Guangdong will start installing such endorsement machines throughout the province and the machines will take application forms, travel permits of applicants and accept payments automatically.

Applicants need only to press bottoms according to oral directions by the machines, according to reports in local media. It is being said that the machines are being used in Zhongshan City, and have proved to be efficient. The provincial public security department said that a specific plan will be made in the following days to popularise the machines throughout Guangdong.

The local media reports that Guangzhou will launch express mail services for travel permits in the next six months, to save applicants the trouble of going to public security bureaus. The post office will deliver the travel permit applications to the public security bureau, and send them back to the applicants after the travel permits are endorsed. The post office will charge US$3 for the service.