China to fully resume travel with Hong Kong, Macau on Feb 6

FILE PHOTO: People line up at a government office for entry and exit matters which provides services including making or renewing passports or permits to go to Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, after China reopened borders, in Beijing, China January 9, 2023. REUTERS/Yew Lun Tian

China's Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office said on Friday that cross border travel between the mainland, Hong Kong and Macau would fully resume from Feb. 6, dropping existing quotas and scrapping a mandatory COVID-19 test that was required before travelling.

(Reporting by Farah Master in Hong Kong, Liz Lee in Beijing and the Beijing newsroom; Editing by Christian Schmollinger)