Immigration departments across China inspected 123 million border entries and exits in the third quarter this year, including 10.93 million made by foreigners, the National Immigration Administration said on Tuesday.
The number is a year-on-year increase of 454.4 percent, and equivalent to about 73 percent of the same period in 2019, it said.
The administration also inspected planes, ships, trains and vehicles on 6.43 million occasions, up 182.4 percent year-on-year.
From July to September, immigration administration agencies issued 4.66 million ordinary passports, up 1,356.3 percent year-on-year and equivalent to about 61.6 percent of the same period in 2019.
The number of entry-exit documents issued for mainland residents traveling to and from the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions and Taiwan exceeded the level for the same quarter in 2019. Permits applied for by Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan residents to travel to and from the mainland that were accepted, also topped the 2019 number. 三季度1.23亿人次出入境 今年第三季度，全国移民管理机构共查验出入境人员1.23亿人次，同比增长454.4%。这是国家移民管理局24日在京召开的新闻发布会上通报的。
