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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
HOHHOT, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) — China began a trial visa-free regime for Russian citizens holding foreign passports on Sept. 15. On the same day, the Manzhouli checkpoint in northern China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, an important land port on the Chinese-Russian border, saw its first peak in entries into China.
At 9 a.m., a Russian tourist named Victoria, having passed through passport control, became the first Russian citizen to arrive in China without a visa through the Manzhouli checkpoint. “We are the first passengers from Russia to China without a visa,” she said, talking about her plans to go with friends to admire the Hulunbuir steppe.
Crossing the border has become much more convenient, comfortable and faster, noted another Russian traveler.
As of 16:00 on the same day, 356 Russian tourists who arrived in China without a visa had been inspected and cleared at the Manzhouli checkpoint.
As reported by the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Transport Development Center, in order to strengthen trade, economic and human exchanges with neighboring regions of Russia, Inner Mongolia recently opened a new regular route for automobile passenger transportation Manzhouli-ABAO /Agin-Buryat Autonomous Region/.
The total length of this route is approximately 350 km. The departure time for cars on the Chinese side is 7:50 a.m. from Monday to Friday, and for the Russian side, 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday to Sunday. This route is the sixth Chinese-Russian regular automobile passenger transportation line passing through the Manzhouli automobile border crossing, after the Manzhouli-Zabaikalsk, Manzhouli-Krasnokamensk, Manzhouli-Borzya, Manzhouli-Chita and Hailar-Chita routes.
According to experts, the opening of the Manzhouli-ABAO route will provide Chinese and foreign tourists with a new option for using cross-border road transport. It will not only promote trade, economic and tourism relations between neighboring regions of China and Russia, but also promote the development of the two countries' transportation sectors, and provide an effective transportation guarantee for deepening international economic cooperation in the future. -0-
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