The latest notice suspends foreigners from entering China.

For a long time, there were cases imported from abroad, and China called for the closure of the border. The country has its own measures, but recently China finally issued a corresponding notice, which may end the import of cases from abroad, and the flight control is limited.

Foreigners with valid Chinese visa residence permit will not enter the country for the time being.

On 26th, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the State Administration of Immigration of People's Republic of China (PRC) issued an announcement on temporarily stopping the entry of foreigners with valid Chinese visas and residence permits. The full text of the announcement is as follows:

In view of the rapid spread of COVID-19 epidemic around the world, China decided to temporarily stop foreigners from entering China with valid visas and residence permits from 0: 00 on March 28th, 2020. Foreigners are prohibited from entering the country with APEC business travel cards. Port visa exemption, 24/72/ 144 hour transit visa exemption, Hainan entry visa exemption, Shanghai cruise visa exemption, Hong Kong and Macao foreigners entry Guangdong 144 hour visa exemption, and ASEAN tour groups entry Guangxi visa exemption. Entry with diplomatic, official, courtesy and C visa will not be affected. Foreigners who come to China to engage in necessary economic, trade, scientific and technological activities and urgent humanitarian needs may apply for visas from China embassies and consulates abroad. The entry of foreigners who obtain visas after the announcement is not affected.

This is a temporary measure that China has to take in order to cope with the current epidemic and refer to the practices of many countries. China is willing to maintain close communication with all parties and do a good job in personnel exchanges between China and foreign countries under the current situation. China will adjust the above measures according to the epidemic situation and make a separate announcement.

The announcement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs specifically states that foreigners who come to China for necessary economic, trade, scientific and technological activities and urgent humanitarian needs may apply for visas from China's embassies and consulates abroad. At the same time, the announcement pointed out that the entry of foreigners with visas issued after the announcement was not affected.

0 10- 10: Non-essential entry of foreigners was suspended, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs explained the reasons. Since then, international flights have been reduced.

Port visa exemption, 24/72/ 144 hour transit visa exemption, Hainan entry visa exemption, Shanghai cruise visa exemption, Hong Kong and Macao foreigners entry Guangdong 144 hour visa exemption, and ASEAN tour groups entry Guangxi visa exemption.

Entry with diplomatic, official, courtesy and C visa will not be affected. Foreigners who come to China to engage in necessary economic, trade, scientific and technological activities and urgent humanitarian needs may apply for visas from China embassies and consulates abroad. The entry of foreigners who obtain visas after the announcement is not affected.

According to the announcement, this is a temporary measure that China has to take to cope with the current epidemic and refer to the practices of many countries. China is willing to maintain close communication with all parties and do a good job in personnel exchanges between China and foreign countries under the current situation. China will adjust the above measures according to the epidemic situation and make a separate announcement.

A few hours ago, the Civil Aviation Administration of China announced that from March 29, domestic airlines can only keep one route to any country, and each route will run no more than once a week; Each foreign airline can only book one flight to China, and the frequency of operation should not exceed one per week.

In addition, CAAC also requires strict prevention and control measures for flights entering and leaving China to ensure that the passenger load factor is not higher than 75%. According to the needs of epidemic prevention and control, CAAC may introduce policies to further tighten the total number of international passenger flights.