Expanding high-level opening-up benefits China and world

The National Immigration Administration announced on Tuesday that as of that day it would relax and optimize the transit visa-free policy, extending the stay period of foreigners with transit visa-free status from the original 72 hours or 144 hours to 240 hours. At the same time, 21 new ports have been added as entry and exit ports for visa-free transit, and the stay and activity area have been further expanded too.

From January to November 2024, 29.21 million foreigners entered the country, an increase of 86.2 percent year-on-year; 17.45 million of them took advantage of the transit visa exemption policy to visit the country, an increase of 123.3 percent year-on-year.

After nearly a year of practice, it has been proved that the visa-free policy has attracted a large number of international tourists to see the real China.