Passports must be handled in person at the Exit-Entry Administration Center of the Public Security Bureau at or above the county level where the household registration is located:

Just bring your ID card and household registration book and go to the Exit-Entry Administration Center of the Public Security Bureau where your household registration is located.

The staff there will tell you how to fill out the form.

Passport photos can be taken with you (photo taken at the designated photo studio) or there (both 20 yuan and Li Peng are acceptable).

Passport fee, 200 yuan.

It usually takes 10 working days to get a passport (it takes 15 working days in a few places).

Passport is valid for 10 year.

I hope these will be useful to you.