers to hold driver's license, soldier's card, police officer's card, passport, residence permit and the original household registration book, and foreign passes, home visits and foreign passports can also go through the check-in procedures, so please be sure to bring all valid documents when you open a room to prove your identity.

Legal basis:

Article 6 of the Measures for the Administration of Public Security in Hotel Industry

Hotels must register their accommodation for receiving passengers. At the time of registration, the passenger's identity documents shall be checked and truthfully registered according to the prescribed items.

to receive overseas visitors, they should also submit the accommodation registration form to the local public security organ within 24 hours.

Law of the People's Republic of China on Public Security Administration Punishment

Article 56

If hotel workers fail to register the names, types and numbers of identity documents of the staying passengers, or knowingly bring dangerous substances into the hotel and fail to stop them, they will be fined from 2 yuan to 5 yuan.

hotel workers who knowingly fail to report to the public security organs that the guests are criminal suspects or wanted by the public security organs shall be fined from 2 yuan to 5 yuan; If the circumstances are serious, he shall be detained for less than 5 days and may be fined less than 5 yuan.

Anti-Terrorism Law of the People's Republic of China

Article 21

Operators and service providers of telecommunications, internet, finance, accommodation, long-distance passenger transport, motor vehicle rental, etc. shall check the identity of their customers. No service shall be provided to those whose identity is unknown or who refuse the identification.