Do I need to bring my ID card when traveling abroad?

You can travel abroad without an ID card.

1. According to the Detailed Rules for Entry and Exit Administration-Chapter IV Entry and Exit Inspection-Article 14:

When China citizens leave or enter the country from ports open to the outside world or designated ports, they shall present their passports or other exit and entry certificates of People's Republic of China (PRC) to the frontier inspection station, fill in the exit and entry registration cards and accept inspection.

Two. Article 16: China citizens' main exit and entry documents:

Passports and travel permits of the People's Republic of China shall be kept and used by the holders. Except that the public security organ and the original issuing authority have the right to revoke and confiscate the certificates according to law, and the people's procuratorate and the people's court have the right to detain the certificates according to law, no other organ, group, enterprise, institution or individual may detain the certificates.

Extended data:

Passports and other exit and entry certificates of the People's Republic of China shall be revoked or declared invalid under any of the following circumstances:

(1) Being sent back to China for illegal entry or illegal residence;

(two) holding a citizen's passport and certificate for fraud;

(3) engaging in activities that endanger national security, honor and interests.

The revocation and invalidation of passports and other exit and entry certificates shall be decided by the original issuing authority or its higher authorities.

China Government Network-Detailed Rules for the Implementation of the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) Municipality on the Administration of Exit and Entry of Citizens