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To strengthen the prevention and control of the epidemic during the New Year’s Day and Spring Festival in 2022, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism has issued the following guidelines. “Fuse” mechanism for cross-provincial tourism business activities For provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) with medium and high-risk areas, travel agencies, and online tourism companies must suspend … Read more

China’s first COVID19 drug has received government approval. The I.V. drug will work immediately after inoculation and will reduce hospitalization and death by 80 per cent. The two strongest antibodies were identified and matched to produce the drug. The I.V. drug will be effective immediately after inoculation, according to Professor Zhang of Qinghua University, a … Read more

In this article we will explain the 3 steps required to properly cancel a China work permit in accordance with the law. Step #1: Required Documents Step #2: Upload Document(s) All original documents and Mandarin translations should be uploaded (in original color) to the service system for foreigners working in China at http://fuwu.most.gov.cn/. Please keep … Read more

Hong Kong has banned non-residents from entering the city from four African countries and plans to expand that to travelers who have been to Australia, Canada, Israel and six European countries in the past 21 days due to fears over Omicron. The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday that the Omicron coronavirus variant poses … Read more

In this article we will explain how to distinguish between Chinese visa and residence permit as well as address the questions regarding what type of visa to apply for to enter China and whether you can enter China with your current residence permit. What is a Chinese visa? A visa is an endorsement stamped by … Read more

Tianjin City in northern China detected the Omicron variant of COVID-19 in a person who came from overseas, local health authorities revealed on Monday, the first known Omicron infection found on the Chinese mainland. Details about the person’s nationality or travel history were not released immediately. Officials said the individual is an asymptomatic COVID-19 patient … Read more

China’s National Health Care Security Administration has asked public hospitals to further reduce the cost of nucleic acid testing under COVID19. As of Friday, hospitals in 30 provincial-level regions have lowered prices from 60 yuan per person for a single test to 40 yuan or less, according to the administration. The price for testing a … Read more

Due to mounting concerns about Omicron, charter flights are scheduled to be used to transport athletes to the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. The Beijing 2022 Organizing Committee confirmed that overseas Games participants will need to rely heavily on a charter or temporary aircraft to fly them to the Chinese capital. Thousands of athletes and … Read more

Omicron is like a combination of the Beta and Delta variants but existing vaccines are still efficient against it despite declining efficacy, Gao Fu, Director of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, told media on Wednesday.  Omicron has the strong immune escape ability of the Beta variant and the strong transmissibility of the … Read more

The main US business group in China said on Wednesday that a US-China travel fast-track program has been approved by relevant Chinese authorities and it was working to implement the program early next year, a move that is in line with consensus reached during a leaders’ summit last month. “We are currently working with various … Read more