New travel permit policy to help South China region

China”s National Immigration Administration will begin implementing the multiple travel permit policy for residents in Guangdong’s Shenzhen Special Economic Zone to Hong Kong and for residents in the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin to Macao, the administration said in an announcement on Friday.

The new travel permit policy allows residents with hukou, or household registration, in Shenzhen to have unlimited visits to Hong Kong starting on Sunday. Residents with hukou in Hengqin can travel to Macao with no limit beginning in January for one year, with a stay of one week per visit, the administration said.

Meanwhile residents with hukou in Zhuhai Special Economic Zone will be able to apply for a “one…