China has eased visa restrictions for Shenzhen residents visiting Hong Kong, permitting a number of entries into Hong Kong per 12 months starting from Dec. 1, Xinhua reported on Friday.
Every keep is for as much as seven days, the official information company mentioned, with the multiple-entry visas legitimate for one 12 months at a time.
The announcement reinstates a multiple-entry coverage from 2009 that was tightened in 2015 when China started permitting Shenzhen residents to go Hong Kong solely as soon as every week.
The stricter coverage was aimed toward quelling anger in Hong Kong over merchants making journeys as much as a number of instances a day to benefit from decrease taxes by shopping for items for resale within the mainland.
Hong Kong mentioned the resumption of the extra lenient entry coverage is anticipated to learn a variety of tourism-related industries equivalent to retail and catering.
Hong Kong chief John Lee had proposed additional enhancements to Beijing on mainland residents’ tourism visits to Hong Kong in a coverage handle final month pledging measures to spice up the town’s financial system.
Visa guidelines for residents in Zhuhai, one other metropolis in southern Guangdong province, had been additionally eased, permitting once-a-week entry to Macao for journeys of no more than seven days. This is able to take impact on Jan. 1, Xinhua mentioned.
Zhuhai residents had been beforehand allowed entry to Macao as soon as each two months.
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