Why mainlanders can only stay in Hong Kong for up to 7 days, while Japan and the UK can stay for more than a month

Hong Kong has experienced turbulent times. It was once handed over to Great Britain by defeated Qing government. Since founding of New China, leaders of Party and country have decided to cancel all unequal treaties. The territory is heart and soul of our Chinese nation.

Under rule of British colonists, Hong Kong flourished like never before, and its film industry is very developed. It can be said that Hong Kong stars were a cultural symbol of Hong Kong in 1990s;

In addition to cultural sphere, Hong Kong's economic development has also followed path of colonists, and its prosperity is much higher than on mainland. However, according to people who have visited Hong Kong, there will be limited time for mainlanders to visit Hong Kong.

And time will be less than time to travel to Hong Kong for Japanese and British, only seven days, why? Then why do some foreigners stay in Hong Kong for more than a month? Let's see together!

One, There are few visa-free countries and regions for Chinese passports, but term is long

Compared to other developed countries, Chinese passports are really difficult to pass freely. Hong Kong is not only region with length of stay restrictions for mainland tourists. Why?

The fundamental reason is that China's level of economic development is backward. Chinese people who go abroad are either shopaholics who shop in duty-free shops, or dreamers who dream of working abroad to earn a lot of money, or illegal immigrants.

For foreign governments, these people are dangerous elements that must be carefully guarded against. Responding to such incidents is very difficult. It is better to raise entry threshold for Chinese tourists once and for all, and officials of various departments can spend less energy.

Even some provinces in China have been blacklisted by Immigration Office, such as Henan and Shanxi in central part, Fujian and Guangdong in southern part.

Visa-free regime can attract foreign tourists to country for consumption and help develop local economy.

With improvement of my country's international status, ministries of foreign affairs have also begun to pay attention to visa-free negotiations. In past, visa-free regime of my country and some countries was based on official exchanges and ordinary people rarely benefited. Now country puts emphasis on negotiations. Private travel can also meet needs of ordinary people to travel abroad.

In 2014, 45 countries and regions exempted Chinese tourists from visa requirements. Through tireless efforts of government officials from relevant departments of our country, by 2018, 72 countries and regions have exempted Chinese tourists from visas. Signed policy.

Among these newly added countries, we have rarely heard of their names in most of them, such as Tonga, and we only occasionally see them in some news reports.

Second, Hong Kong is small

Hong Kong has a high population density, and there are a lot of duty-free goods in Hong Kong. Many mainlanders go to Hong Kong for duty-free goods there. The Hong Kong travel restriction for mainland residents is seven days. Suppose seven mainland residents arrive within seven days, and travel restriction time is suddenly extended.

In same time period, mainlanders who arrived in first seven days may not leave due to extended time, so Hong Kong's population density will increase in a short period of time, which will bring trouble to lives of local residents.

Actually, no more than seven mainlanders a day come to city. I'm just giving an analogy. In addition, distance between Hong Kong and mainland is very short, and transportation costs for residents of nearby Fujian and Guangdong provinces are equivalent to visiting your own home.

Once travel time increases, it will inevitably cause a large influx of mainlanders, causing unnecessary crises in Hong Kong's public security management, traffic management and the daily lives of Hong Kong people.

Another important reason for limiting travel time for Mainland Chinese tourists is that some Mainland Chinese come to Hong Kong to meet family and friends. going to mainland. Because compared to Hong Kong, mainland has a very good population capacity.

So if these tourists who are meeting with relatives and friends have too little time to get together for seven days, they can return to their hometown to visit relatives to ease nostalgia. This eased pressure from leadership in Hong Kong.

Let's discuss why Japanese and other foreigners spend more time in Hong Kong than mainlanders. Why is this?

This is because these countries are very far away from Hong Kong and cost of travel and accommodation is very high for a trip to Hong Kong.

Hong Kong's ability to deal with this group of foreigners can be said to be a piece of cake. Therefore, timing of their journey is not as strict as that of inhabitants of mainland.

This is why mainland Chinese and foreigners have inconsistent travel time limits in Hong Kong. In order to remove this limitation, in short term is still very difficult. After all, gap between rich and poor in Hong Kong is even wider, security management is more difficult, and population density is only increasing. There is still a long way to go before lifting of travel restrictions for mainland Chinese residents in Hong Kong.