China and the rest of the world rebounded. pre-pandemic link. As of this Wednesday and almost three years later, chinese embassies They send all kinds visas, including tourists. This foreign restrictions They were the last remnants of a home. zero covid policy which was dynamited at the end of last December and formed a bracket in China’s forty-year expansion to the world.
beijing also confirmed the possibility of recovery. Validity of visas issued before 28 March 2020, the date on which China ordered the lock to protect itself from the coronavirus as long as the expiration date has not passed. Likewise, visa exemption for tourists Hong Kong, Macau and some countries Southeast Asian. And those who get there hainan island nor on past journeys Shanghai. regulations, protect Ministry of Foreign Affairs“It will facilitate exchanges between the Chinese and foreign populations.”
Close to normal before the pandemic
This traveling to china They have been inflicting insane torture for years. for several visas followed those who were removed for very valuable reasons few and very expensive flights very expensive often cancelled, numerous medical tests and too long quarantines by the traveler. Pension covid zero policyIn mid-December it reduced those requirements to: negative result of PCR test It is carried out at an approved clinic or hospital within two days of the flight.
ministry spokesman, Wang Wen BinFrom now on Tuesday antigen testCosting only a few euros, it is made at home and the result is immediately known. “We have optimized the measures remote testing Those who come to China from related countries (…) epidemic generally controllable”, Wang justified.
Chinese he acted timid reopens in the second half of last year. Returned to air in August student visas, one of the most punished groups. Many heard the news of a rare pneumonia while enjoying Christmas in their country and had not been back for more than two years.
Reopening to international tourism
The collapse of the last dams for foreigners came a month after China declared victory over the coronavirus. 115 million last year Cross-border travel in China and less than five corresponded to foreigners. By contrast, the 2019 figures are 670 million trips, almost a hundred foreign. However, the sector has resisted better than other tourist destinations. Spain anyone Thailand– Thanks to the internal customer, which is a market of 1,400 million people, national tourism due to quarantine on return from abroad.
Chinese He suffered a painful voluntary confinement during his stay. Maoism. opening ordered by Deng Xiaopingarchitect of reforms, China globalization. Millions of domestic and foreign students and tourists enter and leave the country every year. However corona virus It interrupted an exchange that benefited both China and the world. The measures that took effect this Wednesday are returning to normal.