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Guidelines Issued for Citizens Traveling to China www.montsame.mn

The Chinese Government has made a decision to lift its travel restrictions imposed in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic. Thus, the Zamiin-Uud-Erlian border crossing point by road was reopened yesterday, January 8, and passengers started traveling in both directions between Mongolia and China.
The Government of the People’s Republic of China registered the new Coronavirus as a type B contagious disease starting on January 8, 2023, and opened all its border points. Concerning this matter, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued the following guidelines for citizens traveling to China.
1. Nuclear acid test
Passengers traveling to China should take the nucleic acid test within the last 48 hours before crossing border points. Only passengers with a negative pre-departure PCR Covid-19 test result could travel to China. Passengers with positive test results should travel to the country after getting a negative test result.
2. Customs Health Declaration
The passengers who wish to travel to China should fill out the “Exit/enter Health Declaration Form of the People’s Republic of China” in English and in Chinese using WeChat supporting program, China Customs APP, and web page https://htdecl.chinaport.gov.cn/.../healthDe.../declare.html to upload a negative pre-departure test taken within the last 48 hours. Paper-based Health Declaration Form could be filled out in Mongolian.
3. The cross-border quarantine regime
There will be no mass nucleic acid testing after crossing the border point of China. Passengers with a valid China Health Declaration Form and no violation of cross-border quarantine requirements will enter Customs. The Customs Office will take a PCR Covid-19 test from passengers with unusual health conditions or high temperatures. Passengers with a positive test result can quarantine themselves at home or at the place for self-treatment if they have no fundamental diseases and symptoms. If the passenger has a negative pre-departure test result, Customs will let the passenger cross the border checkpoint.
4. Emergency Telephone Numbers
If a citizen of Mongolia who wishes to travel to China has an emergency issue related to health and other matters during or after crossing the border, please get in touch with the Mongolian Diplomatic Missions Abroad through emergency telephone numbers and e-mail addresses.
Embassy of Mongolia in Beijing: +86(10)65321203, +8617600787323, beijing@mfa.gov.mn,
Consulate General of Mongolia in Khukh-Khot: +8617678002262, huhhot@mfa.gov.mn,
Consulate General of Mongolia in Shanghai: +8613122656261, shanghai@mfa.gov.mn,
Consulate of Mongolia in Manzhouli: +8615734851884, +8615648081299, manjuur@mfa.gov.mn
Consulate of Mongolia in Erlian: +86 15647964334, ereen@mfa.gov.mn
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China boosts coal output, eases Australia ban to bolster energy security www.reuters.com

