
12 days earlier than last year, more than 900,000 foreigners entered the country, and nearly 80% of them were visa-free.
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The number of people entering and leaving the Beijing Daxing International Airport port has continued to grow this year, thanks to the continued optimization of the transit visa-free policy and the continuous expansion of international routes.
China News Service, Beijing, October 29 (Reporter Xu Jing) Data released by the Beijing Daxing Airport Entry-Exit Border Inspection Station on the 29th showed that as of the 28th, the total number of entry-exit personnel at the Beijing Daxing International Airport port this year exceeded 5 million, 12 days ahead of last year.
Recently, the number of foreigners arriving at Beijing Daxing Airport has remained at a peak. Since the beginning of this year, more than 900,000 foreigners have entered the port, a year-on-year increase of about 36%; among them, nearly 80% of foreigners entering the port without visas. As the transit visa exemption policy continues to be optimized, the scope of unilateral visa exemption is expanded, and international routes continue to increase, the implementation of the policy to facilitate travel to China continues to show results.
At the end of October, Daxing Airport officially implemented the flight plan for the winter and spring season, with an average of about 105 planned international and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan flights per day. The Daxing Airport Border Inspection Station continues to deepen a number of customs clearance guarantees and enforcement measures, implements "tidal" dynamic police deployment, and relies on the "flight flow prediction program" to monitor port flow changes in real time; promotes the "one-time processing" of temporary entry permit acceptance and issuance and entry procedures, and comprehensively promotes the online filling of foreign entry cards; arranges a "multilingual service team" to be on duty at the front, strengthens entry guidance, consultation and answers, etc., and continues to improve port customs clearance efficiency and passenger experience.

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