P@ssPort Show and Tell

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an open framework that allows travelers to leave traces of footprint

passport manufactuer "news.china.com: visiting passport manufacturing location. 2012 May 15th.

Workers are using machines to produce passports, since this day (May 15th) the national entry exit bureau issues electronic passport. new passport stores digital personal information, a chip is embedded to the passport. other than that physical "anti-counterfeit" technologies are stronger compared to previous editions.

passport now produced by China entirely

A German company Bundesdruckerei transfer its 25%stock shares to its Chinese collaborator, ending 16 years of collaboration.

ID printing contains large amount of personal data, including bio-information such as photos and fingerprints. European countries such as Germany, France, Spain, and Italy produces passports on their own. Some countries purchases parts (chip for example); some countries outsource the production entirely such as Monaco and Lichtenstein.

The German collaboration is unable to resume due to new Chinese law stating that companies comprised with foreign capital cannot manufacture products that pertains to security.

HongKong district passport, how can it anti-counterfeit?

Passport, a short history

phase one: new PRC - pre "Reform & Opening" 1949 - 1980s. not many citizens hold private use passport, yearly issue amount a couple of thousand. phase two: reform & opening - end of 2000. 1980 - 2000. passport application become to rise, technology is implemented in production (handwritten - print, barcodes for OCR reading, etc). phase three: application procedure is shortened, becoming more convenient for citizens to apply, reclaim (if you lose your passport it's not as troublesome as before to re-issue, etc)