Not sure about Mainland China, but usually it's expected that your name can be encoded using the Chinese Commercial code [1] which goes from 0000-9999. Here is

Not sure about Mainland China, but usually it's expected that your name can be encoded using the Chinese Commercial code [1] which goes from 0000-9999. Here is an example of an HKID[2]. The 12 digit number is the commercial code. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_telegraph_code https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_telegraph_code [2]: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/23/HKID_pic-adult-front_sample.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/23/HKID_pic-adul...