Your Guide to China by Ikky
This category groups all the posts related to the most recent and expat-focused news of China
The following five flights have resumed operations from suspension starting April 6: Austrian Airlines’ Flight OS75 from Vienna to Shanghai. China Southern’s Flight CZ8182 from Nairobi to Shenzhen. Himalaya Airlines’ Flight H9787 from Kathmandu to Chongqing. Polish Airlines’ Flight L093 from Warsaw to Tianjin. Uzbekistan Airways’ Flight HY501 from Tashkent to Xi’an For the up-to-date … Read more
The following three flights have resumed operations from suspension: Iraqi Airways’ Flight IA473 from Baghdad to Guangzhou, starting March 30. China Southern’s Flight CZ6044 from Nairobi to Changsha, starting March 23. Air Algerie’s Flight AH3060 from Algiers to Chengdu, starting March 23. For the up-to-date list of suspended flights, please visit this page.
Beijing has launched COVID-19 vaccinations for foreign nationals residing in the city, according to an announcement by the municipal foreign affairs office on Friday. Foreign nationals aged 18 and above are eligible to receive the vaccine voluntarily, based on informed consent and an understanding of personal risk. The vaccinations will use China’s inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, … Read more
China has accelerated its vaccinations against COVID-19, administering 10 million doses in around a week, and is considering varied visa policies based on vaccination and virus conditions in different countries, officials said on Sunday. The country had administered 74.96 million vaccine doses as of Saturday, health commission spokesman Mi Feng told a news briefing. That … Read more
Shanghai is to accelerate its COVID-19 vaccination program and the mass inoculation of senior residents and patients with underlying diseases will begin when clinical tests obtain enough safe and effective data, city health authorities announced on Tuesday. The vaccination process is rolling out in the city and groups at high risk due to their profession, … Read more
China announced on Friday that it would waive a COVID-19 test and health form requirement for foreigners applying for visas to the mainland from Hong Kong if they have been vaccinated with a Chinese vaccine. Aside from a vaccination certificate, the above-mentioned foreign nationals and their family members visiting the Chinese mainland for resuming work … Read more
Based on current vaccine production capacity, China is capable of vaccinating 70 to 80 percent of its population, or 900 million to 1 billion people, between the end of 2021 and mid-2022 to reach herd immunity amid the global epidemic; director Gao Fu was cited as saying in Chinese media reports on Saturday. However, some … Read more
At the time of posting, the certificate is available to Chinese citizens only and not yet to foreigners residing in China. On March 7, State Councilor Wang Yi announced the launch of the Chinese version of the “International Travel Health Certificate” or ITHC for short at the press conference of the Foreign Ministers of the … Read more
The greenery, the cleaner air, and the convenience of Metro stations drive up the population of foreign residents. An old Shanghai says: “People would prefer a bed in Puxi to a house in Pudong.” No longer. Nowadays, housing is as popular on the eastern shore of the Huangpu River as it is on the western … Read more
Source: That’s Shanghai China’s first inter-province residence permit was issued to a Malaysian citizen on February 26. Weng Wenxing resides in Wujiang District, Suzhou, Jiangsu province, and works as the general manager at Walter Electronic, a Suzhou-based electronics manufacturing company. Mr. Weng received the new Shanghai Residence Permit for Overseas Talent, even though his work and place … Read more