After the relaxation of entry and exit policies, it will inevitably create more convenience for cross-border learning and exchanges, and also accumulate "potential energy" for the resumption of inbound and outbound tourism in the future.
Text | Jingke
There is no longer a need for "5+3" when entering the country, as long as the nucleic acid is negative, it can be "0+0".
On the evening of December 26, the National Health Commission issued an announcement that new coronavirus pneumonia was renamed new coronavirus infection, and the original "Category B A" was adjusted to "Category B B". Along with this, there are also changes in the entry-exit prevention and control policy: in accordance with the latest plan requirements, people coming to China will undergo a nucleic acid test 48 hours before departure, and those with negative results can come to China; after entry, all nucleic acid tests and centralized isolation will be cancelled, and health declarations will be made. Those who are normal and have no abnormality in the routine quarantine at customs ports can be released into the public; also canceled are the "Five Ones" and passenger load rate restrictions and other international passenger flight quantity control measures; at the same time, the announcement proposes to resume Chinese citizens' outbound tourism in an orderly manner. As soon as the news of
came out, in just 15 minutes, the search volume for international air tickets on an OTA ( online travel ) platform increased by 7 times. Data from another platform also showed that within half an hour, the search volume for popular overseas destinations increased by 10 times compared with the same period last year. Searches for outbound (including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) air tickets and hotels reached the peak in three years. Some international students have put it on their agenda to return to their home countries, and many are preparing to make long-awaited overseas trips. This is also the projection of the "return of fireworks" on the level of transnational flows.
There is no doubt that in the past three years, the epidemic has spread across the world, blocking normal exchanges between countries, and its impact on economic globalization and global economic governance is clearly visible. When the new coronavirus was raging, it was also a step to adapt to the current situation to use "foreign prevention of import" as a requirement to strictly observe the security of entry and exit countries. Now, as the new coronavirus continues to mutate, becoming more contagious and less virulent, timely adjustments and optimization of epidemic prevention policies are also changing with the times and new situations. Optimizing immigration-related policies is also a move on the chessboard of systemic policy adjustments.
Although it "comes suddenly like a spring breeze overnight", it does not come suddenly: from 14+14, 14+7 to 7+3, 5+3 and then to 0+0, from the establishment of the circuit breaker mechanism for inbound flights to the cancellation of this mechanism to the cancellation of the "Five Ones" and passenger load rate restrictions and other international passenger flight quantity control measures. It can be seen that my country's entry-exit policy combines the incubation period and pathogenicity of the virus and other factors to dynamically adjust the trajectory according to the situation, which is quite obvious.
Nowadays, with the "Category B and B" measures against the new coronavirus, in accordance with the Frontier Health and Quarantine Law, quarantine infectious disease management measures are no longer adopted for inbound personnel and goods, which is also the due meaning of timely adjustment. In the context of the National Health Commission's recent emphasis that "it will gradually advance and accelerate entry quarantine measures in accordance with the law," this is also the first step to take effect.
Data map: Citizens are handling business in the foreign entry and exit service area. Photo by Beijing News reporter Li Muyi
The adjustment of entry and exit policies is also a common expectation of people moving across borders. In the past three years, many people's entry and exit needs have been temporarily suppressed by the epidemic, which also requires relief at the policy level.
Prior to this, whether it was "allowing foreign personnel holding valid APEC business travel cards to enter", "Macau will resume accepting mainland tourist groups in November", or the appropriate relaxation of entry quarantine measures in many places in China - Hong Kong and Macau took the lead in exploring "0+0", Chengdu tried "2+3", and Beijing and Guangzhou tried "5+0", they all received positive public opinion feedback.
It is foreseeable that after the optimization of entry and exit policies, it will inevitably create more convenience for cross-border learning and exchanges, and also accumulate "potential energy" for the resumption of inbound and outbound tourism in the future. In essence, the adjustment of entry and exit policies, especially the "0+0" entry, is also the fulfillment of the promise that "China's door of opening up will only open wider and wider."
Over the years, China has been an active promoter of globalization, both a "beneficiary" and a "helper".In the past few decades, the contribution of openness to China's economic growth and China's contribution to global economic growth have been very high - World Bank data shows that from 2013 to 2021, China's contribution to global economic growth reached 38.6%. Behind this is China's active integration into the global system, the support of the double helix of open genes of "going out" and "bringing in", and the continued growth of foreign trade.
Under the new development pattern of "dual circulation", the importance of opening up the domestic and international markets has become increasingly prominent. Now, as the latest plan makes systematic arrangements to gradually liberalize overseas travel, further optimize arrangements for foreigners involved in resumption of work and production, business, study abroad, family visits, reunions, etc., and gradually resume passenger entry and exit at waterways and land ports, etc., this is bound to more completely eliminate barriers to domestic and international connectivity. China opens its door to "welcome and welcome", which will create better conditions for high-level to open to the outside world, and also inject more impetus into the accelerated recovery of China's economy.
writing/Jingke (media person)
editing/Xu Qiuying
proofreading/Liu Jun
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