China requires travelers arriving by air from the United States to submit proof of a negative neo-coronavirus test. According to the Notice on the Full Implementation of Nucleic Acid Testing Measures in the United States for Passengers Traveling to China, published on the Chinese Embassy in the United States website on September 4, all passengers traveling from the United States to China by air must complete a neo-coronavirus nucleic acid test within three days prior to boarding the aircraft and present a negative nucleic acid test certificate for the relevant boarding permit. The term “flying from the U.S.” refers to passengers flying directly from the U.S., connecting from the U.S. to a third country, or taking off from a third country and connecting in the U.S. to China.
The above notice from the Chinese Embassy in the United States is considered the latest in a series of restrictions that Beijing has imposed on U.S. citizens, and is in response to a number of measures taken by Washington. The neo-coronavirus pandemic has led to a deterioration in relations between the world’s two largest economies.
In early June, China banned U.S. airlines from resuming service to China, prompting the Trump administration to threaten to suspend passenger flights to the United States by Chinese airlines. Although Beijing later eased the ban, allowing each U.S. airline to operate one flight per week to China, the Federal Aviation Administration said that China continues to violate its airlines’ rights, allowing a total of only two direct flights per week from Chinese airlines.
On September 3, Beijing’s Capital International Airport again began a trial run of accepting international flights from a handful of countries considered to be at low risk of coronavirus infection.
Passengers departing from Cambodia, Greece, Denmark, Thailand, Pakistan, Austria, Canada and Sweden must first show a negative test for coronavirus before boarding.
During the trial period, arrivals will be limited to about 500 passengers per day, all of whom will be required to undergo additional virus testing upon arrival, followed by a two-week quarantine period.
Beginning in March, all international flights to Beijing have been diverted to a dozen other cities where passengers will be tested and processed before being allowed to travel to the Chinese capital.
Chinese media are reporting that there have been no new local infections for weeks, and that the 11 new cases recorded Thursday were imported from outside the country.
Wuhan, China, was the site of the earliest outbreak of neo-coronavirus pneumonia and was once the center of a global neo-coronavirus pandemic. It is believed that China has contained the spread of neo-coronavirus pneumonia in the country.
Since the outbreak, flights between the United States and China, two of the world’s largest trading partners, have been significantly reduced. Two U.S. airlines, United Airlines and Delta Air Lines, currently fly to China.
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