According to the Shanghaiist, a typical person may be subjected to a possible 3,000 licences/permits/fees over the course of his/her life. Surely this isn't one of the perks of communism. Tianya Forum posted some of the rather interesting ones, and below is a translated list of the best of the best.
Permit for the purchase of special cutting tools (特种刀具购买证)
Temporary residence permit for overseas Chinese, Hong Kong or Macau compatriots (华侨港澳同胞暂住证)
Inner river water-borne residents permits (内河船民证)
Residence permits (hukou) for boats (船舶户口簿)
Paperwork fee for license to lease private property (出租私房治安许可证工本费)
Public security administration fee for leasing private property (私房租赁治安管理费)
Certificate to acquire, reject or reinstate Chinese citizenship (加入、退出、恢复中国国籍证书)
Water pollutant discharge fee beyond quota (超标污水排污费)
Noise pollutant discharge fee beyond quota (超标环境噪声排污费)
Waste gas discharge fee beyond quota (超标废气排污费)
Public security administration fee for leasing private property (私房租赁治安管理费)
Certificate to acquire, reject or reinstate Chinese citizenship (加入、退出、恢复中国国籍证书)
Pollutant discharge fee for aggregate water pollution (水污染物总量排污费)
Pollutant discharge fee for aggregate air pollution (大气污染物总量排污费)
Pollutant discharge fee for aggregate solid waste pollution (固体废物总量排污费)
Pollutant discharge fee for aggregate automobile pollution (机动车污染总量排污费)
Experiment fee for pesticide use on the farmland (农药田间试验费)
Experiment fee for pesticide residue (农药残留试验费)
Import and export administration fee for wild animals and plants (野生动植物进出口管理费)
Resource protection fee for forests seizure (征用、占用林地资源保护费)
Forest vegetation restoration fee (森林植被恢复费)
Service fee for the distribution of civilian-use guns and ammunition (民用枪支弹药调拨服务费)
Facilities compensation fee for using agricultural irrigation water sources (占用农业灌溉水源设施补偿费)
Water and soil erosion prevention and redress fee (水土流失防治费)
River path sand mining administration fee (河道采砂管理费)
English typing skill test fee (英文打字技能等级测试费)
News gathering professional qualification test fee (新闻采编人员资格考试费)
Dog restriction fee (限制养犬收费)
Why the government charges a fee for "experimental" use of pesticides is beyond me. They should just ban the use until it's no longer "experimental". Consider all that before you think of relocating to China. What do you think? Do you think that that's fair?
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