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In 2023, China's immigration authorities advanced the reform of immigration management services and introduced an array of new policies and measures to serve the country's high-level opening up and high-quality development.
Over the past year, immigration authorities have made efforts to optimize entry and exit policies in order to facilitate inbound and outbound travelers, the National Immigration Administration (NIA) said on Monday.
The administration has guided local authorities to resume accepting and approving applications for ordinary passports to travel abroad and visit friends, and exit-entry permits for traveling to and from Hong Kong and Macao, among other businesses.
In 2023, about 4.8 million mainland residents benefited from a streamlined procedure that allows them to apply for exit-entry permits when traveling to and from Hong Kong and Macao, regardless of their household registration place, said the NIA, adding that such procedure has saved 8.88 billion yuan (about $1.25 billion) overall.
(Cover: Passengers go through border control at the border at the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Port in south China, January 30, 2024. /CFP)