All non -Chinese citizens in Hong Kong and Macau, from Wednesday (July 10), can apply for "Hong Kong and Macao residents (non -Chinese citizenship)".If you hold this passage, you will not need to apply for a visa separately to the mainland of China in the future.
Hong Kong China Travel Service, which is responsible for handling the documents, has set up two counters to handle related applications on the certificate service center of Hong Kong Island.Many foreigners went to inquire or apply on Wednesday morning, including Huang Zhixiang, the chairman of the Xinhe Group with Singaporean, Huang Minhua and Huang Yongyao.
Huang Zhixiang believes that the new measures bring great benefits to Hong Kong, showing that the Chinese government has strong support for Hong Kong under the "one country, two systems".He said that the passage will accelerate the speed of non -Chinese Hong Kong residents to visit the mainland, and also promote more foreigners to cross -border the mainland.
Xinhe Group's non -executive director Huang Minhua described that the process of applying for a pass is very convenient. She will visit the mainland at least 10 times a year, and it is not difficult to pass the passport to pass the passport.She believes that it can be much faster after applying for a pass, making it more convenient to enter the country.
In Macau, foreigners have been successively went to China Travel Agency in Macau on Wednesday, including residents such as Portugal, Malaysia and Canada.
Mr. Sha, a resident of Portuguese, said that the relevant measures are convenient for foreign residents to come to the mainland and learn more about local development. In the future, they will go to the mainland with their families.His wife also believes that this measure will help promote the connection between non -Chinese Hong Kong and Macao permanent residents and the mainland. In the future, he hopes that Portuguese communities in Macau can travel to the mainland.
Chen Jiemei, executive deputy general manager of the Macau China Hostel Certificate Center, said that the applicant can obtain a pass to the mainland as soon as 20 days.The China Travel Society has added people, including those who understand Portuguese and English, and have provided assistance to the citizens who apply for, and have made hundreds of people online.
China National Entry and Exit Administration announced earlier that starting from July 10, non -Chinese permanent residents of Hong Kong and Macao can apply for "Hong Kong and Macao residents (non -Chinese citizenship)", which is valid for five years.The stay does not exceed 90 days, and can be cleared through the express channel after performing fingerprint collection and other procedures at the port.
Before, the Hong Kong and Macau "return home" was only applicable to Chinese nationals of the permanent residents of Hong Kong and Macao.There are about 620,000 non -Chinese people in Hong Kong, and some of them are permanent residents in Hong Kong.If these people want to go north, they must apply for a visa, pass through the artificial passage, and fill in the entry card and the fingerprint collection each time.
Chen Weiqiang, a lecturer of Hong Kong University of Technology Hong Kong Specialty College, pointed out in the United Morning Post that there are many non -Chinese permanent residents in Hong Kong. Many of them are South Asians. Their family has lived in Hong Kong for several generations.There is no difference from the locals, but the blood is different.In recent years, Hong Kong and the mainland have accelerated the integration. These non -Chinese permanent residents can travel to two places as freely as Hong Kong people. In the long run, it will help them to live and work in the mainland.
Chen Weiqiang believes that the mainland's economy has not been in the recent recently. Non -Chinese people in Hong Kong do not need to apply for visas to go to the mainland. It will increase their willingness to travel to mainland China and promote the economic development of different local cities in the mainland.
