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To: RealMuLan who wrote (2590)	2/7/2004 2:29:41 PM
From: RealMuLan	Read Replies (1) of 6370

China to undertake world's biggest national ID card project Beijing, Feb. 7 (PTI): China will undertake the world's biggest national identity card replacement project next month, with some one-billion people getting a new chip-based ID card, a report said today. The new cards will begin to be issued in March and the old ones are expected to be phased out by late 2008. Residents of the cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Shenzhen and Changsha will form the first batch of new card holders, Xinhua news agency reported. The new card contains a module that integrates a special chip containing information on the card holder. The thumbnail-sized module will make the new card greatly superior as information within the module can be read and processed by computer. The Ministry of Public Security earlier said some 900 million Chinese people above 16 must possess the new ID cards and those below 16 across the nation can apply voluntarily. The chip-maker for the project has claimed that not much profit will be made from the card, although some one billion people are expected to use it. "Generally, it's not a commercial project in nature, it's a Government controlled one," said an official with Qinghua Tongfang Microelectronics Co. Ltd. "What really matters is that we'll get valuable experience in the design, research and development and production of microelectronic chip. Our benefit is in the future," he said. hinduonnet.com

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