February is approaching, what are the new changes in entry and exit information, domestic policies, and overseas life? Let's take a look!
Entry and exit information-
The mutual visa exemption between China and Singapore will come into effect.
On January 25, representatives of the People's Republic of China** and the Republic of Singapore** signed the Agreement between the People's Republic of China** and the Republic of Singapore** on Mutual Visa Exemption for Holders of Ordinary Passports** in Beijing. The agreement will officially enter into force on February 9, 2024 (Chinese New Year's Eve).
At that time, holders of ordinary passports from both sides can enter each other's countries without a visa to engage in personal affairs such as tourism, family visits, and business, and stay for no more than 30 days. If you intend to stay in the other country for more than 30 days, you must obtain a visa before entering the other country.
Data map: The police of Qingdao Airport Border Inspection Station of Shandong Entry-Exit Border Inspection Station provide operational guidance for fast customs clearance of inbound passengers. Photo by Xie Hao.
Special arrangements will be implemented for Hong Kong during the Spring Festival.
Hong Kong SAR Chief Executive John Lee announced on the 23rd that the Shenzhen Bay Port will operate 24 hours a day from Chinese New Year's Eve to the fourth day of the new year (February 9-13); The Lo Wu Port will be extended to 2am on Chinese New Year's Eve and the second day of the Lunar New Year (9 and 11 February), and the MTR will also extend its service hours.
He said that the extended operation of the Luohu Port can use the railway to pick up a large number of passengers leaving the country, dispersing the ** who originally took cross-border buses.
Data map: Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Jiuzhou Waterway Bridge.
International routes "overtime" out of the country.
According to the Civil Aviation Administration of China, various airlines have proposed that more than 2,500 new international scheduled flights and overtime charter flights will be arranged during the Spring Festival in 2024, and the increase in flights will also directly drive the early heating up of international flight bookings during the Spring Festival in 2024.
Air China has launched a direct flight from Beijing to Istanbul, Turkey, and is preparing to open new routes to Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, and Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. China Eastern Airlines has successively opened new routes to Auckland, Amsterdam, Budapest, Istanbul and other routes.
Beibu Gulf Airlines resumed direct flights from Nanning to Bangkok on the original weekly.
Three, week. 5. On Sunday's fixed schedule, there will be additional flights from February 3 to February 17.
Juneyao Airlines' first new international flight to Northeast Asia during the 2024 Spring Festival travel period has arrived in Asahikawa from Shanghai Pudong. The new routes are opened every week.
2. Implemented on Saturdays.
Data map: On January 26, passengers traveled at Beijing Daxing International Airport.
Domestic hot spot focus-
The Guiding Catalogue for Industrial Structure Adjustment (2024 Edition) will be implemented.
The National Development and Reform Commission revised and issued the Catalogue for the Guidance of Industrial Structure Adjustment (2024 Edition), which will come into force on February 1, 2024. The Catalogue (2024 Edition) has a total of 1,005 entries, including 352 in the encouraged category, 231 in the restricted category, and 422 in the eliminated category.
Compared with the previous edition, the encouraged category has added "intelligent manufacturing", "agricultural machinery and equipment", "CNC machine tools", "network security" and other industry categories and related fields that are conducive to industrial optimization and upgrading, and the restricted and eliminated categories have added "fire protection" and "construction" industry categories and related fields that do not meet the requirements of green development and safe production.
The new version of the Administrative Measures for the Use of Donation Bills for Public Welfare Undertakings will be implemented.
The Ministry of Finance issued the Administrative Measures for the Use of Donation Bills for Public Welfare Undertakings (Cai Zong 2024 No. 1), which will come into force on February 1, 2024. The Notice of the Ministry of Finance on Printing and Distributing the Interim Measures for the Administration of the Use of Donation Bills for Public Welfare Undertakings (Cai Zong 2010 No. 112) shall be repealed at the same time.
Data map: Teenagers participate in public welfare activities. Photo courtesy of the organizer.
The Measures make it clear that the donation bill for public welfare undertakings can be used as a valid voucher for donors to donate to the outside world and apply for pre-tax deduction of donations in accordance with relevant national regulations.
The basic content of public welfare donation bills includes the name of the bill, the bill supervision seal, the bill **, the bill number, the payer's unified social credit**, the payer, the check code, the invoice date, the bar code), the project code, the project name, the unit, the quantity, the standard, the amount (yuan), the total amount (uppercase) (lowercase), remarks, other information, the receiving unit (chapter), the reviewer, the payee, etc. When public welfare units accept donated property that can be used for public welfare undertakings, they shall issue public welfare donation receipts to the donors.
It is forbidden to solicit money or property under the pretext of marriage.
The Provisions of the Supreme People's Court on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law in the Trial of Cases Involving Disputes over Bride Prices came into force on February 1. The regulations prohibit the solicitation of property under the pretext of marriage. Where one party extorts property in the name of a bride price under the pretext of marriage, and the other party requests to return it, the people's court shall support it.
Life Abroad Dynamics-
Brazil will launch mass dengue vaccination.
Brazil's Ministry of Health has announced that it will start mass dengue vaccination from February, with an estimated 3.2 million people vaccinated in 2024. As a result, Brazil became the first country in the world to offer a free dengue vaccine in its public health system.
Data map. A number of embassies and consulates abroad have issued notices on the Spring Festival holiday.
February 10 is the Lunar New Year, the Chinese Embassy in Thailand, the Chinese Consulate General in Osaka and other embassies and consulates abroad issued notices that they will not be open to the public before and after the Spring Festival holiday.
The New Year is approaching, Xiaoqiao also wishes everyone a happy Spring Festival and a happy family!
*: China Overseas Chinese Network (ID: qiaowangzhongguo) Comprehensive CCTV News, Chinese Embassy in Thailand, People's Daily Online, China News Network, etc.
Editor: Xu Wenxin.
Editor in charge: Ma Haiyan.