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Mainlandtravel made easier with new rules
By Li Jing in Beijing and Li Dapeng in Fuzhou (China Daily)
Updated: 2005-07-26 06:13
A new set of policies that simplify entry-exit and residence application
procedures for Taiwan compatriots took effect yesterday.
The move is part of a series of goodwill measures that Beijing has pledged to
expand cross-Straits exchanges.
The new measures mean Taiwan residents who stay in the mainland for more than
a year can be issued residence stamps valid for one to five years.
Those who have the stamps do not need entry-exit stamps when passing through
mainland customs, said Gao Huada, vice-director of the Division of Exit-Entry
Administration under the Beijing Municipal Public Security.
"It means the previous two kinds of stamps for residence and entry-exit
permits have now been integrated into one," Gao said.
For Taiwanese who stay less than a year, public security departments can
grant multi-entry stamps valid for three months or one year according to their
requirements.
Taiwan residents can get their entry-exit or residence stamps five workdays
after they hand in the required application materials, including application
forms, pass permits and residence registration papers, said Gao.
In Fujian Province, where many Taiwan residents live, public security
authorities have already started to see applicants.
An official with the Exit and Entry Administration Department of Fuzhou
Municipal Public Security Bureau, said the department accepted and handled at
least 10 such cases yesterday.
"I think the simplified rules will make it easier and quicker to apply for
permits," said Shi Jinwang, a Taiwan businessman.
Having lived in Fuzhou for 16 years, Shi said he has witnessed the
government's continuous efforts to make Taiwan residents' trips to the mainland
easier in recent years.
(China Daily 07/26/2005 page2)
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