Are household registration and place of residence the same?

Household registration and place of residence are different.

Native place refers to the ancestral place of residence (ancestral place) or original place of origin. Referring to Document No. 91 [1995] of the Ministry of Public Security, a citizen’s place of origin should be the place of residence (place of household registration) of his grandfather when he was born.

If the grandfather died, fill in the place where the grandfather's household registration was when he died; if the grandfather did not have a permanent residence, fill in the place where the grandfather should have a permanent residence; after the citizen registered his place of residence, the grandfather moved his residence, the citizen's The place of birth will no longer change accordingly.

Household registration refers to the place where the household registration of residents in my country is registered. It generally refers to the place where the parents’ household registration was registered at the time of birth. It is usually the place of household registration in the family household registration book.

However, due to reasons such as relocation, schooling, work, etc., my household registration will be transferred to work, school, etc. At this time, the household registration location will change, and the new address where the household registration is moved will be the household registration location.

Extended information:

A book registration system set up by Chinese governments in past dynasties to control the number of household registrations. This system had been established during the Warring States Period at the latest. In the 16th year of Qin Shihuang's reign, he ordered men to register their age regardless of whether they were mature or not, which supplemented the old household registration system. Household registration in Han Dynasty is also called name number.

Household registration in the Tang Dynasty mainly included household registration, land, and taxes. It is stipulated that it should be made every three years, which is based on the accounting and accounting records registered every year. The household registration is very specific and detailed. The purpose is to strengthen control, prevent escape, and ensure that the number of targets for taxation and exploitation will not decrease. However, escape is still unavoidable, and frauds continue to occur.

In the Song Dynasty, there were household registration and second tax registration. Household registration is sometimes referred to as household registration or household registration, and is also called household property book, property level book, fifth-class property book, fifth-class property book, etc. The second tax book is also called the tax rent book, summer and autumn tax book, summer and autumn tax management account, etc.

They are equivalent to the Tang Dynasty household registration system that was created every three years and the accounting system that was created every year. After the implementation of the Recruitment Law and the Baojia Law during the Xining period, although the fifth-class household register was not explicitly abolished, it was gradually replaced by the Baojia Register.

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