Hong Kong plans to implement inspection-free entry for overseas tourists in June 2022.

Recently, the national isolation policy has been adjusted, and the isolation standard for overseas entry has been reduced to 7+3 days, which has greatly improved many friends who want to return to China. However, just recently, Hong Kong revealed that it plans to implement entry-free inspection in June165438+1October 2022! Please see below for details.

In June this year165438+1October, Hong Kong is expected to realize visa-free entry abroad.

Lu Zhongmao, the newly appointed director of the Hong Kong Medical and Health Bureau, recently revealed that 1 1 overseas people who came to Hong Kong before had the opportunity to be exempted from quarantine conditionally, but only some of them.

According to the South China Morning Post, Lu Chongmao said that the Hong Kong Monetary Authority planned to hold an "International Investment Summit" in1early October, when global bankers would come to Hong Kong to participate. Immigrants are required to keep nucleic acid testing, but it is not excluded to consider relaxing other measures, including canceling fixed-point isolation and changing to medical monitoring. Although the form of isolation may change, high-risk activities, including entering bars and other places, are prohibited during this period.

In addition, Hong Kong will launch a real-name registration system for "travel with peace of mind" and a "red, yellow and green" health code as soon as possible. Among them, the "yellow code" is mainly quarantine personnel after entry, and the relevant details are still under discussion. "red team" confirmed patients and "yellow code" hotel quarantine personnel will be restricted to travel to varying degrees.

Lu Chongmao pointed out that the red, yellow and peace of mind of real-name registration system tourism is not to restrict citizens' freedom, but to manage social distance, which is helpful to shorten the isolation time of hotels for immigrants. People with yellow codes can go to work, but they are not allowed to enter high-risk places, such as nursing homes, bars or other places where masks are removed.

However, before deciding to adjust the regulations, it is still necessary to check the latest data of COVID-19 test positive rate submitted by overseas immigrants on the third day of hotel isolation. In the future, it may be changed to 5 days of hotel isolation plus 2 days of home isolation, or even 7 days of all home isolation.

During the interview, Lv Chongmao revealed that according to the internal model of the government, it is expected that Hong Kong will reach the peak of the Hong Kong epidemic in September, when 1 10,000 patients may need hospitalization. At the same time, he also stressed that the epidemic will not get out of control.

Compared with the second half of 2002 1, the entry quarantine period in Hong Kong is as long as 21day, and the entry quarantine requirements in Hong Kong are relaxed. Previously, Hong Kong launched the "Easy Return to Hong Kong" and "Easy Come to Hong Kong" schemes respectively. From September 20021day, Hong Kong residents and non-Hong Kong residents in Guangdong and Macao Special Administrative Regions can make an appointment online, and they can be exempted from inspection on the day of entry or within three days before entry 14 days.

However, due to the quota restrictions and visa type requirements for easy entry into Hong Kong, and the need for isolation when returning to the Mainland, the program does not cover many people.

On July 7, Hong Kong cancelled the long-running flight fuse mechanism. For example, Cathay Pacific Airlines has resumed passenger flights between the mainland and Hong Kong 12 cities. The Hong Kong government will increase the number of inspections of passengers arriving at the airport. Following the earlier reintroduction of the compulsory testing requirement after the ninth day quarantine period on arrival in Hong Kong, the immigrants need to do more nucleic acid testing on the third day after arriving at the designated quarantine hotel for quarantine.

The segregation policy of returning to the mainland from Hong Kong is also being relaxed. On June 28th, the State Council announced the relaxation of entry quarantine policy, and all mainland cities were changed from "14+7" to "7 +3" (7 days of hotel centralized quarantine+3 days of home health monitoring).

It should be noted that neither the expected customs clearance with overseas countries on June 5438+065438+ 10 nor the "Easy Access to Hong Kong" plan will mean that Hong Kong will open its customs clearance to the mainland.

When Lu Chongmao presided over the press conference on the epidemic, he said that it is impossible to pass the quarantine clearance with the mainland in a short time, and it is unreasonable and impossible to put forward relevant requirements at this stage; There are also difficulties in international quarantine clearance, but as long as there are enough data, under the new arrangement, the seven-day hotel quarantine period for immigrants may be shortened, local home monitoring may be changed, and even seven-day home quarantine may be considered.

It will still take time to resume customs clearance between the two places in an orderly manner. 65438+ In February last year, 18, the website of the Hong Kong SAR Government issued a press release, saying that the Hong Kong Government is making every effort to make final preparations for the gradual and orderly resumption of "customs clearance" with the Mainland, including quotas, which will be announced in due course. "The Hong Kong Government will give full consideration when dealing with quotas."

Lee Ka Chiu John, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, recently revealed new progress in this regard. On July 13, when asked about the timetable for customs clearance without inspection, Lee Ka Chiu John said that it would be helpful if the public cooperated with the policy, including taking three doses of vaccine and controlling risks, and other measures would be relaxed to reduce the number of people subject to the regulations.