On January 14th, the National Immigration Administration held a press conference to release the main data of immigration management work for 2024. Lu Ning, spokesperson for the National Immigration Administration and deputy director of the Comprehensive Department, stated at the meeting that in 2024, the national immigration management agencies will have inspected a total of 610 million inbound and outbound personnel, a year-on-year increase of 43.9%; Among them, 291 million mainland residents, 254 million Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan residents and 64.882 million foreigners, up 41.3%, 38.8% and 82.9% year on year respectively. A total of 32.566 million inbound and outbound transportation vehicles were inspected throughout the year, an increase of 38.8% year-on-year; Among them, there were 879000 flights, 101000 trains, 437000 ships, and 31.149 million motor vehicles, up 62.6%, 11%, 8.2%, and 38.9% year-on-year, respectively. A total of 23.319 million ordinary passports and 94.514 million visa endorsements for mainland residents traveling to Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan were issued, an increase of 26.5% and 9.8% respectively year-on-year. 2.578 million travel permits for Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan residents were issued, slightly lower than the peak of centralized visa processing after the epidemic in 2023; 2.597 million foreigners' visa certificates were issued this time, up 52.3% year on year, and 20.115 million visa free foreigners entered the country, up 112.3% year on year. Lv Ning said that the government affairs service platform of the Immigration Bureau provided 130 million person times of government affairs services such as inquiries for Chinese immigrants, and 34.07 million person times of free identity verification services for Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan residents, overseas Chinese and foreigners; The 12367 service hotline of the national immigration management agency received 7.0841 million inquiries, opinions, and suggestions from Chinese and foreign personnel, with an average satisfaction rate of 99.36%. (New Society)