In accordance with the current situation of COVID-19 pandemic and to facilitate people-to-people exchange, Rapid Antigen Test (RAT, including RAT home testing kit) result will be accepted for air passengers flying directly to China instead of PCR test, from Russia, Maldives, Thailand and Portugal. In order to avoid any travel delays and disruptions, we recommend that all travelers to read and follow Guide on Epidemic Prevention and Control Measures for China-bound Travelers carefully.

Guide on Epidemic Prevention and Control Measures for China-bound Travelers

1. Pre-departure test: COVID-19 PCR test or Rapid Antigen Test(RAT) are required within 48 hours before boarding China-bound flights. Please only travel to China with a negative test result. If you received a positive test result, you should only travel to China when you tested negative against COVID-19. 

2. Health declaration to China Customs: You are required to declare your negative test result to China Customs by filling the Health Declaration Form on the WeChat mini-program of China Customs (scan the QR code below), or at https://htdecl.chinaport.gov.cn, or via the China Customs APP.  

3. Airline companies will no longer check the negative PCR or RAT test results.

4. Self-protection on the Aircraft: You are cordially recommended to wear a mask throughout the flight and take good personal protection to reduce the risk of infection.

5. Inspection upon Entry: You can go through customs with your health declaration result, and China Customs may conduct random sampling inspections according to a certain proportion. If there are anomalies in your health declaration or you are showing symptoms such as fever, you are required to take a test by China Customs. Those whose results are positive will need to self-quarantine or seek medical treatment as notified by the authority. Those whose results are negative will go through routine quarantine inspection by China Customs in accordance with the Frontier Health and Quarantine Law and other laws and regulations. 

6. After-entry Epidemic Prevention and Control: After entry into China, you will have to strictly abide by the epidemic prevention and control requirements where you stay.

If you take Beijing Capital Airlines flight to China directly not from above countries, please refer to Reminder for China-bound Passengers Focusing on Epidemic Prevention Requirement at http://intl.jdair.net/searchNotice?id=223.

In the view of changing inbound policies between countries, we recommend all passengers to highly care the latest requirements published by destination government, airport and relative departments. Meanwhile, please follow inbound and epidemic prevention requirements of the place of departure, stopover, transit and destination, prepare relevant documents in advance. Thanks for your understand!

According to Australia government announcement, arrivals from China to take a pre-departure COVID test rules be abolished from 12.01am on 11 March 2023. It will apply to mainland China as well as the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macau.

In the view of changing inbound policies between countries, we recommend all passengers to highly care the latest requirements published by destination government, airport and relative departments. Meanwhile, please follow inbound and epidemic prevention requirements of the place of departure, stopover, transit and destination, prepare relevant documents in advance. Thanks for your understand!

According to "the interim measures for the exchange of Chinese and foreign personnel following the decision to manage COVID-19 with measures against Class-B infectious diseases" announced by Chinese government, 27 DEC 2023, China-bound passengers need to take ONE PCR test within 48 hours prior to departure and with a negative PCR test result can go to China.

In order to keep healthy and safe international travel and following Chinese Embassy requirements, from 17 JAN 2023（at local time），Beijing Capital Airlines will check hard copy of negative PCR test result that should be within 48 hours prior to departure. Chinese customs will check inbound passengers negative PCR test result on random.

For the convenience of travel preparation, requirements for Proof of COVID-19 Test and China-bound epidemic prevention requirements guide as below, please ready carefully, comply and execute.

Requirements for Proof of COVID-19 Test

I. The proof must have the name of the traveler, which should be exactly the same as it appears on the travel document used for the flight. It is recommended that the date of birth and travel document number also be shown on the proof

II. The proof must also have:

Time of the test or time of issue (at least one of them should be within 48 hours before boarding); testing method (which should be nucleic acid testing; antigen testing will not be accepted); test result (which should be negative; 'uncertain’ will not be accepted); and name and contact details of the testing institution.

III. The proof must be in the official language of the place of departure of your flight to China, or in English. It will be checked by the airline of your flight to China.

IV. It should be a hard copy. If the testing institution issued a digital copy, please print it out and take it with you.

