Tianjin to Abolish the Distinction between Agricultural Account and Non-agricultural Account from 1 Jan, 2017.
Unified system of registration for resident will be carried into effect from 1 Jan, 2017 in Tianjin. This move will break the old structure of urban and rural areas, restore the original function of population registration management for the household registration system.
1. From 1 Jan, 2017, Tianjin will abolish the distinction between agricultural accounts and non-agricultural accounts, implement new unified urban and rural household registration system. All accounts will be registered as residents accounts in the administrative area of Tianjin.
2. In the newly issued residence booklet, instead of "agricultural family household" or "non-agricultural family household", the column "€˜Household Type"€™ will be registered as "family household" or "collective household"€™.
3. Tianjin residents can go to the public security organs change a new residence booklet for free, the public security organs will no longer organize the change issues.
4. No limits of migration in Tianjin administrative area for Tianjin residents.
5. Since 1 Jan, 2017, for Tianjin residents who have a legitimate and stable estate in this city and married for 3 years, may apply to register the spouse'€™s household as Tianjin residents.
6. From Jan. 1st 2017, the public security organs will no longer issue household certificate with 'agricultural'€™ or 'non-agricultural' account.
Tianjin to Abolish the Distinction between Agricultural Account and Non-agricultural Account from 1 Jan, 2017.
