In the third quarter, 192 million people entered and exited the country, with visa-free entry for foreigners increasing by 24.1% year-on-year.

China News Service, October 20. According to the WeChat public account of the National Immigration Administration, on October 20, the National Immigration Administration held a press conference to release the main data on immigration management in the third quarter of 2026.

In the third quarter, the national immigration management agencies inspected a total of 192 million people entering and exiting the country, a year-on-year increase of 7.9%; of which 95.96 million were mainland residents, 73.14 million were residents of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and 23.272 million were foreigners, a year-on-year increase of 7.4%, 6.4%, and 15.6% respectively.

The number of outbound trips by mainland residents reached 48.508 million, a year-on-year increase of 7.5%. The top ten countries (regions) for outbound trips by mainland residents are Hong Kong, China, Macau, South Korea, Vietnam, Thailand, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Russia, and Indonesia.

The number of foreigners entering the country reached 11.601 million, a year-on-year increase of 15.6%; the number of visa-free entry foreigners reached 8.992 million, accounting for 77.5% of the total number of foreigners entering the country, a year-on-year increase of 24.1%. The top ten countries for inbound foreign tourists are Russia, South Korea, Vietnam, Malaysia, the United States, Mongolia, Japan, Singapore, Thailand, and Australia, accounting for 63.9% of the total inbound tourists.

In the third quarter, the national immigration management agencies inspected a total of 10.955 million inbound and outbound transportation vehicles (trains, ships, and vehicles), a year-on-year increase of 10.6%; among them, 259,000 airplanes, basically the same as the same period last year, 28,000 trains, 117,000 ships, and 10.551 million motor vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 3.7%, 2.6%, and 11% respectively. A total of 5.338 million ordinary passports were issued, 28.789 million documents were issued for residents of the Mainland (Mainland) to travel to Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, 473,000 passes were issued for residents of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan to travel to the Mainland (Mainland), and 603,000 visa documents were issued for foreigners.

In the third quarter, the National Immigration Administration's government service platform provided 22.863 million government affairs services such as inquiries to Chinese and foreign immigrants, and provided free identity verification services to residents of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and overseas Chinese for 12.2716 million people. The 12367 service platform of the immigration management agency accepted 2.03 million inquiries from Chinese and foreign personnel, involving more than 100 countries and regions around the world, with an average satisfaction rate of 99.03%.

In the third quarter, the national immigration management agencies investigated a total of 4,432 criminal cases that obstructed national (border) border management, arrested more than 12,000 criminal suspects, eliminated 100 major criminal gangs, and supervised the handling of 66 major cases. In accordance with the law, we severely cracked down on illegal crimes involving gun explosions, drug trafficking and smuggling at ports and borders, uncovered 110 drug cases, arrested 123 suspects, seized 1.88 tons of various drugs, and solved 21 cases of more than 10,000 grams; 402 firearms of various types and more than 13,000 bullets were seized.