Guan Xuan! From April 29 onwards, all personnel coming to China will not check nucleic acid before boarding the plane!

On April 25, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning hosted a regular press conference and announced that in order to further facilitate the exchanges between Chinese and foreign personnel, in line with the principles of scientific accuracy, safety and order, China will further optimize remote testing arrangements.

Starting from April 29, all people coming to China can be tested for antigen instead of nucleic acid within 48 hours before boarding the plane, and airlines will no longer check the pre-boarding test certificate.

Mao Ning said that China will continue to scientifically optimize prevention and control policies based on the epidemic situation to better ensure the safe, healthy and orderly exchanges between Chinese and foreign personnel.

Prior to this, returning from different countries had different requirements for whether a negative nucleic acid certificate was required, and the entry requirements from different countries were constantly updated. Many people in the industry believe that the above policy optimization makes outbound travel more "silky" during the May Day period ".

With the continuous recovery of international flight capacity, inbound and outbound travel is expected to continue to rise on the basis of the substantial increase in the May Day holiday, and usher in a new wave of peaks this summer. Qunar data show that during May 1, 2023 (April 29-May 3), outbound travel ticket bookings have returned to 45% of pre-epidemic (May 1-May 4, 2019). Popular destinations are Bangkok, Thailand, Hong Kong, China, Seoul, South Korea, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Macau, China, Singapore, Tokyo, Phuket, Thailand, Osaka, Japan, and Manila, Philippines.