An applicant from Hong Kong provides fingerprint data while applying for residence permit in Shenzhen Bay service center of Nanshan branch of Shenzhen Municipal Public Security Bureau in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Sept. 1, 2018. Residents of Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan may apply for residence permits in the Chinese mainland from Sept. 1. (Xinhua/Mao Siqian)