2026-08-28
Hainan FTP launched island-wide customs operation on 18 December 2025, implementing the "open the first line, control the second line, free within the island" (一线放开、二线管住、岛内自由) model. 海南自贸港于2025年12月18日启动全岛封关运作，实施"一线放开、二线管住、岛内自由"的监管模式。The "first...
2026-08-28
China's 240-hour visa-free transit lets eligible nationals of 55 countries transit to a third destination via 65 ports across 24 provincial-level regions, staying up to 10 days without a...
2026-08-28
China now offers business visitors three layered, non-exclusive entry conveniences — 240-hour transit visa-free, unilateral visa-free for 50 countries, and port visa / APEC Business Travel Card — and...
2026-08-28
Regional visa-free entry is a policy family of its own, separate from unilateral exemption and 240-hour transit, with four distinct doors. 区域性入境免签自成一个政策族，独立于单方面免签与240小时过境免签，共有四条通道。Nationals of 59 countries may enter Hainan...
2026-08-28
The Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) subsidies the individual income tax (IIT) gap for overseas high-end and urgently-needed talent, capped at RMB 5 million per taxpayer per year,...
2026-08-28
The "double 15%" packages a 15% CIT for substantively-operating encouraged-industry enterprises with a 15% individual income tax (IIT) cap for qualifying talents. 双 15% 将由注册并实质性运营的鼓励类企业适用的 15% CIT，与面向符合条件人才的 15%...
2026-08-28
Hainan FTP encouraged-industry enterprises registered and substantively operating in the port pay CIT at 15% instead of 25%, but only through 31 December 2027. 注册并实质性运营于海南自贸港的鼓励类产业企业按 15% 而非 25%...
2026-08-28
Hainan FTP's island-wide customs closure on 18 December 2025 rests on six supporting policies: the import-taxed goods catalogue, the goods-circulation tax policy, the prohibited/restricted list, the customs supervision measures,...
2026-08-28
On 9 April 2026 the State Council published the Overall Plan for the China (Inner Mongolia) Pilot Free Trade Zone, raising China's FTZ count to 23 — the first...