China News Service, Beijing, January 7th (Reporter Peng Dawei) The Chinese government will implement interim measures for the exchange of Chinese and foreign personnel, including no longer implementing full nucleic acid testing for entry personnel, and optimize immigration management policies from January 8th. Many international figures, including former UN Under-Secretary-General Solheim, expressed their appreciation to the reporter of Chinanews.com in an interview a few days ago, believing that this will play a positive role in boosting the confidence of China and the global economy and attracting foreign investment in China. .
"Of course this is good news for the whole world!" Erik Solheim, former under-secretary-general of the United Nations and former executive director of UNEP, said that China has optimized and adjusted its epidemic prevention policies to make it easier for people to enter and exit the country. Convenience, which will create more opportunities for the world economic development this year.
Talking about China's recent optimization and adjustment of epidemic prevention and control measures, Eric Solheim believes that this is the correct decision, "At present, the number of deaths due to infection of the new crown in China so far is far less than that in Europe, Europe and the United States. The United States and India, I expect China to continue to maintain this epidemic prevention effect."
"I have been fortunate enough to have been to many places in China, and these places are unbelievably beautiful." Eric Solheim, who has long been concerned about the construction of China's ecological civilization, said that he plans to visit China in April this year. With so many invitations from many provinces and cities in China, there are many places to go."
According to Chinese official media reports, recently, many European countries have intensively received business delegations from various provinces and cities in China, witnessing that Chinese and European companies are actively expanding cooperation opportunities.
Some heads of European companies and institutions said that the visit of the Chinese business delegation provided more direct exchange opportunities for local economic and trade cooperation between China and Europe, and they looked forward to visiting China as soon as possible to expand business opportunities for cooperation.
Michael Borchmann, former director of the European and International Affairs Department of Hessen, Germany, who participated in the Nanjing Enterprise Exchange Conference in Frankfurt not long ago, said that the visit of the Chinese business delegation provided opportunities for European companies to communicate face-to-face.
Talking about China's optimization and adjustment of epidemic prevention and control measures involving the exchange of Chinese and foreign personnel, Bo Xiwen told reporters from Chinanews.com that this is of great significance for the resumption of face-to-face talks and exchanges between people from all walks of life in Europe, China, and Germany. Provide a strong boost to boost the mutually beneficial and win-win business relations between Europe and China and Germany and China.
"This is of great significance to promoting the development of bilateral relations." He said that some countries are currently inciting "decoupling" with China, and the resumption of face-to-face exchanges will make this argument self-defeating.
Scott Kennedy, a senior adviser to the US Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), visited China last year and conducted in-depth exchanges with people from all walks of life in Beijing, Shanghai and other places.
He said that in the future, he will continue to go to China, continue dialogues and exchanges with people from all walks of life in China, and continue to carry out research.
"The new measures to cancel the centralized isolation of immigrants will bring convenience to the exchange of visits and communication between foreign-funded enterprises in China and their overseas headquarters personnel." Eric Zheng, president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, predicted that foreign enterprises in China will resume personnel mutual visits and normal operations, "this will help improve China's business environment and attract more foreign capital to China to seek business opportunities."
"China's decision to relax its entry and exit policies is very gratifying." Rupert Hoogewerf, chairman and chief research officer of Hurun Report, believes that China is the second largest economy in the world. For large multinational companies, It is extremely important to ensure that its executives can visit China at least two to three times a year to truly understand the changes that are taking place in the Chinese economy and maintain communication with Chinese governments at all levels and business partners. Really go into the Chinese market and understand the needs here.”
"It's definitely a decision that is welcomed by foreign investment, foreign personnel in China and tourists," said Alicia-Garcia-Herrero, chief economist for Asia Pacific at Natixis. ) predicts that from February onwards, China's economy will usher in a rapid recovery, and "the adjustment of entry-exit policies will also support this round of recovery."
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