On the evening of December 26, China's National Health Commission issued the "Overall Plan for Implementing "Category B and B Control" for New Coronavirus Infections, preparing to open the country and optimize the management of Chinese and foreign personnel exchanges.

Chinese Herald News suddenly came like a spring breeze overnight, and thousands of Chinese in Japan felt homesick. On the evening of December 26, China's National Health Commission issued the "Overall Plan for Implementing "Category B and B Control" for New Coronavirus Infections, preparing to open the country and optimize the management of Chinese and foreign personnel exchanges.

html Starting from November 8, the nucleic acid test and centralized quarantine for all entering the country will be cancelled, and outbound travel by Chinese citizens will be resumed in an orderly manner. Various measures closely related to overseas Chinese:

1. People coming to China should take a nucleic acid test 48 hours before departure. Those with negative results can come to China without applying for a health code from our embassy or consulate abroad. The results will be filled in the customs health declaration card.

2, cancel the nucleic acid testing and centralized isolation of all employees after entry. Those whose health declaration is normal and there are no abnormalities in routine quarantine at customs ports can be released into the public.

3, canceling the "Five Ones" and passenger load factor restrictions and other international passenger flight quantity control measures.

4, further optimize the arrangements for foreigners coming to China for resumption of work and production, business, study abroad, family visits, reunions, etc., and provide corresponding visa convenience.

5, and gradually resume passenger transportation through waterways and land ports. In accordance with the international epidemic situation and the service support capabilities of all aspects, outbound tourism for Chinese citizens will be resumed in an orderly manner.

The first four items above mean that the tedious "return procedures" such as nucleic acid testing at designated institutions, double testing, and unified quarantine after returning to Japan are all solved for Chinese in Japan, and they can return to before the epidemic almost overnight.

The fifth article means that in the near future, Japan may be able to welcome compatriot tourists again, and there will be new opportunities for the tourism industry.

This joy came so suddenly that in the circle of Chinese friends in Japan, there were some who recited poems, some who exclaimed, and were immersed in excitement and anticipation.

Here are a few sentences from the Chinese in Japan from the late night of the 26th to the morning of the 27th:

"I heard that the land of China has lifted the quarantine/It was suddenly announced that the quarantine was exempted overnight/The first time I heard it, my clothes were filled with tears...I will probably have to indulge in alcohol when I return home/You can return home with the company of youth/That is, from the island country to the mainland/I will go to Tokyo to Nanjing."

"Thank you! I believe that regular-price air tickets are not far away! Thank you! In the near future, I can finally take my children back to China to visit relatives."

"Is this true? Can we overseas tourists return to China to visit relatives without being quarantined? I want to go back to China to see my dad."...

Looking back, the COVID-19 epidemic has occurred around the world since March 2020, and the journey of overseas Chinese returning home has also experienced twists and turns due to epidemic prevention. People still remember that in the beginning, as in other countries, everyone had to go through a unified quarantine when returning home. Two weeks or even three weeks in hotel quarantine is also within the normal range. Until mid-June this year, the 7 +3 mode started, and from November 11, the 5 +3 mode started. Seeing that the isolation period was getting shorter and shorter, when everyone was looking forward to the 0 +3 mode starting from January 3 next year according to Hong Kong media reports, news suddenly came that the 0 +0 mode would be completely relaxed.

After the news came that they would be exempted from quarantine when returning to China, airlines immediately followed up. It is expected that Chinese people in Japan will return home to spend the Spring Festival with their families. Spring Airlines decided to add direct flights from Narita to Nanjing in the early morning of December 27th, which will be on sale at 12 noon on the 27th. Currently there is one flight per week from Narita to Nanjing, but on the 27th it was decided to increase the number of flights to two per week, from January 17th to March 25th.

Regarding the news that people can easily return to China without quarantine, some Chinese expressed that they would wait and see for a few more months. Mr. Chen, a Chinese in Tokyo, told reporters that now that the country is completely relaxed, he has not had the vaccine and is more worried about getting infected. Moreover, I have been waiting for three years, not less than these few months.

Facing the Spring Festival on January 22 next year, many Chinese in Japan are eager to return home. However, considering practical problems, they are currently divided into those who "return to China immediately to celebrate the New Year" and those who "continue to wait and see in Japan." Everyone makes the judgment that suits them best based on their actual situation.Here is also attached the information of direct flights back home between China and Japan

(Note: The departure time of some flights is dynamically adjusted according to weather, season, epidemic and other reasons. Please refer to the airline announcement for details).