(Beijing/Hong Kong Comprehensive News) In order to attract more foreign passengers to China, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Wednesday (20th) that the application form of the foreigner's visa to China to simplify the visa application in China and shorten the time for filling in the form.
According to the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, a spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mao Ning responded to the Beijing Youth Daily reporter at a routine press conference on Wednesday and made the above announcement when asking questions about convenient Chinese and foreign personnel.
Mao Ning said that in order to further facilitate foreigners applying for visas to visit China, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs was optimized by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which involved seven major items and 15 sub -items, mainly involving applications for applications.Human educational background, family information and travel experience.
She pointed out that the content of the text is mainly reduced. For example, the applicant's international travel experience was shortened from five years to one year, and the educational background only needed to fill in the highest degree.The applicant's filter time will be greatly shortened, and the visa to apply for China will be more convenient.The new version of the visa application form has been launched from now.
Mao Ning finally said that the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs will continue to promote the facilitation of Chinese and foreign personnel, "serving China's high -quality development and high levels of opening up."
According to Bloomberg, filling in the visa application process has become a psychological barrier for many foreign passengers to go to China.Although Chinese domestic tourism has returned to the level before the crown disease, international exchanges in and out of China are far from recovering.
Simpson, President of World Travel and Tourism Council, said in an interview with Bloomberg News in Hong Kong on Tuesday that Chinese cross -border travel is expected to return to the level before the end of 2024.
For foreign passengers to apply for a visa in China, she said: "What we want to say to the Chinese government is that you have indeed simplified (the procedure for applying for a visa), but please simplify it further."