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Beijing will provide exclusive visa convenience to qualified foreign businesspeople for their exits and entries and support companies for their international economic and trade cooperation. Additionally, the relevant authorities in Beijing will collaborate with the Beijing General Station of Immigration Inspection to facilitate smoother customs procedures for eligible individuals. This combination of exclusive visa and customs facilitation efforts is a pioneering initiative nationwide.

This new preferential policy applies to foreign businesspeople invited by eligible enterprises registered in Beijing who need to frequently engage in commercial and trade activities in the city and play positive roles therein, as well as their spouses and children.

After an enterprise submits an application, the Foreign Affairs Office of the People's Government of Beijing Municipality will send a special invitation letter to the qualified foreign businessperson concerned, which allows multiple entries (each for a 180-day stay) within five years. Based on this invitation letter, a Chinese overseas visa agency will then issue a multiple-entry M visa or any other similar visa, with a stay period of 180 days, valid for five years. The applicants can be exempt from fingerprint collection and can entrust others to apply for the visas on their behalf. Only the fee for a one-year multi-entry visa will be charged. Beijing General Station of Immigration Inspection will streamline the exit-entry processes for the holders of such visas at Beijing Capital International Airport and Beijing Daxing International Airport, ensuring a fast and efficient entry and exit process.

The Foreign Affairs Office of the People's Government of Beijing Municipality will take specific visa and exit-entry facilitation measures based on the current information system. The enterprises can finish their applications for the special invitation letters online, without the need to submit materials offline to the foreign affairs authority of each district. There will be no charge for applying for the letters.

(Source: Beijing Fabu)