Six of the National Immigration Administration’s ten new immigration measures entered into force on 5 November 2025, marking one of the broadest overhauls of China’s exit-entry regime since 2018. Chief among them is the expansion of the “talent endorsement” policy—previously limited to Beijing, Shanghai and the Greater Bay Area—to the entire Yangtze River Delta, the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei cluster and all pilot free trade zones. Qualified professionals can now obtain multiple-entry permits valid for up to five years for travel to and from Hong Kong or Macao, with individual stays of up to 30 days.
The package also codifies the 24-hour and 240-hour transit expansions, introduces online arrival cards, and streamlines document handling for mainland residents visiting Taiwan. Collectively, the measures aim to create “institutional dividends” that support China’s high-quality development agenda, according to the NIA communiqué.
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Regional governments are already responding. Jiangsu’s Human Resources Bureau has opened a fast-track counter for endorsement applications, pledging five-day processing, while the Hainan Free Trade Port is mapping the policy to its talent-visa schemes to lure biomedical researchers.
For multinational employers, the bigger pool of eligible cities means senior staff based in Suzhou, Nanjing or Tianjin can make ad-hoc day trips to Hong Kong for client meetings without waiting for single-entry visas. Mobility managers should update assignment letters and consider leveraging the five-year validity to reduce recurrent visa costs.
The package also codifies the 24-hour and 240-hour transit expansions, introduces online arrival cards, and streamlines document handling for mainland residents visiting Taiwan. Collectively, the measures aim to create “institutional dividends” that support China’s high-quality development agenda, according to the NIA communiqué.
Regional governments are already responding. Jiangsu’s Human Resources Bureau has opened a fast-track counter for endorsement applications, pledging five-day processing, while the Hainan Free Trade Port is mapping the policy to its talent-visa schemes to lure biomedical researchers.
For multinational employers, the bigger pool of eligible cities means senior staff based in Suzhou, Nanjing or Tianjin can make ad-hoc day trips to Hong Kong for client meetings without waiting for single-entry visas. Mobility managers should update assignment letters and consider leveraging the five-year validity to reduce recurrent visa costs.
