China Overseas Chinese Network, October 1st: From October, these new regulations and developments will affect the lives of overseas Chinese
The white horses have passed the gap, and in a blink of an eye it is the golden autumn season.
Looking back at the years passed in the harvest season, has your hard work bear fruit?
Entering October, another batch of new regulations and developments related to overseas Chinese have been released.
I wish you in the last quarter of 2022, without hesitation or anxiety, make a decisive decision and move forward with your dreams!
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Thailand to extend foreign tourists' stay in Thailand
The Thailand New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic Management Center (Epidemic Control Center) has decided to extend the period of stay of visa-free and visa-on-arrival tourists in Thailand from October 1 to March 31 next year.
At that time, the period of stay of visa-free tourists in Thailand will be extended from not more than 30 days to not more than 45 days; the period of stay of tourists with visa on arrival will be extended from 15 days to 30 days.
The picture file shows Sukhothai, Thailand.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Wang Guoan
New Zealand will open to Chinese working holiday visa quota to double
According to a comprehensive report from New Zealand's Skyway.com, the New Zealand Immigration Service recently issued a revised operation manual, which clearly stated that from October 11, 2022, the working holiday visa for Chinese citizens will be resumed, and the number of people will be increased to 2,000 per year.
Applicants are 18-30 years old and the application deadline is October 11, 2023.
Japan will introduce a new tourism policy to open up free travel and visa-free travel
According to foreign media reports recently, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced that he decided to open the door to tourism on October 11.
Japanese media reported that the loosening guidelines include canceling the entry limit, opening up free travel and restarting visa-free entry.
Saudi Arabia launches education visa without sponsor
On September 27, the Saudi Cabinet meeting announced the introduction of short-term and long-term education visas.
Short-term education visas are granted to students, researchers and visiting scholars for language study, training, participation in short-term programmes and student exchange programmes.
Long-term education visas will be granted to students, researchers and experts for academic research and research visits.
Both categories of visa holders are exempt from the requirement to provide a sponsor.
Flight status
China Southern Airlines Guangzhou-Frankfurt flight will resume
According to China Southern Airlines, starting from October 7, China Southern Airlines will resume the Guangzhou-Frankfurt passenger flight, which will be operated by A359 aircraft every Friday.
The flight time is as follows: the outbound flight takes off at 08:20, arrives in Frankfurt at 14:20, the return flight takes off at 18:15, and arrives in Guangzhou at 11:00 the next day (all the above are local times).
Picture of China Southern Airlines passenger plane.
Photo courtesy of China Southern Airlines
China Southern Airlines plans to implement multiple international routes from Urumqi
China Southern Airlines continued to promote the stable recovery of international flights.
It plans to resume round-trip routes between Urumqi-Tashkent and Urumqi-Tehran from October.
In October, the return flight number of the Urumqi-Tashkent route will be CZ6029/30, and two flights are planned, on October 14th and 28th, with five flights per week.
On October 23, it is planned to resume one Urumqi-Tehran route, with the round-trip flight number CZ6025/6.
International routes between Kunming and Bangkok will be encrypted
According to information from Yunnan Xiangpeng Airlines Co., Ltd., the company will encrypt the route on the basis of the monthly round-trip direct flight from Kunming to Bangkok, and it will be encrypted to one flight per week from October 15th.
The flight number of this route is 8L801/2. The outbound 8L801 will take off from Kunming at 15:40 and arrive in Bangkok, Thailand at 17:00; the return 8L802 will take off from Bangkok at 18:00 and arrive in Kunming at 21:15 (October 15 and 22 The daily flight number is 8L809/10; the flight arrival and departure times are local time).
Thai Airways' Kunming-Bangkok route to resume
According to the "Thai Airways" WeChat official account, the Thai Airways Kunming-Bangkok route will resume on October 1, 2022, and will operate every Saturday.
There will be 5 flights in October with flight dates on October 1, 8, 15, 22, 29.
Flight number and flight time: TG613, takes off from Kunming at 15:20 and arrives in Bangkok at 16:30 (both local time).
Etihad Airways to launch direct flight from Abu Dhabi to Guangzhou
Etihad Airways, the second largest airline in the United Arab Emirates, recently announced that it will launch a direct passenger flight from Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, to Guangzhou in October.
The route is scheduled to start operating on October 10 with two flights a week.
Living abroad
Traffic restrictions at Heathrow Airport in the UK will be extended until the end of October
Britain's Heathrow Airport has decided to extend restrictions on the number of passengers departing from the airport until the end of October due to staff shortages.
The airport said the restrictions now in place for 100,000 departing passengers a day will be extended until October 29 after consultation with airlines.
The airport said that without these measures, the airport would not be able to provide passengers with safe and reliable services.
Many places in the UK plan to open public places to help people
Trafalgar Square, London, England.
Photo by Ran Wenjuan
Heating and sheltering from the cold
As winter approaches, rising energy prices have many Britons worried about heating issues.
There are plans in many parts of the UK to launch "heating banks" to help people who are struggling to pay their heating bills.
London, Birmingham, Dundee, Glasgow and Aberdeen are all planning to launch this kind of "heating bank", that is, libraries, galleries, community centres and places of worship with heating equipment will be opened free of charge for the difficult to pay heating bills Temporary shelter from the cold.
Spanish gas VAT to be reduced from October
On September 20, local time, the Spanish government approved a series of measures to deal with energy issues at a cabinet meeting, including a measure to reduce the value-added tax on natural gas from 21% of the price to 5%, which will be effective from October local time. Effective on the 1st and will continue until at least December 31st, when the VAT on gas and electricity will be reduced in Spain.
Nearly half of Spain's combined heat and power plants have been shut down due to high gas prices.
Finland will launch national energy saving campaign
The Finnish government announced that it will launch a nationwide energy-saving campaign of "one degree reduction" on October 10 this year, encouraging people to deal with energy shortages by reducing the time spent in saunas, reducing indoor heating temperatures and driving less.
New domestic regulations
The pilot program of "inter-provincial handling" for applying for an ID card for the first time has been launched in many places
The Ministry of Public Security of China recently formulated and issued key measures to serve economic and social development and help stabilize the economic market in 2022.
Starting from October 1 this year, in addition to the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Yangtze River Delta, Fujian-Jiangxi, Guangdong-Xiangxi, Sichuan-Chongqing-Guizhou and other regions that were piloted in the early stage, other provinces and cities across the country have gradually launched the "inter-provincial handling" for applying for resident ID cards for the first time. pilot work.
Resident Identity Card.
Photo by Ran Wenjuan
The General Administration of Customs adjusts the catalogue of import and export commodities that must be inspected
The General Administration of Customs recently decided to adjust the catalogue of import and export commodities that must be inspected.
For 87 10-digit customs commodity codes involving non-hazardous metal materials and their products, electronic industry processing equipment, dryer equipment and appliances, etc., the customs supervision condition "A" will be cancelled, and the customs will no longer implement imported commodity inspections on related commodities. Effective from October 1, 2022.
The new version of the national standard for road traffic signs will be implemented in October
Road Traffic Signs and Markings Part 2: Road Traffic Signs will be implemented on October 1.
The new version of the standard has added 18 new traffic signs such as "electric vehicle charging station", "electric bicycle lane sign", "no electric bicycle entry sign" and "beware of accumulated water signs" in response to new facilities and new demands for traffic management that have appeared in recent years.
(Manuscript source: China Overseas Chinese Network WeChat public account; ID: qiaowangzhongguo; Source: China News Service, China News Network, China Overseas Chinese Network, etc.; Author: Ran Wenjuan)