SINGAPORE, Jan 9 (Reuters) - The increasing need to secure energy supplies after easing COVID-19 restrictions has pushed China to gradually resume Australian coal imports and urge domestic miners to boost their already record output.
The lifting of the unofficial ban on Australian coal imports, which were halted in 2020 in a fit of Chinese pique over questions on COVID's origins, is the clearest sign yet of the renewed ties between them.
The resumption is also a reminder of their economic interdependence as Australia's raw materials play a crucial role in fuelling the export-oriented economy of China, the world's biggest coal consumer and producer.
The decision came after the Chinese and Australian leaders met for the first time in six years at the G-20 summit in November, notably after a change in the Australian ruling party following elections in May. Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong followed that meeting with a visit with her counterpart in Beijing last month.
Beijing's two-pronged approach to coal security comes as prices for power generation fuels and coking coal surged after Western sanctions disrupted Russian supplies after its invasion of Ukraine.
Chinese utilities and steelmakers will now have access to better quality Australian coal, while Australia, which used to be the second-largest coal supplier to China, could recover some of its market share lost to suppliers including Russia and Mongolia.
"This development may have stemmed from the thawing of relations between China and Australia given the new government in Canberra," said Pat Markey, managing director at consultancy Sierra Vista Resources.
"Many miners would welcome the opportunity to renew their commercial relationships in China for both metallurgical coal and thermal coal."
China's state planner this week allowed three central government-backed utilities and its top steelmaker to resume coal imports from Australia.
Among them, China Energy Investment Corp has placed an order to import Australian coal which could load later this month.
Market participants expect more firms to be granted permission to buy Australian coal in the coming months.
Rising prices amid the Russian sanctions and an expected jump in Chinese coal demand - as much 2% more in 2023 than last year, according to Wood Mackenzie analysts - after the end of its COVID restrictions has renewed the energy security concerns.
Those easing restriction have added to the supply concerns following a spike of COVID cases that have affected Chinese production.
Mine workers sickened by COVID this winter at key coal hubs in Shanxi and Inner Mongolia has cut output, traders said.
Beijing wants to avoid a repeat of nationwide blackouts from coal shortage in late 2021. China, the world's biggest coal producer and consumer, relies on coal to generate nearly 60% of its electricity.
The country is expected to produce a record 4.45 billion tonnes of coal in 2022, the National Energy Administration said during a meeting Dec. 30, according to state television.
HIGHER QUALITY
China purchased more than 30 million tonnes of coking coal and nearly 50 million tonnes of thermal coal from Australia before buying stopped.
Without Australian supplies, Chinese buyers turned to Indonesia for thermal coal, and Mongolia and Russia for coking coal, but struggled to obtain the high quality coal for power generation and steel production that Australia used to provide.
"The resumption of trade is no doubt a good news for China to solve the problem of high quality coal shortage," said analysts from COFCO Futures in a note. read more
Australian thermal coal with an energy content of 5,500 kilocalories was being offered at $140.90 a tonne on a free-on-board basis, up about $5 from earlier this week, supported by Chinese buying interest, according to traders.
Reporting by Muyu Xu; Editing by Florence Tan and Christian Schmollinger
 
 
 
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Border ports in full swing as COVID restrictions are lifted www.globaltimes.cn

Major border ports in North China's Inner Mongolia and Southwest China's Yunnan on Sunday officially lifted restrictions related to COVID-19 as part of the country's new optimized management, fully resuming normal operations following pandemic disruptions in the past three years.
With port operations in full swing again, both cargo and passenger volumes on China's main land trade routes in the vast Eurasia region are expected to increase rapidly in the coming months, customs officials and businesses told the Global Times. Trade with Mongolia, Russia, Vietnam and other neighboring countries as well as those along the routes of China-Europe express freight trains will see significant growth, they noted.
At 9 am on Sunday, about 300 passengers on a bus from Mongolia entered China through the Erenhot Port in North China's Inner Mongolia under smooth border checks. "It only took an hour from the time I got on the bus to the completion of customs inspection," a passenger surnamed Zheng told the Global Times on Sunday.
Meanwhile, at the Chinese side, tourists formed a line to go through border checks before entering Mongolia. "My family hasn't taken a trip abroad in the past three years, so I decided to take my daughter on a one-day trip to Zamyn-Uud," a local resident surnamed Wang told the Global Times.
Erenhot is the largest land port on the China-Mongolia border and a crucial entry and exit port for one of the China-Europe freight train routes. In August, the port reached a milestone as it logged 10,000 China-Europe freight trains since the cross-border railway service via this port was launched in 2013.
As for China-Mongolia cross-border trade, trade via Erenhot accounts for more than 70 percent of the total.
With the port resuming full operations without COVID restrictions, many are expecting significant growth in both cargo and passenger volume.
"After controls are loosened, road freight will return to normal, and railway freight will have more capacity. It is expected that there will be significant growth in China-Europe freight trains next year," Wang Mailigeng, a representative of Erenhot Customs, told the Global Times on Sunday.
Some traders are expecting a recovery to pre-pandemic levels very soon. "At present, overseas demand is high, and it is expected that it will return to the pre-pandemic level quickly," said Liu Yang, general manager of logistics firm Sinotrans' Erenhot branch.
In Manzhouli, Inner Mongolia, another land port, international road passenger services resumed on Sunday, with 16 passengers from China entering Russia and six passengers from Russia entering China on the first two buses after the lifting of the anti-COVID measures, according to an official statement from the local customs department sent to the Global Times.
Similar resumption of operations is seen at ports on China's southern border. In Hekou, a major land port in Southwest China's Yunnan Province, cross-border travel between China and Vietnam resumed at 8 am on Sunday. The port recorded a daily tally of people flows of 124,000 at peak levels before the COVID-19, said Yang Huijianxiong, director of the port office of the Hekou government.
Over the past three years, the pedestrian checkpoint was closed while the other checkpoint of the port that allows for cargo shipping remained open.
The pandemic's fallout on cargo transport was tangible. Last year, cargo shipped through the port was estimated to reach 2 million tons, well below its peak levels of 6 million tons, Yang said. He expected the 2023 number to swiftly rebound to 6 million tons.
Not long after the official opening, streams of people were seen entering China after crossing a highway bridge that connects Hekou with Vietnam's northern Lao Cai Province.
After a brief ceremony in front of the Nanxihe highway port at around 10 am that marked the resumption of China-Vietnam cross-border travel, long lines of people were seen waiting to cross the border.
Zhou Qiling, hailing from the Hekou Yao Autonomous County where the port is located, was among the first batch of travelers to relish the border opening.
As a frequent traveler to Vietnam, Zhou missed the previous happy moments intensely but had her travel halted for the past three years, she told the Global Times on Sunday.
Now she was thrilled to be able to visit Vietnam again, where Sapa, a mountainous resort in Lao Cai known for French-style buildings, is on her top-to-visit list.
Liang Bo, deputy chief of the culture and tourism bureau in Hekou, told the Global Times on Sunday that local cross-border travel is on track to recover to pre-virus levels.
Hekou plans to increase bilateral exchanges and cooperation between China and Vietnam, mull over the joint creation of a border travel pilot zone, a cross-border travel cooperation zone, and ramp up the availability of cross-border self-driving tours, among wide-ranging efforts to boost local appeal to tourists, according to Yu.
In Northwest China's Xinjiang, four major road ports, including Khorgos on the border with Kazakhstan, also resumed cross-border passenger services on Sunday, according to local media reports.
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Mongolia confirms 8 COVID-19 cases on Jan 9 www.akipress.com

