CCTV News: On January 14, the State Immigration Administration held a press conference to announce the main data on immigration management in 2024.
In 2024, the national immigration management agencies inspected a total of 610 million inbound and outbound personnel, an increase of 43.9% year-on-year; among them, 291 million mainland residents, 254 million Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan residents, and 64.882 million foreigners, an increase of 41.3%, 38.8% and 82.9% year-on-year respectively.
The total year-on-year inspection of 32.566 million inbound and outbound transportation vehicles (trains, ships, vehicles), an increase of 38.8% year-on-year; of which 879,000 aircraft were aircraft, 101,000 trains, 437,000 ships, and 31.149 million motor vehicles, an increase of 62.6%, 11%, 8.2% and 38.9% year-on-year respectively.
A total of 23.319 million ordinary passports were issued, 94.514 million (items) of visas for mainland residents traveling to Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, up 26.5% and 9.8% year-on-year, and 2.578 million passes for Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan residents traveling to the mainland (mainland), a slight decrease compared with the peak of centralized application for certificates after the epidemic in 2023; 2.597 million foreign visas were issued, up 52.3% year-on-year, and 20.115 million foreigners were allowed to enter, up 112.3% year-on-year.
The Immigration Bureau's government service platform provides 130 million government services such as inquiries for Chinese and foreign inbound and outbound personnel, and provides 34.07 million identity verification services for Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan residents, overseas Chinese and foreigners for free.
