Optimize immigration policies and enhance service efficiencyEfficiently serve the country's open development with high-quality immigration managementIn 2023, the national immigration management department will vigorously promote the reform of immigration management services, actively serve the national key development strategy and major regional strategies, and intensively launch a series of new policies and measures to bring tangible convenience to the general public, Chinese and foreign tourists and relevant enterprises, and effectively promote the country's high-level opening up and high-quality development.
In 2023, the national immigration administration department will comprehensively optimize and adjust the entry and exit policies and measures to facilitate the flow of people from China and China. With the "Category B and B Management" of China's new coronavirus infection, the National Immigration Administration has guided all localities to resume the orderly resumption of accepting and approving ordinary passport applications for Chinese citizens to travel abroad and visit friends, resume the processing of border tourism entry and exit documents and business and travel endorsements to Hong Kong, resume the "nationwide general application" for group travel endorsements to Hong Kong and Macao, resume the issuance of Shenzhen's "one trip a week" travel endorsement policy, and resume entry policies for foreigners such as port visas. To further facilitate personnel exchanges between the mainland and Hong Kong and Macao, more than 4,500 smart endorsement devices have been fully launched to reform and upgrade, and the "nationwide general office" for visiting relatives, work and study documents in Hong Kong and Macao has been launched, and the validity period of the endorsement for those who go to Macao to study has been extended, and more than 4.8 million mainland residents have enjoyed the convenience of "nationwide application" for entry and exit documents to and from Hong Kong and Macao, saving costs for the masses 88800 million yuan.
In view of the fact that more than 200,000 Hong Kong and Macao residents have not renewed their Home Return Permits in time due to the epidemic, and the long queue for appointments in Hong Kong and Macao, which has greatly affected personnel exchanges and business exchanges, the national immigration management department quickly introduced a policy of extending the Home Return Permit in accordance with the law. By the end of 2023, more than 4.4 million Hong Kong and Macao residents have successfully cleared customs with extended certificates, and more than 12 million people have handled affairs conveniently** in the mainland. Implement the "Opinions of the Communist Party of China on Supporting Fujian to Explore a New Road for Cross-Strait Integrated Development and Build a Cross-Strait Integrated Development Demonstration Zone", focusing on facilitating the exchange of Taiwan compatriots, facilitating the passage of Fujian and Taiwan personnel and ships, encouraging Taiwan compatriots to settle down in Fujian, and facilitating the life and development of Taiwan compatriots in Fujian, etc., Ten entry and exit policies and measures to support Fujian in building a cross-strait integrated development demonstration zone have provided strong support for deepening the integrated development of various fields on both sides of the strait.
In line with the strategy of strengthening the country with talents in the new era, the national immigration management department has actively opened channels for attracting talents and talents to attract high-end overseas talents and investors to work and live in China. In 2023, the National Immigration Administration will further implement 10 policies and measures in the three talent highlands to attract and encourage foreign high-level talents, and outstanding foreign graduates from well-known universities at home and abroad majoring in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and other majors to stay in China for long-term residence, innovation and entrepreneurship. There are more than 30 new policies on immigration management, including the construction of the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin and support for the construction of the Zhejiang Common Prosperity Demonstration Zone, of which 3 are included in the Ministry of Public Security's measures to ensure high-quality development. In the mainland cities of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, the pilot implementation of the endorsement policy for talents travelling to and from Hong Kong and Macao, radiating six types of high-level professionals working in the Greater Bay Area, including scientific research, culture and education, health and law, can enjoy the convenience of engaging in academic exchange and research activities in Hong Kong and Macao for 30 days. By the end of 2023, there have been more than 190,000 high-level professionals from the Mainland have been approved for talent endorsements, which has greatly promoted the efficient and convenient flow of talents, technology and other elements in the Greater Bay Area.
In order to provide better immigration government services for Chinese and foreign immigrants, the national immigration management department has upgraded the functions of the government service platform, vigorously promoted the standardization, standardization and facilitation of government services, extended the time limit for applicants to inquire about their private entry and exit records, and successively launched eight online facilitation service measures, including the entry and exit record inquiry service for Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan residents, the appointment application for foreigners' visas and residence permits, the inquiry of processing progress, and service guidelines. Deepened the facilitation of the application of entry and exit documents, and provided free identity verification services for 27.18 million Hong Kong and Macao residents, overseas Chinese and foreigners. Deploy and launch a new version of the "Five-Star Card" for Foreigners' Permanent Residence Permit to improve the level of facilitation and application, and launch the English, Russian, French, and Arabic five language versions** to provide authoritative information on Chinese immigration management to the world and provide life guidance services for foreign visitors to China. The 12367** answering service has been opened, and in 2023, the immigration management government service platform will provide more than 90 million government services such as inquiries.
The national immigration management department continues to optimize the customs clearance environment for passengers and freight at ports, continuously improves the operation of "green channels" for key cargo flights at airports and ports, "fast lanes" for key materials and vehicles at land ports, "zero waiting" operations for international cargo ships arriving at water ports, and "zero delay" inspection and release of departures, and studies the expansion of the scope of countries to which the transit visa-free policy applies, adding Norway to the list of countries to which the 72,144-hour transit visa-free policy applies. At the same time, it has consciously integrated into the national development strategy, added the Sichuan Tianfu International Airport Port and the Yunnan Mohan Railway Port to carry out the visa work for foreigners, and provided support for the development and opening platform construction of the China-Laos Mohan-Boten Economic Cooperation Zone, the Western Land-Sea New Corridor, the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin, and the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone in the Hetao, so as to accurately and efficiently serve the country's opening up and development.