8 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Mongolia as of January 9.
5 of them were contacts in Ulaanbaatar, and 3 were recorded in the regions. No imported cases were found.
The death toll from coronavirus remained 2,136.
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China's land ports with Russia, Mongolia resume passenger services www.xinhuanet.com

The land ports of Manzhouli and Erenhot on China's borders with Russia and Mongolia, respectively, saw cross-border passenger traffic on Sunday, three years after the two ports in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region suspended services due to COVID-19 epidemic control measures.
"We are very happy about the resumption of passenger customs clearance at the Erenhot Port, which has greatly facilitated the exchanges between the two peoples," said a Mongolian passenger who gave his name as Enkbold.
Wang Tielin, a border inspection official at the Manzhouli port, said that more than 80 percent of the border inspection police force was dispatched to the front line to ensure the smooth operation of the passenger service.
At the Erenhot port, inbound passengers and freight truck drivers can use their cell phones to declare in advance through an app provided by customs. The customs have also introduced a variety of non-invasive inspection equipment for baggage inspection, which has improved the efficiency of customs clearance and made things more convenient for passengers.
Meanwhile, at the land checkpoint in Hunchun, northeast China's Jilin Province, the first group of Russian passengers entered on Sunday.
"I miss the food and friends here in China. The resumption of passenger services by the Hunchun customs has made it convenient for us to come and go. I will travel to China more often to do business," said Iurov Sergei from Vladivostok, Russia.
Inbound passengers from the two countries are requested to show negative nucleic acid test results taken within 48 hours.
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Newly Renovated Border Checkpoint in Zamiin-Uud Opens www.montsame.mn

