On April 25th, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) announced that PCR testing requirements for all overseas arrivals to the Chinese mainland will be scrapped.
Starting April 29th, all travelers to China can present an antigen test taken within 48 hours prior to boarding, dropping a PCR test requirement. In addition, airlines are no longer required to check pre-boarding PCR test results, according to the spokesperson for China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mao Ning.
These new rules are in effect as of this Saturday, April 29:
-No COVID tests will be checked during check-in when flying to the Chinese mainland.
-Instead of a PCR test result, passengers can show a negative rapid antigen test (RAT) result issued within 48 hours before check-in. This result may be checked upon arrival to the Chinese mainland.
-In other words, if you are planning on flying to the Chinese mainland, have a RAT kit ready to use before you check-in for your flight.
A reminder for anyone traveling abroad from the Chinese mainland – while many countries have scrapped COVID testing requirements, you may still need to prove your vaccination status.
Make sure to double check the rules before you travel. According to Mao, China will continue to scientifically optimize its prevention and control policies based on the pandemic situation, and better safeguard the safety, health, and orderly exchange of Chinese and foreign personnel.
- For small low-profit enterprises, the portion of their annual taxable income that does not exceed RMB 1M shall be included in the taxable income at a reduced rate of 25%, and the enterprise income tax shall be paid at a tax rate of 20%.
- For individual businesses with an annual taxable income of no more than RMB 1M, individual income tax will be levied at a reduced rate of half based on the current preferential policies.
- The term "small low-profit enterprises" as mentioned in this announcement refers to enterprises with 3 conditions: annual taxable income not exceeding RMB 3M, number of employees not exceeding 300 people, and total assets not exceeding RMB 50M.
- The implementation period of this announcement is from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2024.
Notice on the Adjustment of Chinese visa and the policy of entry to China
In order to facilitate foreigners coming to China, starting from March 15, 2023, the Chinese visa and the entry policies for foreigners coming to China will be adjusted as the following details:
- The Chinese visa that was issued before March 28, 2020 and remains valid will be reactivated.
- The relevant visa-issuing authority stationed abroad will resume examining and issuing various types of Chinese visas. For more details, please check the Chinese visa requirements announcement.
- The port visa office will resume examining and issuing various types of port visas.
- Hainan visa-free policy, Visa-free policy specified for foreign cruise-group-tour through Shanghai Port, Guangdong visa-free policy specified for foreign tour groups from Hong Kong or Macao SAR, and Guangxiguilin visa-free policy specified for foreign tour groups of ASEAN countries will be reactivated.
J&K Comments:
1. The 10 years Multi-entries tourist L visa or family re-union Q1/Q2 visa which issued before 28th March 2020 will be available again to enter China.2. The tourist L visa will be re-open.
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