China Overseas Chinese Network, December 1st, title: From December, these new regulations will affect the lives of overseas Chinese

  Time flies, and there is only one month left in 2020.

Since December, another batch of new regulations are closely related to overseas Chinese. Let’s take a look!

New domestic regulations

Implementation of the first special law in the field of China's export control

  China's first "Export Control Law" officially came into effect on December 1.

Among them, it is clear that the country implements a unified export control system and manages it through the formulation of control lists, directories or catalogs, and the implementation of export licenses.

  The "Export Control Law" clearly stipulates the scope of export control, control system, control measures, and strengthening international cooperation. Export operators who are punished for violation of the provisions of this law shall be subject to the national export control authority from the date when the penalty decision becomes effective. They may not accept their export license applications for five years; the persons directly in charge and other directly responsible personnel may be prohibited from engaging in relevant export business activities within five years. Those who receive criminal penalties for violations of export control laws shall not be allowed for life. Engage in relevant export business activities.

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Added 370 domestic routes with market-adjusted prices

  The Civil Aviation Administration of China, in conjunction with the National Development and Reform Commission, issued the "Notice on Further Deepening the Reform of Domestic Airline Transport Prices in Civil Aviation". It is clear that from December 1, 2020, more than 3 (including 3) air transportation companies will be allowed to participate in operations Passenger transportation prices on domestic routes (hereinafter referred to as domestic freight rates).

  The “Catalogue of New Domestic Routes with Market-adjusted Prices” released by the notice shows that there are 370 domestic routes with market-adjusted prices this time, mainly for round-trip routes between second and third-tier cities, involving departures from first-tier cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. There are fewer routes.

  At the same time, the civil aviation authority will further strengthen the supervision of domestic freight rates, record price violations in credit records, and implement punishments in accordance with the "Civil Aviation Industry Credit Management Measures (Trial)".

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Beijing-Shanghai high-speed rail implements floating fares from December 23

  Starting from December 23, the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed rail will distinguish seasons, time slots, seats, sections, etc., according to passenger flow, establish a flexible pricing mechanism, and implement high-quality and high-quality prices, which may increase or decrease.

The implemented fare between the stations is based on the published fare as the upper limit, and a multi-grade and flexible fare system is implemented to provide passengers with more choices.

The lowest fare for second-class seats on the Beijing-Shanghai high-speed rail is 498 yuan and the highest fare is 604 yuan.

Shanghai and Zhuhai implement new policies for talent settlement

  From December 1st, the "Measures of Shanghai Municipality on Introducing Talents to Apply for Permanent Resident Registration in the City" will be effective until November 30, 2025.

Five categories of talents are directly settled, including high-level talents, urgently needed talents in key institutions, high-skilled talents, market-oriented innovation and entrepreneurial talents, specialized talents and other special talents.

The "Measures" clarify that if the introduced talents are married, their spouses and minor children can go through the household registration procedures at the same time.

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  Starting from December 25, Zhuhai's talent introduction and household entry requirements have been further relaxed, valid for two years.

Include personnel with a college (higher vocational) or higher degree recognized by the Ministry of Education, and senior engineering graduates from technical colleges and above recognized by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security into the scope of talent introduction.

The recruiting ages of educational background talents, professional title talents, skilled talents with national vocational qualification levels, and first-line outstanding employees of key enterprises are uniformly under the age of 50 for men and under 45 for women.

Persons with a full-time bachelor degree or above within five years of graduation can directly apply to the police station for settlement with their graduation certificate and relevant materials.

Zhejiang: Prohibition of disguised propaganda of "after-sale charter"

  Starting from December 1, Zhejiang will standardize the commissioned sales of commercial housing.

The price of commercial housing sold by the real estate underwriting agency shall be consistent with the "one house, one price" declared for the project. The purchase price shall not be split in any form, and false or irregular price markings and price marking methods shall not be used to mislead consumers, and shall not appear Commercial propaganda such as the "after-sale charter" of pre-sale commercial housing shall not fabricate or spread false information for malicious speculation, and shall not cover up the market in a disguised form and reluctantly sell to disrupt market order.

Entry and exit dynamics

  Recently, the Chinese Embassy in many countries issued a notice stating that, starting from December, those flying to China must apply for a "health code."

Chinese Embassy in Singapore

  The Chinese Embassy in Singapore recently issued the "Notice on Canceling Direct Boarding of Passengers to China with a Test Certificate in a Uniform Format and Regulating the Sampling Methods for Serum IgM Antibody Testing" (hereinafter referred to as the "Notice").

