Director of the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Visa policies have been restored to pre pandemic levels. Consul | China | Epidemic
According to CCTV news, at the invitation of the China Association of Public Diplomacy, Wu Xi, Director General of the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, attended the "Linjia No. 7 Salon" special briefing held in Beijing today, focusing on introducing the relevant situation of China's consular work in the new era to domestic and foreign media.
With regard to the efforts made by China to facilitate the exchange of Chinese and foreign personnel since the implementation of "Class B and Class B management" of the COVID-19 epidemic, Wu Xi said that we continued to optimize and adjust the policy for the exchange of Chinese and foreign personnel according to the changes in the epidemic situation. At present, the outbound team tour business for Chinese citizens from 60 countries has been resumed. Visitors to China can undergo antigen testing before boarding instead of nucleic acid testing. Visa policies have been restored to pre pandemic levels. International flights to China continue to increase, and the civil aviation department predicts that the number of flights will further increase during this summer vacation.
Chinese citizens from 60 countries have resumed outbound team tours
Wu Xi introduced that we will continue to optimize and adjust policies for personnel exchanges between China and foreign countries in response to changes in the epidemic situation. At present, the outbound team tour business for Chinese citizens from 60 countries has been resumed. Visitors to China can undergo antigen testing before boarding instead of nucleic acid testing. Visa policies have been restored to pre pandemic levels.
Organized and implemented nearly 20 evacuation operations for Chinese citizens overseas in the past decade
Regarding China's overseas consular protection work, Wu Xi introduced that since its opening in 2014, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs's Global Consular Protection and Emergency Service Hotline 12308 has received over 3 million calls. Over the past decade, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has organized and implemented nearly 20 emergency evacuation operations for Chinese citizens overseas, handling over 500000 consular protection cases involving millions of Chinese citizens.