Three years into the COVID-19 pandemic, China has loosened restrictions recently to further optimize its response, with its policies on testing, quarantine and travel adjusted. For example, PCR tests are no longer required when entering most public venues, patients with mild COVID-19 symptoms ca...
Now, three years later, Chinese authorities are finally opening up the country again. In January 2023, the government began loosening COVID-related travel restrictions—including the requirement for a negative PCR test result prior to travel—and allowing international arrivals and domestic travel once...
China is lifting COVID restrictions for international arrivals as the country continues to optimize its COVID-19 control measures. The measures include removing the 75 percent occupancy limit for inbound flights. Starting from January 8, international travelers can enter China without needing to quaran...
BEIJING--China’s prospects for 2024 look uncertain, as a year that opened free of COVID-19 lockdowns winds down without the dreamed of robust recovery for the world’s No. 2 economy. The wars in Gaza and Ukraine are straining China’s ties with the West. A U.S.-China leaders’ s...
China has resumed the 144-hour visa-free transit policy, which allows people from certain countries to enjoy six days of travel to select areas of the country without applying for a visa beforehand. With the policy finally reinstated after three years of COVID-19 restrictions, we explain who ...
GLOBALink | Special COVID restrictions for travelers from China unjustified: Polish minister Source: Xinhua Editor: huaxia 2023-01-06 11:02:310:00 /0:00 Poland will not impose special COVID-19 restrictions on people coming from China, Poland's Health Minister Adam Niedzielski said on ...
Economic recovery afterChina’sreopening in 2023 China’s economy has been on a trajectory of steady but uneven recovery since the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions. GDP grew by4.5 percent in the first quarterof 2023, a robust figure that exceeded the 2022 annual GDP growth rate of 3 perc...
China eases its COVID restrictions after nearly three years. Why now? Travelers arrive at Haikou Meilan International Airport, south China's Hainan Province, December 9, 2022. Three years into the COVID-19 pandemic, China haslo...
In December 2022, China announced 10 new measures to lift numerous COVID-19 restrictions. On Jan. 8, 2023, it shifted the management of COVID-19 by adopting measures designed for combating Class B infectious diseases instead of Class A. China has shifted the focus of its COVID-19 response...
His comment came as the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Secretary-General Mathias Cormann said on Monday that he certainly very much welcomes the easing of COVID-related restrictions in China, which is very much positive in terms of making sure that the supply chains...