Epidemic Prevention Requirements Guide

I. Pre-boarding Nucleic Acid Test

All China-bound travelers will need to take nucleic acid test for COVID-19 within 48 hours before boarding, and can only travel to China when your test result is negative or after it turns from positive to negative. Please always bring the proof of your negative COVID-19 test result with you for inspection.

ll. Health Declaration to China Customs

You are required to declare your negative test result to China Customs by filling the Health Declaration Form on the WeChat miniprogram of China Customs (scan the QR code below), or at https://htdecl.chinaport.gov.cn, or via the China Customs APP.

Ill. Boarding Check

At boarding time, airlines will check if you have a negative result within 48 hours, and those who fail to present such a proof will not be allowed to board the plane.

IV. Self-protection on the Aircraft

You are suggested to wear a mask throughout the flight and take good personal protection to reduce the risk of infection

V. Inspection upon Entry

You can gothrough customs with your health declaration result, and China Customs may check your proof of negative COVID-19 test result. If you pass the health declaration and entry inspection, no further requirements will be imposed. If there are anomalies in your health declaration or you are showing symptoms such as fever, you are required to take an antigen test by China Customs. Those whose results are positive will need to self-quarantine or seek medical treatment as notified by the authority. Those whose results are negative will go through routine quarantine inspection by China Customs in accordance with the Frontier Health and Quarantine Law and other laws and regulations.

VI. After-entry Epidemic Prevention and Control

After entry into China, you will have to strictly abide by the epidemic prevention and control requirements of the place where you stay.

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From 8 January 2023, the passengers travel between mainland China and Hong Kong will have to present, at the time of boarding, a COVID-19 test result no more than 48 hours before the start of the flight.

All inbound passengers from Macao aged 3 or above on the date of arrival at Hong Kong will be required to conduct a rapid antigen test within 24 hours, or undergo a polymerase chain reaction-based nucleic acid test (PCR test) within 48 hours, prior to the scheduled time of arrival in Hong Kong, and obtain a negative result for entering Hong Kong. If passengers have stayed in the Mainland on the day of, or in the seven days prior to, arrival at Hong Kong, the passengers will be required to undergo a PCR test within 48 hours prior to the scheduled time of arrival at Hong Kong, and obtain a negative result for entering Hong Kong.

For further details, please refer to below web link：

https://sc.isd.gov.hk/TuniS/www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202301/05/P2023010500541.htm

https://sc.isd.gov.hk/TuniS//www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202301/05/P2023010500622.htm

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According to the latest notice from the Portuguese Ministry of Health, starting from March 1, 2023, passengers departing from China do not need to show negative nucleic acid or antigen test results within 48 hours before boarding the plane. Transit passengers should prepare related documents in advance according to the requirements of the final destination country or region.

In view of the fact that the entry and exit policies of various countries may change at any time, passengers taking Beijing Capital Airlines flights are advised to pay close attention to the latest requirements issued by the destination government, airport and other departments, and determine in advance whether they meet all the requirements of the origin, stopover, transit or destination country. For entry and epidemic prevention requirements, prepare relevant documents in advance.

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According to the latest UK government announcement, passengers who travel with Capital Airlines flight to UK have to meet the following requirements：

1. From 5 January 2023, the passengers who travel to England from mainland China (including transfer to UK) and are aged 12 or older, need to take a negative COVID-19 test result no more than 2 days before you travel.

2. This applies to all direct and indirect flights originating from mainland China. An indirect flight involves stops in one or more other countries or territories before arriving in England. This includes if you are travelling through Hong Kong or Macao.

3. The passengers must provide the original test result notification. Test result must be in either English, French or Spanish.

4. Test result can be provided as a printed document, an email or text message you can show on your phone. It must include the following information: your name, which should match the name on your travel documents; your date of birth or age; the result of the test; the date the test sample was collected or received by the test provider; the name of the test provider and their contact details; confirmation of the type of test taken, this can be a lateral flow or PCR.

5. The passengers cannot use an NHS-provided test as well as public provider test as a pre-departure test.

6. From 8 January 2023, some passengers will be invited to take a voluntary test on arrival to monitor for potential new variants. This applies to passengers aged 18 or over who are travelling from mainland China and arriving at Heathrow Airport only.

7. For further details, please refer to the web link of UK government: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/travel-to-england-from-another-country-during-coronavirus-covid-19

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