CCTV News: According to the WeChat official account released by Xishuangbanna, starting from March 1, 2024, the visa agreement between China and Thailand to exempt people from holding ordinary passports will officially come into effect. Over the past year, the Mohan Border Inspection Station has inspected and released more than 32,000 Thai passengers, of which more than 99% of Thai passengers are allowed to enter without visa. Among the third-country personnel entering and leaving the country, Thai passengers account for more than 60%. Mohan Port has become the largest national land port for Thai passengers to enter Yunnan, my country.
Mohan is located at the southernmost end of Yunnan Province, and is located at a key node of the China-Laos Railway and Kunman Highway. There are two national ports in the area, Mohan Highway Port and Mohan Railway Port. As one of the transportation hub centers between China and the Indochina Peninsula, it has become a convenient channel for internal connection and external connection and radiating to the surrounding areas.
On July 19, 2024, after the Lao-Thailand Railway was officially opened, passengers can take the train from Bangkok, Thailand to Vientiane, Laos, and then take the China-Laos Railway train from Vientiane, Laos to Kunming, China, leading to the whole country; in the direction of departure, passengers can go from China to Laos, from Laos to Thailand, and then to Southeast Asian countries such as Malaysia and Singapore. According to statistics, on the first anniversary of visa exemption, more than 15,000 Thai people entered and left at the Mohan Railway Port, an increase of more than 86% year-on-year.
