147,000 people entered the country, and China provided visa-free access to 6 countries including France and Germany for more than a month
The reporter learned from the press conference on five measures to facilitate foreigners coming to China held by the Information Office of the State Council today that since my country launched a trial unilateral visa-free policy for six countries: France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and Malaysia on December 1 last year, As of January 9 this year, there were a total of 147,000 visa-free entries from the above-mentioned six countries, showing an overall upward trend. Among them, there were more than 4,300 visa-free entries on January 8, more than double the number on December 1 last year, and 70% were sightseeing and leisure tourists.
According to reports, my country has launched five measures to facilitate foreigners coming to China from now on. These measures include: relaxing the conditions for foreigners coming to China to apply for port visas; foreigners transiting directly at Beijing Capital Airport and other hub airports 24 hours a day are exempt from inspection procedures; foreigners in China can apply for visa extension, replacement and reissue at the nearest location; foreigners in China Personnel who need to enter and exit multiple times can apply for a re-entry visa; the application materials for visa documents for foreigners in China are simplified. We will further open up the relevant blocking points for foreigners coming to China for business, study, and tourism, better serve to ensure high-level opening up, and serve to promote high-quality development.
During this year's New Year's Day holiday, national border inspection agencies inspected a total of 5.179 million people entering and exiting the country, an increase of 4.7 times compared with the New Year's Day holiday in 2023, and has returned to the level of the same period in 2019. It is expected that there will be a new wave of inbound and outbound tourists during the Spring Festival this year.
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