Guangdong police have announced 23 special measures to facilitate dealings with the public, including doing away with "police designated photo studios", reports New Express News.

Some police stations were found to be engaged in profit-sharing deals with certain photo studios by appointing them as the only places where photos for IDs could be taken.

Photos taken at any studio are acceptable as long as they meet the proper size requirements, according to one of the 23 measures announced at Monday's press conference.

And people who lose their identification cards no longer have to wait three months - the "loss declaration" period - before applying for a replacement. Reports of lost cards and applications for new cards will be processed simultaneously.

The 23 measures were drafted after analyzing 630,000 suggestion forms and interviews with 110,000 people, said Zheng Shaodong, deputy director of the Guangdong Provincial Public Security Bureau.

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