The Consular Division of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Tuesday that it will resume policies such as exempting various types of visas to China on Wednesday and reviewing all kinds of visas to China, and resumed policies such as Hainan's entry visa exemption and the Asian Simpan Tourism Troupe.This is the first time that China has opened the border to foreign tourists since the outbreak of the crown disease in 2019.
The Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued the above announcement on March 14 through the "Consular Consumer Pass" public account.The notice includes visa entry functions issued before March 28, 2020 and still within the validity period; visa authorities in foreign countries resumed the examination of various visas to the foreigners; the port visa authority resumed various port visas that complied with legal reasons;It has resumed Hainan's entry -free visa, Shanghai Cruise Visa, and Hong Kong and Macau regions.
The above -mentioned visa -free policies have been suspended from March 28, 2020 due to the outbreak of crown disease.
Singaporeans go to China for exemptions to exempted visas
The Hainan visa -free policy, which is restored, is an inbound tourist visa exemption policy launched by 59 people from 59 people since May 2018. It is clearly mentioned that visa must be processed from other parts of Hainan to other parts of China.The Chinese Embassy in Singapore replied to the United Morning Post inquiry that the visa -free entry treatment awarded Singapore unilaterally before the epidemic was not restored.Holding a general passport in Singapore can enjoy Hainan's entry -free visa, but it is limited to Hainan for 30 days. After that, if you plan to go to other parts of China, you must apply for a visa in advance.
China will be relegated on crown diseases from January 8 this year, and the border control is relaxed in stages.After the abolition of the nucleic acid testing and centralized isolation policies of the inbound inbound, China has successively restored foreigners to applying for ordinary visas and residence documents.The Chinese embassy in many countries has also recently announced that passengers can use antigen self -test to replace nucleic acid testing before boarding.
In terms of Chinese citizens' travel, with the cancellation of the number of international passenger flights, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced on January 20 this year that the first national list of pilot restoration to restore the travel team of Chinese citizens, including Singapore, Thailand, and Indonesia 20In a country, the outbound team tour that has been suspended for three years from February 6 has been restarted.The Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced last Friday that the second batch of tourist national tourism national list was resumed, and the total number reached 60.
According to data from the China National Immigration Administration, as of March 7, the national immigration management agencies have inspected entry -exit personnel and entry and exit transportation tools by 112.4%and 59.3%year -on -year;It reached 10.3 million, which exceeded one million for the first time since 2020.
According to the latest data of the "Flight Butler" APP, the number of Chinese passenger flights averaged 11,801 passenger flights in recent week, an increase of 77.1%year -on -year, but it has decreased by 15.5%compared to 2019 before the epidemic.
China's economic epidemic and other factors affect only 3 % last year.China's new Prime Minister Li Qiang has repeatedly emphasized economic growth at his first press conference on Tuesday.He also acknowledged that it was not easy to achieve the goal of about 5%of the GDP (GDP) this year.
Li Qiang also affirmed the strategic measures of China's epidemic prevention and control, saying that practice has proved that these measures have been completely correct, and praised China for less than two months to achieve a stable transition from the epidemic prevention and control.
