外国人办理临时住宿登记

      外国人在中国境内旅馆住宿的，旅馆应当按照旅馆业治安管理的有关规定为其办理住宿登记，并向所在地公安机关报送外国人住宿登记信息。

      外国人在旅馆以外的其他住所居住或者住宿的，应当在入住后二十四小时内由本人或者留宿人，向居住地的公安机关办理登记。 

     中华人民共和国出境入境管理法 第七十六条规定：“外国人未及时向居住地的公安机关办理住宿登记的，公安机关给予警告，可以并处二千元以下罚款。” 

Accommodation Registration

  Where foreigners stay in hotels in China, the hotels shall register their accommodation in accordance with the regulations on the public security administration of the hotel industry, and submit foreigners’ accommodation registration information to the public security organs in the places where the hotels are located.

    For foreigners who reside or stay in domiciles other than hotels, they or the persons who accommodate them shall, within 24 hours after the foreigners’ arrival, go through the registration formalities with the public security organs in the places of residence.

  According to Aricle 76 of the Exit and Entry Administration Law of the People’s Republic of China, a warning shall be given, and a fine of not more than RMB2000 yuan may also be imposed to those foreigners fail to go through accommodation registration procedures.