202 1 When will the United States lift its travel restrictions on China?

The epidemic in the United States is still the worst in the world, but it still opens up the regulations restricting foreign travel. With the gradual improvement of the global situation, the United States will lift its travel restrictions on China within five weeks. The following are specific guidelines for this strategy.

The US aviation industry and other tourism-related enterprises are urging the White House to draft a plan in the next five weeks to lift all restrictions on world travel imposed in the early days of the COVID-19 epidemic and restore the normal flow of people around the world.

On Monday, more than 24 companies and organizations jointly submitted their demands to the White House. Companies hope that people who have been vaccinated with COVID-19 vaccine can be exempted from testing requirements before entering the United States. They also want the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to say that people who are vaccinated can travel safely.

These organizations say that these and other measures will accelerate the recovery of tourism and aviation. During the epidemic, the tourism industry was severely hit.

Air travel in the United States has begun to increase. In the past 1 1 day, more than 1 10,000 people passed through the security checkpoints of American airports every day, and the total number of people undergoing security checks on Sunday exceeded 1.5 million for the first time in more than a year. But the passenger flow is still below the level of 20 19.

Organizations calling for relaxation of international restrictions include AAL. The United States, the largest airline in the United States, the American Tourist Association and the American Chamber of Commerce.

They hope that the U.S. government will lift the one-year restriction on international travel before May 1.

The aviation industry first expects to lift the travel ban on Europe, China and other regions.

In addition, these organizations cited the recent decline in newly reported cases, hospitalizations and deaths related to coronavirus pneumonia-19 in the United States. According to the data of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 45 million Americans (more than 13% of the US population) have been completely vaccinated with coronavirus pneumonia-19 vaccine. They want people who have been vaccinated with COVID-19 vaccine to cancel the testing requirements before entering the United States. They also hope that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will publicly show that people who are vaccinated can travel safely.

In a letter to JeffreyZients, the White House virus response coordinator, they wrote: "It's time to make plans and road maps for reopening international travel."

American aviation industry expects to accelerate the recovery of tourism and aviation industry in these ways.

During the epidemic, tourism was hit hard. Recently, with the spread of COVID-19 epidemic in the United States, the number of newly diagnosed cases and deaths is decreasing. Nearly 45 million Americans (accounting for more than 13% of the American population) have also completed vaccination, and the American aviation industry has gradually begun to pick up. In the past 1 1 day, more than 1 10,000 people passed the airport security check every day. On Sunday, the number of security personnel exceeded 1.5 million for the first time in more than a year, but the passenger flow was still far below the normal level of 20 19.

In addition to USA-Today's report, KerGibbs, chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, also wrote in the media, calling on China and the United States to strengthen cooperation and end the restrictions on sightseeing.

During this period, good news about the normalization of rehabilitation tours between China and the United States frequently occurred, which also made the majority of international students who were forced to study at home see expectations. Earlier, various news reports reported that this summer, even before the summer, China and the United States may lift the travel ban-

Scientific point of view: the restrictions on China-US travel should be lifted in August and September.

In early March, a forum jointly organized by the Brookings Institution and Tsinghua University * * * kicked off on the Internet.

Wu Zunyou, chief expert of China CDC, and American experts analyzed when China and the United States lifted the travel restrictions from a scientific perspective.

Wu Zunyou analyzed that China is the safest country in the world, and the COVID-19 epidemic has been effectively controlled without community infection; In addition, the vaccine promotion in the United States is very fast. Before June, it is possible to vaccinate about 80% of the population, and before August, 90% of the population will achieve group immunization.

Therefore, from a scientific point of view, the mutual travel restrictions between China and the United States are expected to be lifted in August and September, and the two countries may be the first countries to cancel the travel restrictions.

Wu Zunyou later supplemented it and explained that the China-US free travel plan should be divided into three steps:

First of all, China and the United States should recognize the usefulness of each other's vaccination, but free travel will be limited to those who have been vaccinated;

Second, China and the United States should allow business and business travel and people studying abroad;

Third, the free travel plan of the two countries should cover all types of tourism.

Normalization of personnel exchanges has entered the agenda of China and the United States.

Last week, the talks between China and the United States in Anchorage, Alaska attracted global attention.

According to official media reports, the talks between China and the United States touched on the issue of personnel exchanges between China and the United States.

The original report of Xinhua News Agency reads as follows: The two sides commented on the adjustment of relevant tourism and visa policies according to the epidemic situation and the gradual normalization of personnel exchanges between China and the United States.

At the same time, it was pointed out that the two sides discussed the issue of establishing a peer-to-peer organization for their respective diplomatic and consular personnel to receive COVID-19 vaccine.

This shows that China and the United States have now put the issue of mutual visa and sightseeing on the agenda.