I learned from the press conference held by the State Administration of Immigration today that in the third quarter, immigration authorities across the country inspected a total of 10.955 million inbound and outbound means of transportation, an increase of 10.6% over the previous year; of these, 259,000 aircraft, which is basically the same as the same period last year. There were 28,000 trains, 117,000 ships, and 10.551 million motor vehicles, up 3.7%, 2.6%, and 11%, respectively. A total of 5.338 million ordinary passports were issued, 28.789 million travel permits for mainland residents to and from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, 473,000 travel permits for Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan residents to and from the Mainland; and 603,000 visas for foreigners were issued. The government service platform of the State Administration of Immigration provided 22.863 million inquiries and other government services for Chinese and foreign immigrants, and 12.2716 million free identity verification services for Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan residents and overseas Chinese; the 12367 service platform of the immigration administration agency received 2.03 million inquiries from Chinese and foreign personnel, involving more than 100 countries and regions around the world, with an average satisfaction rate of 99.03%.

I learned from the press conference held by the State Administration of Immigration today that in the third quarter, immigration authorities across the country inspected a total of 10.955 million inbound and outbound means of transportation, an increase of 10.6% over the previous year; of these, 259,000 aircraft, which is basically the same as the same period last year. There were 28,000 trains, 117,000 ships, and 10.551 million motor vehicles, up 3.7%, 2.6%, and 11%, respectively. A total of 5.38,000 ordinary passports have been issued, 28.789 million travel permits for mainland residents to and from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, 473,000 travel permits for Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan residents to and from the Mainland; and 603,000 visas for foreigners have been issued. The government service platform of the State Administration of Immigration provided 22.863 million inquiries and other government services for Chinese and foreign immigrants, and 12.2716 million free identity verification services for Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan residents and overseas Chinese; the 12367 service platform of the immigration administration agency received 2.03 million inquiries from Chinese and foreign personnel, involving more than 100 countries and regions around the world, with an average satisfaction rate of 99.03%.