Plea for Marriage Rules Reform

Sparks

Debate on Parental Consent

A suggestion

(

put forward

by a netizen on the official website of China's

Ministry of Civil Affairs

(

advocating for simplified

marriage registration

documents

)

)

has ignited widespread debate online

on the need for

mandatory

parental permission before marriage.Since 2003,

regulations

in China

dictate

(

that citizens must provide

both

a government-issued photo ID

and

a

household register

, also known as the hukou,

(

when registering a marriage

)

)

.However, in the comment on the website on June 27,

the netizen argued (

that

this requirement is unreasonable

)

, asserting

(

that the photo ID carries

the same

legal weight

as

the household register

)

.

The Ministry of Civil Affairs has acknowledged

the suggestion

and expressed

their intention to examine it further.

生詞/組：

put forward 提出;推薦，提名;將…提前

Ministry of Civil Affairs 民政部;民政局

marriage registration 婚姻登記;結(jié)婚

mandatory 強制性的；法定的；義務(wù)的

dictate 決定;口述;支配;命令;指使

household register 戶口簿;戶口冊

譯文： 婚姻規(guī)則改革引發(fā)父母同意爭議

一位網(wǎng)友在中國民政部官方網(wǎng)站上提出了一項建議，主張簡化婚姻登記文件，這在網(wǎng)上引發(fā)了關(guān)于婚前必須獲得父母許可的廣泛爭論。自2003年以來，中國規(guī)定，公民在登記結(jié)婚時必須同時提供政府頒發(fā)的帶照片的身份證和戶口簿，也稱為戶口。然而，在該網(wǎng)站6月27日的評論中，該網(wǎng)友辯稱這一要求不合理，并聲稱帶照片的身份證與戶口簿具有同等的法律效力。民政部承認了這一建議，并表示打算對其進行進一步審查。 來自澎湃新聞英文版（Sixth Tone）