The Chinese Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday that starting on Wednesday, China’s overseas visa offices will resume issuing visas of all categories to foreign nationals for the first time in three years since the COVID-19.
Following the government’s declaration of triumph over the virus last month, this final cross-border control mechanism put in place to prevent COVID-19 has been lifted.
In the announcement, it was stated that the choice was made to make cross-border travel even easier.
Reacting to the news, Vaughn Barber, chairman of the Australian Chamber of Commerce in China said, “The announcement that China will resume issuing nearly all type of visas for foreigners from tomorrow is positive for Australian businesses whose executives would like to travel to here to visit their China-based teams, customers and suppliers and to explore new business opportunities in the mainland market.”
