There has been a debate over whether citizens can name their children according to their own wishes. A typical case is China's first name rights case. When Zhao C, a citizen of Yingtan City, Jiangxi Province, was issued a second-generation ID card, the household registration department asked him to change his name. The reason was that the Ministry of Public Security had issued a notice that the word "C" could not be in his name, and "Zhao C" could not be entered into the household registration of the Ministry of Public Security. Network program. Therefore, Zhao C took the local public security department to court, and the Yuehu District Court of Yingtan City ruled that the Yuehu Branch of the Yingtan City Public Security Bureau lost the case. Afterwards, the Yuehu District Branch of the Yingtan City Public Security Bureau immediately filed an appeal. Finally, after repeated coordination by the court of second instance, both parties expressed their willingness to compromise outside the court, and the two parties finally reached a settlement. However, there is no final authoritative conclusion as to whether Zhao C's name is legal or not. According to the General Principles of the Civil Law, "citizens enjoy the right of name and have the right to decide, use and change their names in accordance with regulations." The provisions of the "Resident Identity Card Law" and the "National Standard Spoken and Written Language Law" moved out by the Ministry of Public Security cannot clearly indicate that Zhao C's name is illegal.
Now, another "Standardized Chinese Character List" has come out, announcing that citizens can only choose characters from this list when naming. So, what many people want to ask is, first, in what form does this "Standardized Chinese Character List" appear? It can't be a law? At most, it is a departmental regulation. How binding can it be? Second, today experts say that newborns The name must be chosen from the "Standardized Chinese Character List". In a few days, will the Language and Character Information Management Department of the Ministry of Education come forward to correct it and say that it is "just a suggestion and not mandatory"?
The reason why someone raised the above question is because of the "history" of a few months ago. At that time, the Language and Information Management Department of the Ministry of Education pointed out that the logos of most domestic satellite TV stations did not comply with national standards, including CCTV. The Language Application Management Department of the Ministry of Education pointed out that according to relevant laws, the logos of 40 satellite TV channels across the country, including CCTV, need to be modified. The matter once attracted media attention and sparked debate between two opinions. Just as the debate was getting heated, officials from the Ministry of Education said that the above remarks were only suggestions and were not mandatory.
Chinese people have always attached great importance to names. Since ancient times, the "naming ceremony" in traditional customs has been very grand. After the baby arrives, or even before, parents rack their brains to search through various books, or ask relatives and friends to help provide solutions, or ask professionals from naming companies to come up with a good name. It can be seen that the Chinese people’s name complex is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. We will wait and see whether the plan proposed this time will be passed and whether it will have an impact on the naming.