Travel Code History Reduced from 14 to 7 Days
By Lars James Hamer
China’s travel code, used for checking the travel history of people in the country, has undergone its second change in as many weeks.
It was announced last night (Thursday, July 8) that the app now only checks the travel history of users over a seven-day period, as opposed to the previous 14-days.
The travel code app, known as 通信行程卡 (tongxin xingcheng ka) in Chinese, is available on WeChat and Alipay, and users will also be alerted to any changes to their personal code by text.
On June 29 it was announced that the travel code would no longer be using the asterisk system.
Previously, users with a star on their travel code would see a message stating that cities in their recent travel history included mid- and/or high-risk areas, but that said user had not been to those specific risk areas.
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The travel code asterisk made traveling around China even more difficult than it currently is, as public places were able to refuse entry to anyone “carrying a star.”
Traveling within China is certainly getting easier, let’s hope traveling in and out is next on the agenda.
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