The "Notice" requires that from December 1st, the practice of direct boarding by passengers to China with a uniform format test certificate is cancelled.

  For this reason, passengers from Singapore to China can no longer directly board the plane with a uniform format test certificate.

Chinese passengers (including those from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) must apply to the embassy for the green health code with the "HS" logo, and foreign travelers must apply for the green QR code with the "HDC" logo on the health declaration form to the embassy, ​​and board with the code.

  The notice pointed out that in order to improve the accuracy of detection, IgM detection requires venous blood sampling (fingertip blood sampling is not allowed).

For this reason, passengers who take flights on or after December 5 must submit an IgM antibody test negative certificate indicating the method of venous blood sampling to apply for a green QR code (see the attachment for the proof sample, and the non-uniform format certificate issued by the laboratory is also required Specify).

The embassy has notified the testing agency of this requirement through the Ministry of Health of Singapore. Passengers going to China must confirm the relevant information when making an appointment for testing and after receiving the test certificate to avoid affecting the itinerary because the test certificate does not indicate the venous blood sampling method.

Chinese Embassy in Canada

  The Chinese Embassy in Canada issued a notice stating that starting from December 1st, Chinese and foreign passengers who take flights from Canada to China must present a negative certificate of the new coronavirus nucleic acid test sampled in Canada and serum specificity within 2 days before boarding. IgM antibody (abbreviated as "serum antibody") test negative certificate, according to the division of jurisdiction, apply to the Chinese embassy in Canada for a green health code with the "HS" or "HDC" logo.

The previous practice of boarding directly with a test certificate is no longer applicable.

  Nucleic acid testing and antibody testing, as well as applying for the green health code, must be completed in Canada 2 days before the passenger boarding, subject to the sampling time.

If the test samples are accepted on December 1, the boarding time of the flight should be no later than December 3.

Conversely, if the boarding time of the flight is December 3, the sampling time should be after December 1 (inclusive).

Chinese Embassy in France

  Starting from December 1, 2020, Chinese and foreign passengers who take flights from France to China must present the negative certificate of the new coronavirus nucleic acid test and the negative test of serum-specific IgM antibody sampled in France within 2 days before boarding to China The embassy or consulate in France applies for a green health code with the "HS" or "HDC" logo.

The previous practice of boarding with the test report is no longer applicable.

Chinese Embassy in Denmark

  From December 1st, all Chinese and foreign passengers who take flights to China must pass the International Health Code Mini Program (for Chinese citizens) or log in to the website https://hrhk.cs.mfa.gov.cn/ H5/(For foreign citizens) Declare your personal information online and upload a double negative certificate, and apply for an HS code or HDC code online.

The passenger holds a valid HS code or HDC code and a paper certificate of double-negative result for himself, and boarding after the airline's inspection (the paper certificate should be kept by the airline).

  In addition, the Chinese embassies in Spain, South Korea, Cambodia, Finland and other countries have issued similar notices. Overseas Chinese can check the detailed regulations on the official website of the embassy.

Visa passport

The Chinese Embassy in Italy will try "two-way mailing" for passports

  The Chinese Embassy and Consulate in Italy has implemented the "one-way mail" application method, and will try "two-way mail" starting from December 1.

At that time, eligible applicants will not have to come to the embassy or consulate to apply, pay fees, collect passports or travel permits, all procedures will be completed by mail and online.

On October 22, local time, in Milan, Italy, passers-by rode through the Arcade of Vito Emmanuel II.

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The Chinese Embassy in Jordan will collect fingerprints on visa applicants

  In accordance with relevant Chinese laws and regulations, and with reference to internationally accepted practices and mature experience, the Chinese Embassy in Jordan will, starting from December 1, 2020, keep ten fingerprints for all applicants for Chinese visas, including Jordanian citizens.

  Persons under the age of 14 or over 70, persons who hold diplomatic passports or meet the requirements for Chinese diplomatic, service, courtesy visa issuance; persons who hold the same passport and apply for a visa at the same Chinese embassy and consulate and have fingerprints taken within 5 years; Applicants whose ten fingers are missing or whose ten fingerprints cannot be retained may be exempted.

  (Reference: China News, China & Overseas, Chinese website of the Embassy of Italy, Chinese Embassy in France websites; Author: Ranwen Juan; ID: qiaowangzhongguo)