Airports in Shanghai handled more than 930,000 entries by foreign travelers this year as of Tuesday, a year-on-year increase of 50 percent, according to the Shanghai General Station of Immigration Inspection.
Of the total, 480,000 international travelers entered Shanghai's airport border crossings without a visa, up 3.5 times over the same period last year.
The immigration inspection authority has streamlined the clearance process by enabling foreign travelers to fill in the form online on the plane for entry cards, reducing the clearance time and ensuring more convenient and smooth travel experiences.
Thanks to favorable policies and measures like visa exemption, travel to China has regained popularity among international tourists in the last couple of years.
Shanghai airports see 50-percent rise in foreign entries
Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng on Saturday met with U.S. Senator Steve Daines, and Lim Boon Heng, chairman of Singapore's Temasek Holdings, in Beijing respectively.
When meeting with Daines, He, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said that China firmly opposes the politicization, weaponization and instrumentalization of economic and trade issues, and is willing to engage in candid dialogue with the United States on the basis of mutual respect, equality and mutual benefits.
Noting that China and the United States have many common interests and broad space for cooperation, He said the two sides can become partners and friends to achieve mutual success and common prosperity for the benefit of both countries and the world.
Daines said that U.S.-China relations are very important and the two sides should strengthen dialogue, and noted that he is willing to take more practical actions to that end.
When meeting with Lim and his delegation, He said that since the beginning of this year, China's economy has maintained good recovery momentum.
China will open its doors wider to the outside world, and its business environment will get better and better, He said, noting that there will be broad space for deepened cooperation between China and Singapore.
"We welcome Temasek and other international investors to invest in China and share the huge market and development opportunities here," He said.
For his part, Lim said that Temasek is as optimistic about China's development prospects as always, and will continue to deepen its work in the Chinese market.
Chinese Vice Premier meets US senator, Singaporean entrepreneurs
