Xiamen Port in east China sees surge in foreign passenger trips

Xiamen Port in east China's Fujian Province saw a surge in foreign passenger trips to a record high of 1 million arrivals and departures from January 1 to 10:00 on Wednesday, according to data released by the Gaoqi Border Inspection Sub-Station of the Xiamen Border Inspection General Station.

Since the beginning of this year, Xiamen Port has handled over 5.5 million passenger trips, with entries and exits made by foreigners topping 1 million for the first time since its opening to civil aviation, marking a historic high.

Data show that more than 330,000 foreign travelers have entered China via Xiamen Port so far this year under China's visa-free policy, up more than 35 percent year-on-year.

Travelers from Malaysia and Singapore topped visitors from other countries, with tourism and family visits accounting for over 60 percent of the arrivals.

Since the beginning of 2025, Xiamen's Gaoqi International Airport's border inspection point has issued 24-hour and 240-hour temporary entry permits to over 12,000 foreign passengers, while providing 24-hour direct transit service without border inspection procedures to nearly 160,000 travelers from more than 142 other countries.

The U.S. dollar weakened in late trading on Wednesday.

The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major peers, fell 0.32 percent to 99.648 at 1900 GMT.

In late New York trading, the euro was up to 1.1607 dollars from 1.1523 dollars in the previous session, and the British pound climbed to 1.3324 dollars from 1.3189 dollars in the previous session.

The U.S. dollar bought 158.82 Japanese yen, lower than 158.95 Japanese yen in the previous session. The U.S. dollar decreased to 0.7931 Swiss francs from 0.8008 Swiss francs, and it was down to 1.3895 Canadian dollars from 1.3937 Canadian dollars. The U.S. dollar slipped to 9.3935 Swedish kronor from 9.4895 Swedish kronor.