Account opening certificate refers to the identification materials that users need to provide when opening an account, including personal ID card and household registration book. If you are a foreign resident, you will generally be required to provide China passport or residence certificate. If the main identification documents cannot be provided in time, users can provide some auxiliary identification documents, such as motor vehicle driver's license, social security card, work permit, tax payment certificate, etc.

What are the valid identification documents?

1. China residents: if the user is a China resident with China nationality, 16 years old or older shall provide ID cards, and 16 years old or younger shall provide ID cards or household registration books;

2. Hong Kong and Macao residents: if the user is a resident of Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions, the identity document is a passport of Hong Kong and Macao residents to and from the Mainland;

3. Residents of Taiwan Province Province: If the user is a resident of Taiwan Province Province, mainland travel permit for taiwan residents is needed;

4. Foreign citizens: If the user is a resident who has settled abroad or has a foreign nationality, a passport or a permanent residence permit for foreigners is required.

Opening an account means that investors (including individuals or units) establish business relationships such as savings and credit with banks, and open securities accounts and capital accounts. There are many kinds of account opening, such as futures account, stock market account opening and foreign exchange account opening.

4. Individual investor: if I go to handle it in person, I will provide the original and photocopy of my ID card and securities account card; If it is an agent, it is also necessary to sign a power of attorney with the client at the same time, and provide the original and copy of the agent's ID card.

5. Securities account: equivalent to the investor's securities passbook, which is used to record the types and quantities of securities held by investors. Any natural person or legal person who meets the statutory requirements can fill in the application form for securities account at the securities registration institution with valid documents, and can receive the securities account card after examination. Capital account is a special capital account opened by investors in securities companies, which is used to store the funds needed by investors to buy stocks and the proceeds from selling stocks. Investors who have opened securities accounts can hold securities accounts, bank passbooks and ID cards to open capital accounts in selected securities companies.

6. Free stock account opening: Banks that can handle tripartite depository include: Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, China Bank, China Construction Bank, Agricultural Bank, Bank of Communications, China Merchants Bank, Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, China Guangfa Bank, Shenzhen Development Bank, Minsheng Bank, Industrial Bank, China Everbright Bank and Huaxia Bank.