China's Foreign Visitor Numbers Slow to Recover

Austin, Texas - As China tries to show itself as welcoming foreign trade and tourism, its border authorities announced last week that the country had more than 35 million entries and exits by foreign nationals in 2023.

That was nearly seven times more than 2022, when Beijing's draconian Zero-COVID policy was still in effect and visitors stayed away.

Still, the 2023 figure is around a third of the 97 million