The 2017 Cross-Straits Economic and Trade Forum will be held in Xiamen, Fujian province, on Wednesday to promote cross-Straits trade. Wang Liaoping, president of the mainland-based Association for Economy and Trade Across the Taiwan Straits and Chiang Pin-kung, former chairman of the Taipei-based Straits Exchange Foundation, will attend the event.
China has extended its 240-hour visa-free transit policy and Hainan's 30-day visa-free entry policy to citizens of Kyrgyzstan and Vietnam, the National Immigration Administration said on Aug 20.
