What are the legal requirements for naming newborn children in China? Can I choose a two-letter name? Can I use English letters instead?

The "Regulations on Name Registration" have relevant clear provisions:

1. Article 4 Citizens can only register one name, except for changes in accordance with the provisions of these regulations.

2. Article 5 Standard Chinese characters and ethnic minority characters shall be used for name registration. National standards for the use of names are formulated by the language and writing department of the State Council (or the standardization administrative department of the State Council).

3. Article 6 Ethnic minority citizens may register their names using the characters of their own ethnic group or choose a common local script. They may also use Chinese characters to register their names, but the Chinese character names shall be the translation of the names in the ethnic minority characters. Writing (the translation and writing standards are formulated by the language and writing department of the State Council or the standardization administrative department of the State Council).

4. Article 7 The name consists of two parts: surname and first name. The surname comes first, the given name comes last.

Ethnic minorities can set their names according to their own customs and habits.

5. Article 8 Citizens should take their father’s or mother’s surname. Both parents' surnames are allowed.

6. Article 9 A citizen’s name shall be determined by his parents or other guardians when declaring birth registration.

7. Article 12: Names shall not contain the following contents:

(1) Those that damage the dignity of the country or the nation;

(2) Those that violate the good customs of the nation ;

(3) It is likely to cause adverse reactions or misunderstandings from the public.

8. Article 13: Names shall not use or contain the following words, letters, numbers, and symbols:

(1) Simplified traditional Chinese characters;

(2) Variant characters that have been eliminated, except for variant characters in surnames;

(3) Self-made characters;

(4) Foreign characters;

( 5) Chinese Pinyin letters;

(6) Arabic numerals;

(7) Symbols;

(8) Other Chinese characters and ethnic minority characters that exceed the norms Words outside the range.

9. Article 14 Except for those who use ethnic scripts or write or translate Chinese characters in accordance with the provisions of Article 6 or Article 11, the name should use more than two Chinese characters and six Chinese characters. the following.

If the autonomous organs of ethnic autonomous areas or good ethnic customs have regulations or agreements on the number of characters in a name, those regulations and agreements shall prevail.