A passenger goes through the procedure of 144-hour visa-free transit at an airport in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, Jan. 1, 2019. China began to implement its 144-hour visa-free transit policy in five more cities on Tuesday for travelers from 53 countries. The cities are Qingdao, a major port city in Shandong; Xiamen, a coastal city in southeast China's Fujian Province; Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province; Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province; and Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province. The visa-free transit policy approved by the State Council, applies to people from 53 countries including Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Russia and the United States. (Xinhua/Xie Hao)
