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China will grant unilateral visa-free entry for up to 15 days to travelers holding ordinary passports of France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Malaysia, the Foreign Ministry announced on Friday.
The Foreign Ministry said on Monday that China will continue to improve its visa policies and actively create more favorable conditions to boost cross-border travel.
China's visa offices abroad will resume issuing all types of visas to foreigners on Wednesday to facilitate cross-border travels.
Smart machines to issue travel endorsements for tourists going to the Macao Special Administrative Region are scheduled to open across the mainland on Nov 1 to facilitate mainland residents' travel to the SAR, the National Immigration Administration said on Monday.
Aiming to attract more talented people and investments from overseas, China has introduced a more flexible, pragmatic and market-oriented regulation on permanent residence for foreigners.
By Oct 10, Chinese mainland public security authorities had renewed or replaced 75,000 mainland travel permits for Hong Kong and Macao residents who study, work or live on the mainland, the National Immigration Administration (NIA) said Saturday.
China will allow the entry of foreign nationals holding three categories of valid Chinese residence permits starting on Monday.
