Recently, China announced the expansion of its latest visa free policy, adding visa free entry to 9 new countries. Thus, visa free entry has been increased to 38 countries. Meanwhile, the visa free stay period has been extended from the current 15 days to 30 days. The dividend of visa free policy has been further released, becoming the "traffic code" for foreign tourists visiting China and the "policy card" for China's continuous expansion of opening-up. The scope of visa free countries continues to expand. In order to further facilitate the exchange of Chinese and foreign personnel, China has decided to expand the scope of visa free countries. From November 30, 2024 to December 31, 2025, visa free policies will be implemented for ordinary passport holders from Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Estonia, Latvia, and Japan. China has also decided to further optimize its visa free policy, including exchange visits as a reason for visa free entry and extending the visa free stay period from the current 15 days to 30 days. Starting from November 30, 2024, holders of ordinary passports from 38 visa free countries, including the aforementioned 9 countries, who come to China for business, tourism, visiting relatives and friends, exchange visits, or transit for no more than 30 days, are eligible for visa free entry. After the announcement of the optimization of the visa free policy, the search popularity for destinations related to China on Ctrip's overseas platforms in Europe and Japan increased by 65% and 112% respectively compared to the previous month. Especially, the popularity of direct flights from multiple locations in Japan to domestic destinations has surged. North Macedonian media articles say that China is one of the most fascinating destinations in the world, renowned for its rich history, culture, and modern economic progress. The Croatian Daily News website reported on the visa free news under the title "China brings good news to Croatian citizens". On November 22, Tong Xuejun, the head of the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, introduced at the State Council's regular policy briefing that in the past year, China has signed visa exemption agreements with six countries including Singapore and Thailand, and has now achieved comprehensive mutual exemption with 25 countries. As of now, visa exemption agreements covering different types of passports have been signed with 157 countries and regions. The National Migration Administration optimized the implementation of transit visa free, regional entry visa free, port visa free and other policies in batches, so that foreigners can "come easily", "come in diversity" and "bring in". Foreigners can take advantage of 72/144 hour visa free transit, visa free entry of foreign tourist groups by cruise, visa free entry of 59 countries into Hainan to travel or carry out business activities in China. China is also promoting the complete cancellation of the visa appointment system by its embassies and consulates abroad, further expanding the scope of fingerprint exemption, optimizing and simplifying visa application forms, reducing visa fees, making visa procedures for foreign nationals to come to China more convenient, and further reducing the cost of coming to China. The dividend of visa free policy is further released. At 17:30 on November 22, the Kuala Lumpur Nanning AK168 flight arrived, with Malaysian passengers accounting for two-thirds of the 140 passengers. Datuk He Shuxin, the permanent honorary advisor of the Malaysian Ho Family Association, brought 19 friends into China to 'seek roots', visit relatives and friends, and maintain religious ties. According to the Guangxi Exit Entry Border Inspection General Station, about 30000 Malaysian, Singaporean, and Thai tourists have entered the country visa free from Nanning Port since the beginning of this year. As of November 24th, the border inspection station at Beijing Daxing Airport has processed and issued five times the number of 144 hour temporary entry permits compared to the same period last year, and over 30000 foreign nationals have enjoyed the convenience of visa free transit. The border checkpoint at Daxing Airport selects immigration management police who are proficient in foreign languages to provide front-line services, ensuring efficient and smooth customs clearance. According to the statistics of the National Migration Administration, in the third quarter of this year, 8.186 million foreigners entered the country, up 48.8% year on year; Among them, 4.885 million people entered through visa free entry, a year-on-year increase of 78.6%. (New Society)