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A Mainland Travel Permit for Hong Kong and Macao Residents (), also colloquially referred to as a Home Return Permit or Home Visit Permit (),〔 is issued to PRC citizens who are residents of Hong Kong and Macau as the entry permit to mainland China. The permit is issued by the Bureau of Exit and Entry Administration of the Ministry of Public Security through China Travel Service sub-branches in Hong Kong and Macau and allows holders to travel freely to mainland China. The word 'home' is used because this permit used to be issued to Chinese migrants living in Hong Kong and Macau for travelling to their hometowns in mainland China. Today, most holders of this permit are people who were born and brought up in Hong Kong and Macau; the permit plays the role of a travel document for visiting mainland China rather than a permit which allows the holder to 'return home'. ==History== Before the transfer of the sovereignty of Hong Kong and Macau, 'home-return permits' were issued to any ethnic Chinese person in those territories. Prior to 1999, permits were called Home-visiting Certificate for Hong Kong and Macao Compatriots and resembled passports. These booklets were considered inconvenient, because they were large and cumbersome to carry around. Furthermore, the booklets were also found to be inefficient because they could only be used at manned checkpoints where a manual stamp could only be made by an immigration official. Thus they were phased out as residents replace them upon expiration. In 1999, the permit was changed into its current card and the official name has changed from 'Home-Visiting Certificate for Compatriots from Hong Kong and Macau' to the current name. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mainland Travel Permit for Hong Kong and Macao Residents」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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