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Article 4 of Regulation on Marriage Registration stipulates that: For the marriage between two mainland citizens, the man and the woman shall appear together to go through the marriage registration at the marriage registration organ in the locality where either of the applicants has his/her residence registration. For the marriage in China’s mainland between a Chinese citizen and a foreigner, or between a mainland citizen and a citizen of Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan, or an overseas Chinese, the man and the woman shall appear together to go through the marriage registration at the marriage registration organ in the locality where the mainland citizen has his/her residence registration.

Article 5 stipulates that: A mainland citizen applying for the marriage registration shall present the following certificates/certification: (1) the applicant’s residence registration and identification card; (2) the signed statement to indicate the applicant has no spouse and the man and the woman are not lineal relatives by blood or collateral relatives by blood up to the third degree of kinship. A foreigner applying for marriage registration shall present the following certificates/certification: (1) the applicant’s valid passport or other valid international travel certificate; (2) the certification issued by the notary office or entitled organ in the applicant’s country of nationality upon the authentication by the embassy (consulate) of the People’s Republic of China in the said country to indicate that he/she has no spouse, or that issued by the embassy (consulate) of this country in the People’s Republic of China.