HK, Macau expats hail new Chinese mainland travel permit, but hope for clearer application guidelines


Non-Chinese Hong Kong permanent residents apply for a five-year permit to go to the Chinese mainland for short-term purposes such as business, tourism and exchanges at CTS Entry Permit Service Hong Kong Ltd Kowloon East Service Center on July 10, 2024. - Photo: China Daily

HONG KONG: Non-Chinese permanent residents of Hong Kong and Macau applying for a new card-style Chinese mainland travel permit have welcomed the policy’s potential to facilitate their travel, but say they hope for clearer and more detailed guidance in the application process.

On Wednesday (July 10), the first day that applications for the new permit were accepted, scores of non-Chinese residents lined up at offices of China Travel Service Ltd (CTS) in the two special administrative regions to submit related documents.

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