Divorce procedures can be handled at the civil affairs bureau in a different place, and the parties can go through divorce registration at the marriage registration office in the place where one party has left the domicile for more than one year.
 According to Article 10 of Chapter III of the Marriage Registration Ordinance:
 If a mainland resident wishes to divorce, both men and women shall jointly go to the marriage registration office in the place where one party's permanent residence is located to register for divorce.
 If Chinese citizens and foreigners divorce voluntarily in the mainland of China, and mainland residents divorce voluntarily with Hong Kong residents, Macao residents, Taiwan residents, and overseas Chinese in the mainland of China, both men and women shall jointly go to the marriage registration authority in the place where the permanent residence of mainland residents is located to register for divorce.