An instructor explains etiquette knowledge to volunteers at Xiamen University in East China's Fujian province on Aug 6, 2017. Preparations are in full swing one month ahead of the Ninth BRICS Summit, expected to attract thousands of representatives from China and abroad. A total of 2,000 volunteers are undergoing two months of training. [Photo by Wei Peiquan/Xinhua]
China has decided to extend its visa waiver policy to ordinary passport holders from Canada and the United Kingdom starting from Feb 17.
Forty-one new port-of-entry duty-free shops have been established nationwide, with Xiamen Xiang'an International Airport, Xiamen Wutong Passenger Wharf, and Xiamen International Cruise Center included on the list.
