New regulations for foreigners to take effect in Sept

BEIJING - A series of new regulations and judicial interpretations, including new visa rules affecting foreigners in China, takes effect on September 1st. According to the Regulation on Control of the Entry and Exit of Foreign Nationals, which comes into effect on Sunday, visa types for foreign nationals entering China will increase from the current eight to 12 types. Additional visa types can...

New time limits for processing of all visas

Foreign Affairs Ministry discusses reducing prices of transactions Applications for residence visas for foreigners in China should take no more than 15 days to process, the Ministry of Public Security said on Tuesday. The change is part of a new regulation on exit and entry management for foreigners that aims to clarify the processes of checking and approval, to take effect on Sept 1. The sam...

Chengdu visa-free policy to lure more tourists

Zhu Zhangyi is excited that his hometown, Chengdu, Sichuan province, will become the fourth Chinese city after Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou to adopt a 72-hour visa-free policy. "I'm sure it will bring more overseas tourists to Chengdu," said Zhu, deputy curator of the Jinsha Site Museum. The policy, which will go into effect on Sept 1, will allow transit passengers from 45 countries who hav...

Chinese visa for high-calibre talents: Faster

BEIJING - High-calibre overseas talents will benefit from a faster visa application process, according to the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (MHRSS) on Tuesday. The ministry said in a circular that various government organs and state-owned enterprises should submit details of their overseas talent introduction programs to the ministry or the State Administration of Foreign Expe...

Beijing set to lure more visa-free transit tourists

Beijing has vowed to step up promotion of its 72-hour visa-free policy, aiming to attract more foreign transit tourists following a drop in arrivals for overnight stays in the past six months. About 2.14 million tourists visited the capital during the first half of the year, a 14.3 percent decline compared with the same period last year, according to the Beijing statistics department. "The c...

New $300 million scholarship for foreign students in China

Wall St mogul Stephen Schwarzman, whose Blackstone firm is one of the most biggest global players in the private equity arena, has announced the establishment of a $300 million (€230 million) endowed scholarship programme in China for students from around the world, based on the prestigious Rhodes Scholarship. The endowment will allow 200 students each year to take part in a one-year mast...

Chinese Govt to Support 50,000 International Students in 2015

The Chinese government will support about 50,000 international students in China in 2015, and the country will become the largest Asian destination for such students in 2020, high-level Chinese officials said on April 25. About 320,000 overseas students came to China in 2012, the majority from South Korea and the United States, said Liu Jinghui, secretary-general of the China Scholarship ...

New Exit-entry Law

Shanghai fined and punished more than 500 foreigners for illegally staying in the country after China imposed its new exit-entry law in July, according to statistics provided by the city's immigration inspection department. From July 1 through Aug 10, 534 foreigners had illegally entered or overstayed their visas. More than 380 of them were found by the border inspection department at Shan...

Guide for New International Students of Yunnan Normal University

Dear international students, Welcome to Yunnan Normal University. In order to facilitate your study and living in Yunnan Normal University, Please read the following carefully. Wish you a good health, pleasant stay and great achievement in China! Documents required for registration Please bring with you your passport, Admission Notice, Visa Application Form (JW202 or JW201), 4 p...

New visas to boost family reunions

Relatives of foreign residents in China will soon have more opportunities to visit their loved ones, thanks to new visa rules announced on Monday. Under regulations from the Legislative Affairs Office of the State Council, an S visa will be created for family members of professionals from overseas. Spouses, young children, parents and parents-in-law will all qualify for the visa when the regul...