Appearance
The current permit is a credit card-sized card which facilitates entry into mainland China at any manned immigration checkpoint or through self-service electronic gates (currently available at Hong Kong-Shenzhen,Macau-Zhuhai crossings and Shanghai Pudong International Airport). These gates read the permit cards with an optical reader and use biometric software to match thumb prints and facial scans with those on record.
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