Details to Be Announced This Week

South Korea and China have agreed to set up a "fast track" to allow business people to travel between the two countries amid the COVID-19 pandemic, China's top diplomat in South Korea said on April 28.

Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Xing Haiming made the remarks during his keynote speech for a breakfast meeting organized by the Federation of Korean Industries in Seoul.

Xing said that the two nations have reached an agreement on the plan, with the details expected to be announced soon. 

The ambassador told reporters that the two countries have reached an agreement on the general principle of the plan and are now working on details. "I think the details of the plan will be announced this week." 

Late last month, China blocked almost all foreigners from entering the country to prevent the inflow of the COVID-19 virus, limiting visa applications to exceptional cases such as those providing necessary economic, scientific or technological services or emergency humanitarian support.  

Xing noted that China has issued only 108 visas around the world recently, with many of them issued to South Koreans.

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