The newly renovated border checkpoint complex in Zamiin-Uud, Dornogovi aimag opened on January 8. The renovation of the main building, interior and exterior constructions, and subsurface utility engineering services have been completed in the area of 19.72 hectares.
The renovation met international standards and was completed with the funding of MNT 30 billion from the state budget and the Chinese government’s non-refundable aid of CNY 233 million.
The international border checkpoint in Zamiin-Uud’s auto transportation was under a special regime due to the pandemic.
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Mongolian Teams win 4th and 5th places at PUBG Mobile Global Championship www.montsame.mn

The PUBG Mobile Global Championship (PMGC) was organized in Jakarta, Indonesia on January 6-8. The tournament was jointly organized by James Yang, director of PUBG Mobile Global Esports, the Esports Federation of Indonesia, and the Indonesian Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy.
From Mongolia, the Godlike Stalwart won 4th place with 156 points without securing a single chicken dinner (round win) and was awarded USD 200 thousand in prize money. The IHC Esports was placed 5th, winning a prize of USD 151 thousand.
Mongolian player "TOP" became the MVP (Most Valuable Player) of the tournament with his outstanding performance in the finals.
The grand finals of PMGC lasted for three days. Unfortunately, the first day’s low performance of the Mongolian team dragged down their last two day’s victory.
S2G Esports (Turkey) became the champion of the 2022 PUBG Mobile Global Championship (PMGC) with USD 400 thousand in prize money, followed by DRS Gaming from Nepal and Alpha 7 from Brazil.
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61 countries now visa-free to Mongolia www.news.mn

Mongolia exempted citizens of 34 countries from visa requirements for up to 30 days until the end of 2025. These countries include 32 European countries such as Austria, Belgium, Hungary, France and Denmark, as well as Australia and New Zealand.
As a result, the number of visa-free travel countries to Mongolia has reached 61.
The Mongolian government has also decided to declare 2023 and 2024 as “Years to Visit Mongolia.”
Currently, Mongolia’s economy is largely dependent on its export-oriented mining sector. Developing tourism is seen as the most viable way to diversify its economy.
Mongolia has set itself a goal of welcoming one million foreign tourists and earning 1 billion U.S. dollars from tourism in 2024.
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Largest China-Mongolia land port implements downgraded COVID-19 management for passenger checks www.globaltimes.cn

Erenhot Port in North China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regions, the largest China-Mongolia land port, conducted latest downgraded COVID-19 management for passenger checks on Sunday.
According to the staff of Erenhot customs, about 300 Mongolian passengers have filled the declaration form in advance and took chartered bus departed from Zamyn-Uud Port in Mongolia to the Erenhot port on Sunday.
“Today’s number of Mongolian passengers entering China is capped, and the limit may be removed in next few weeks,” a staff member told the Global Times at the passenger check channel.
A Chinese resident surnamed Zheng, who is the first passenger passing the customs check from the Mongolian side, said the new management for declaration is more convenient than before.
“It only took me one hour since I got on the bus to the customs check was finished,” he said.
In the exit channel of Erenhot Port, there were also a number of travelers waiting in queues for checks. A local resident surnamed Wang told the Global Times that she was looking forward to this policy adjustment.
“My family and I didn’t go abroad in the past three years, so I decided to take a day trip with my daughter in Zamyn-Uud at the first day after the COVID-19 management was downgraded,” she noted.
Global Times
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The 23rd Asian Physics Olympiad to be held in Mongolia www.montsame.mn

The 23rd Asian Physics Olympiad is going to be held in Mongolia from May 22 to 30, 2023.
The first APhO was initiated by and organized in Indonesia in 2000. About 240 students and over 60 instructors from over 30 Asian countries will participate in this year’s Olympiad.
Today, representatives of the host country received the symbolic flag of APhO.
This Olympiad aims,
- To evaluate the quality and assess the level of physics education;
- To support potential and talented children in physics and enable them to advance their knowledge;
- To experience and share diversified cultures across the region.
For the host country, organizing the APhO brings the following opportunities,
- To promote and advertise physics science;
- To identify the level of physics science development and students’ knowledge and skills of Asian countries;
- To develop foreign relations of Mongolian physics science sector;
-To support Mongolians interested in studying physics science and enable them to compete internationally.
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