Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said on the 12th that this Spring Festival holiday, the Chinese New Year custom of "clocking in" has become a new fashion, and the Chinese people warmly welcome foreign friends. China will continue to optimize its entry policies, allowing more international friends to experience a trustworthy, lovely, and respectable China. At the regular press conference that day, a reporter asked: According to the announcement of relevant departments, tourist groups from ASEAN countries can enter Xishuangbanna, Yunnan without a visa from February 10th. Data shows that during this year's Spring Festival, China received over 3.43 million inbound tourists from 175 countries and regions, a year-on-year increase of 6.2%. The comments believe that this fully reflects the effectiveness of China's policy of continuously facilitating the exchange of personnel between China and foreign countries. May I ask the spokesperson's comment on this and whether China will introduce more optimized entry measures? Guo Jiakun introduced that major tourist cities have achieved "invisible consumption", and foreign tourists can enjoy convenient mobile payments. The latest data shows that the number of payment transactions processed by overseas personnel coming to China during the Spring Festival period by China UnionPay and UnionPay increased by 124.54% year-on-year, and the transaction volume increased by 90.49%. Many regions and departments in China have also introduced and implemented visa free policies for cultural and tourism support measures, improving customs clearance efficiency, facilitating cross language communication, improving one-stop services such as accommodation, catering, and sightseeing, and piloting an efficient outbound tax refund model of "buy and refund". From online to offline, from the country gate to the store gate, the all-round and full chain 'silky' experience makes foreign tourists feel at home, and also allows them to see an open, confident, civilized, and safe China He said. Guo Jiakun stated that more than 110 measures to facilitate personnel exchanges, unilateral visa free access to 38 countries, and 240 hour transit visa free access... These policies reflect China's firm determination to practice high-level opening up to the outside world, and are also the concrete actions taken by China to build an open world economy. In the future, China will continue to optimize its entry policies and expand the scope of visa free countries, allowing more international friends to experience a trustworthy, lovely, and respectable China. (New Society)