under certain conditions, necessary restrictions should be imposed on the use of names by citizens. The "Regulations" stipulate that the name shall not contain the following contents: 1. It damages the dignity of the country or the nation; 2. Violating national customs; 3. It is easy to cause adverse public reactions or misunderstandings. The "Regulations" stipulate that names may not use or contain the following words, letters, numbers and symbols: 1. Simplified traditional Chinese characters; 2. Variants that have been eliminated, except those in surnames; 3. Make your own words; 4. Foreign languages; 5. Chinese phonetic alphabet; 6. Arabic numerals; 7. symbols; 8. Other words beyond the scope of Chinese characters and minority languages. Considering that the number of words used in Chinese names is usually two to three Chinese characters, compound surnames or three to four Chinese characters, the "Regulations" stipulate that: except for those who use ethnic languages or write or translate Chinese characters, the names should be used in more than two Chinese characters and less than six Chinese characters.
The "Regulations" also provide detailed provisions on the conditions for changing surnames, names and the circumstances in which name changes are not allowed.
In order to prevent the abuse of name rights and frequent name changes, the Regulations stipulate that citizens who have reached the age of 18 can apply for name change registration only once. The "Regulations" stipulate that those who apply for name registration or name change registration with false certification materials shall be given a warning by the household registration authority and imposed a fine of not more than 5 yuan. Whoever defrauds the name registration or changes the name registration shall be fined in 8 yuan.