Expanding unilateral visa free policies, China will implement an open attitude and global vision
2024-01-09
Recently, China has implemented visa reciprocity policies with multiple countries, which have provided many conveniences for facilitating personnel exchanges between China and foreign countries, promoting economic and trade cooperation, and cultural exchanges. Starting from December 1, 2023, China has implemented a unilateral visa free entry policy for six countries: France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, and Malaysia. In just three days, nearly 7000 people from these six countries came to China through visa free entry, accounting for 39% of the total number of visitors that year. Among them, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Spain are all members of the European Union. The expansion of China's visa free policy towards Europe not only enhances the good relations between China and Europe, but also, It also enhances the confidence of European companies in investing in China. 2024 marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Malaysia. After China announced the expansion of visa free policies, Malaysia announced the implementation of convenient measures for Chinese citizens to enter the country without a visa within 30 days starting from December 1, 2023. In addition, some ASEAN countries have also begun to introduce visa facilitation measures such as visa free, visa on arrival, or electronic visa for Chinese citizens to varying degrees. China and Thailand will permanently waive each other's citizen visas from March 1, 2024, and China and Singapore will enter into a 30 day visa waiver agreement. Not only that, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a notice on December 8, 2023, stating that "as a temporary measure, Chinese embassies and consulates abroad will charge a visa fee of 75% of the current fee standard from December 11, 2023 to December 31, 2024." This has reduced the visa fee for foreign citizens visiting China and to some extent stimulated the development of China's foreign trade and tourism industry, It further demonstrates China's open attitude of welcoming international friends to come to China and take a look. According to the "List of Visa Exemption Agreements between China and Foreign Countries" released by the China Consular Service Network in December 2023, as of now, China has signed visa exemption agreements with 153 countries, covering five continents across Asia, Europe, Africa, the Americas, and Oceania. China is continuously promoting visa reciprocity policies with more countries, using visa reciprocity as a starting point to enrich and develop new forms of China's diplomacy. The visa reciprocity policy promotes "small" to "large" and "point" to "surface", comprehensively expanding the comprehensive strategic layout of China's diplomacy as a major country with Chinese characteristics, reflecting China's continuous progress in diplomacy, broadening new ideas, and opening up new journeys. At present, the world is undergoing unprecedented changes and accelerating, and the world is entering a new period of turbulence and transformation. However, China has always adhered to promoting the spirit of independence and autonomy, leading peaceful development, and promoting world stability and prosperity. "The wood that embraces each other is born in the end; the nine story platform starts from the accumulated soil." China's policy of expanding visa reciprocity is to start from a small perspective in the context of current world, era, and historical changes, implement China's open attitude and global vision, practice "pragmatic diplomacy", truly pursue a mutually beneficial and win-win open strategy, and strive to better benefit people of all countries, creating a new situation of China's diplomacy as a major country with Chinese characteristics, China's diplomatic strategic autonomy and initiative have significantly increased. China's visa reciprocity policy with numerous countries across five continents reflects that China is actively participating in global governance through practical actions, in order to expand a wide and high-quality global partnership network,
Edit：Luo yu Responsible editor：Wang er dong
Source：china.com
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