Online services improved in Xiamen

Residents from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan and foreign nationals, who reside in Xiamen, Southeast China's Fujian Province, were recently given the green light to apply for online business registrations and authentications through the iXiamen app. Such a move has significantly enhanced convenience for them.

In April, Xiamen authorities introduced the "Digital Identity (Xiamen Code)" to power up the iXiamen app, providing real-name online verification services for residents of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.

Since its launch, more than 200 residents from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan have successfully registered on the iXiamen platform and nearly 150 individuals from these regions have completed the online business registration process through the platform.

In addition to processing online business entity registrations, the platform also provides services such as personal tax subsidy applications for Taiwan residents. It also provides identity verifications for Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan students and their guardians for school enrollment, housing applications for Taiwan residents and rental applications. All of these matters can be processed online.

Since the start of this year, the identity verification documents have been expanded from the ID card of the Chinese mainland to seven commonly used documents, including the travel permits for Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan residents and China's foreign permanent resident ID card. It's estimated that up to 3 million identity verification services can be provided annually.

Since its launch at the end of 2021, the "Digital Identity (Xiamen Code)" has supported various types of application scenarios.

In terms of smooth access, it currently supports real-time identity verification for the city's administrative service center, labor identification center and various exhibition activities through the "scan-to-pass" scheme.

For administrative matters, it supports over 400 E-government service terminals across the city and selected pilot windows at the administrative service center for scan-to-process services.