Visitors browse a market in Shanghai in September. [Photo/China Daily]
BEIJING -- China on Tuesday vowed further efforts to optimize the visa waiver and other relevant policies and measures to make it more convenient for foreigners to visit and stay in China.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian made the remarks at a daily press briefing, in response to a query about recent comments by foreign media that a series of visa waiver policies and relevant facilitating measures in digital payment, bilingual facilities and express transportation systems have made traveling China more convenient for foreigners.
"We are glad to see the travel boom," Lin said. He noted that according to the latest statistics, in the third quarter this year, inbound foreign travelers had reached 8.186 million, up by 48.8 percent year-on-year. Among them, 4.885 million had entered China via the visa waiver policy, a year-on-year growth of 78.6 percent.
