when is it safe to travel again

When is it safe to travel again China

Setting up fast track channels with specific countries

Meanwhile, as the outbreak eases, to maintain the necessary international business activities, China is communicating with the rest of the world to relax its border restrictions.

Various countries’ embassies and chambers of commerce have been negotiating with the Chinese government to establish fast track channels. So far, China has signed fast track agreements with Germany, France, South Korea, UK, Japan, and Singapore.

• On June 3, China and Singapore signed the agreement to launch a “fast track”, which will enable travelers from both sides to enter each other’s territories without serving quarantine periods.
• On May 22, a fast track for British business travelers to China engaged in key sectors was created in partnership with the British government, according to the Chinese Ambassador to Britain, Liu Xiaoming.
• On May 16, Beijing News, a state-run newspaper, had reported that the governments of China and Germany negotiated to set up a “fast track” procedure for personnel to travel between each other’s territories. The first charter flight carrying German businesspeople flew from Frankfurt to Shanghai on May 25.
• Earlier on April 21, MoFA revealed that China and South Korea had reached an agreement in principle on establishing a fast track arrangement for urgent essential travel between the two countries. On August 5, China announced it was resuming visa issuance for South Korean students, employees hired to work in China, and those with residence permits.

According to the European Chamber of China, supporting measures to facilitate the return of foreign nationals to China for urgent or necessary purposes are being conducted at a local level, including in Beijing, Chongqing, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Shandong, Shanghai, and Tianjin.