China Overseas Chinese Network June 23rd question: Multi-department optimization of the policy of coming to China, experts say so!
Recently, Xiaoqiao has noticed that many departments have issued notices to simplify the procedures for coming to China and optimize the policies for coming to China.
How are these policies implemented?
What is the impact on those who come to China?
In the future, will relevant policies continue to be optimized?
Multi-departmental optimization of the policy for coming to China
Recently, a number of Chinese embassies and consulates abroad have issued notices to optimize the visa policy for foreigners coming to China.
Specific measures include exempting visa invitation letters for those who come to China for employment, exempting visa invitation letters for family members of those returning to work and production, and expanding the scope of personnel coming to China for humanitarian reasons.
At the same time, a number of airlines announced the resumption of international passenger routes. The Civil Aviation Administration of China stated that it is negotiating with some countries to gradually and steadily increase scheduled international passenger flights.
In addition, Beijing, Chengdu, Xiamen and other places have shortened the centralized isolation time for inbound personnel, which has been shortened from "14-day centralized isolation + 7-day home isolation" to "7-day centralized isolation + 7-day home isolation" or "10-day centralized isolation" Quarantine + 7-day home quarantine".
Xiaoqiao interviewed a number of experts and people from the overseas Chinese community, who shared their views from the perspectives of epidemic prevention needs and economic recovery.
Data map: Passengers undergo nucleic acid testing at the nucleic acid testing point at Baiyun Airport.
Photo by Chen Jimin
Policy optimization is a response to the concerns of overseas Chinese
"The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the movement of people internationally. From March 2020 to March 2021, 108,000 international travel restrictions related to COVID-19 were implemented worldwide; the number of air passengers worldwide in 2020 was only 1.8 billion, Less than half of the 4.5 billion in 2019, the data released by the International Organization for Migration shows that the epidemic has had a significant impact on global population mobility." Zhang Xiuming, deputy director of the Institute of Overseas Chinese in China, said.
Overseas Chinese who are accustomed to traveling to and from the global village are deeply affected by travel restrictions, and restoring normal and orderly international exchanges has become one of their most concerned issues.
"This policy optimization has provided relatively convenient conditions for overseas Chinese to return to China to visit relatives and friends, find employment and do business. It can be said that it is a positive response to the concerns of overseas Chinese and a measure to serve overseas Chinese." Chen Yiping, deputy dean of the Overseas Chinese Research Institute of Jinan University In an interview, he said that optimizing the policy will reduce travel costs, allow more overseas Chinese to return to China, and enhance their emotional ties with their home country.
Data map: Airport port.
Photo courtesy of Shanghai Airport Border Inspection Station
Policies have the trend of continuous optimization and dynamic adjustment
"If the epidemic prevention and control situation can remain stable and no major emergencies occur, normal exchanges between China and foreign countries should gradually resume." Chen Yiping believes that the current optimization measures are based on the prevention and control of the epidemic situation in China and overseas epidemics. Scientific adjustments made by the judgment.
In the future, China will dynamically adjust relevant policies for visiting China based on changes in the epidemic situation.
With the increasing impact of the epidemic on the global economy and the promotion of the new crown vaccine, many countries around the world have successively adjusted their epidemic prevention policies, and personnel exchanges and international exchanges in the international community have gradually returned to normal.
In Zhang Xiuming's view, the adjustment of China's epidemic prevention policy is to find a balance between epidemic prevention and control, economic development and international exchanges.
This is not only in line with some international practices, but also in line with China's national conditions.
Under the background of normalization of epidemic prevention and control, various restrictions on the international movement of people should be dynamically adjusted and more relaxed.
Wang Yunru, executive vice-chairman of the French China-France Relations Promotion Association, said bluntly that many overseas Chinese around him are planning to return to China during the summer vacation. He believes that in the future, the policy of visiting China will be further optimized, and air ticket prices will gradually return to normal.
Policy optimization is meant to help global economic recovery
"It has been nearly three years since the outbreak of the epidemic, and many countries are relaxing their entry policies and resuming international exchanges. In this context, optimizing relevant policies for visiting China is of special significance to promote global public health governance and help global economic recovery." Chen Yiping said .
"Optimizing the policy for coming to China is conducive to promoting the exchange of international anti-epidemic experience, and may be able to develop unexpected new ideas for anti-epidemic." In Wang Yunru's view, optimizing the visa policy for foreigners to China has increased investment confidence for Chinese and foreign business people. At the same time, it also attracts international talents who come to China for jobs, which will directly help economic development.
(Source of the manuscript: China Overseas Chinese Network WeChat public account; ID: qiaowangzhongguo; Author: Xu Wenxin)