BEIJING – A Pakistani businessman, along with three other foreigners, hasbeen issued first-class working visa valid for five years by theadministration of the city of Yiwu, located in the central part of eastChina’s Zhejiang province.
Muhammad Arif and three nationals of Afghanistan, Jordan and Iraq are thefirst batches which received the first-class work permit by the Exit-EntryAdministration of Bureau of Yiwu Municipal Public Security Bureau under thenew policies.
The issuance of the permit for five years is the first time after theimplementation of the new policies. Prior to this policy, the businessmenwere issued a visa for only one year.
Muhammad Arif told APP that he and his family are settled in Yiwu andimport various goods from Pakistan.
He said the local government had promised to issue the five-year permit to200 businessmen, and he was part of the first batch which was issued thepermit. “It has brought great convenience to his work and life.”
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Yiwu is the world’s largest consumer good purchasing centre having an areaof 4.7 million square meters, accommodates 70,000 booths and sells 1.7million kinds of goods.
Over 400,000 overseas businessmen come to Yiwu each year, and over 13,000overseas businessmen from more than 100 countries and regions reside inYiwu.
