BEIJING, July 5 (Xinhua)– China tape-recorded 14.64 million incoming journeys made by immigrants in the very first half of this year, up 152.7 percent year on year, following procedures presented considering that January, the nation's migration authority revealed Friday.
The steps, which intend to assist in the entry of foreign nationals into China for service, education and tourist, consisted of broadened visa-free policies, unwinded visa application requirements and streamlined treatments, plus exemption of border look for particular transit travelers and easier mobile payment for immigrants in China.
The National Immigration Administration (NIA) stated at an interview that the variety of visa-free entries made by immigrants went beyond 8.54 million from January to June, representing 52 percent of the incoming journeys and representing a year-on-year rise of 190.1 percent.
The NIA stated the variety of immigrants going to China is anticipated to continue increasing in the 2nd half of this year. According to a current report launched by the China Tourism Academy (CTA), the incoming tourist market for immigrants is anticipated to recuperate to around 80 percent of 2019 levels, with journeys by tourists from the Hong Kong and Macao unique administrative areas and the Taiwan area back to pre-COVID levels.
In the very first 6 months of the year, migration authorities throughout China had actually processed 287 million incoming and outgoing journeys, marking a 70.9 percent increase year on year. Amongst them, around 137 million were made by mainland locals, 121 million by locals from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and 29.22 million by immigrants.
Figures from the NIA revealed around 12.34 million regular passports were released in the very first half of 2024, a 23.2 percent boost from the very same duration in 2015. The variety of files released for travel in between the mainland and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan grew 7.8 percent to over 46.15 million. The variety of port visas leapt by 267.9 percent to 686,000, and 388,000 stay authorizations and house licenses were provided for immigrants on the mainland.
Liang Xuecheng, a teacher with the School of Economics and Management at Northwest University in Xi'an, stated the need for incoming journeys to China and Chinese tourists' desire for outgoing journeys are still releasing, with the helping with policies anticipated to more promote tourist healing.
The CTA discovered in a study that over 60 percent of spoken with incoming tourists concerned China mostly for a taste of its culture. Food and shopping likewise included extremely on the list of tourist attractions.
Tania Medina, a 25-year-old Spanish, simply concluded her first journey to China visa complimentary. “China is more secure than I believed. Individuals are extremely good when you attempt to speak Chinese,” stated Medina, who goes to a Chinese-language school in Spain.
Medina stated she was pleased to discover the train in Beijing more affordable than in Spain and with even much better air condition. “My Spanish bank card worked fine here and I likewise utilized Chinese payment tools WeChat and Alipay,” she included. ■
