Reisebestimmungen: China verschärft Ausreisekontrollen
Mit den neuen Vorschriften erhöht die Staatsführung die Kontrolle über die Auslandsreisen ihrer Bürger. Technologie-Know-how soll nicht ins Ausland abfließen.
Peking - On Tuesday, China implemented stricter travel regulations both for entry and exit. The controls for Chinese citizens wishing to travel abroad have been particularly tightened, in order to protect "national industrial and technological security". Foreigners lying during entry face a ban on entry of up to five years. Experts believe Beijing is implementing these stricter travel rules for Chinese nationals primarily to prevent the circumvention of strict export controls on technology and critical raw materials.
Knowledge deemed sensitive should not leave the country. In recent months, the government has passed a series of new laws and regulations aimed at increasing its control over the economy. The new rules raise the demands for foreign travel for academics, employees of Chinese tech conglomerates, representatives of state-owned enterprises and officials of the Communist Party.
Officials, party members and leaders of state enterprises have already needed a permit to travel abroad for a long time. Many academics have also faced restrictions in the past. Experts say that the new regulations now formalize existing limitations.
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