Lianyungang port welcomes the largest group of S. Korean travelers under China’s visa-free policy
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An aerial drone photo shows the “Harmony Yungang” cruise ship arriving at the Lianyungang port in Lianyungang City, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Dec. 28, 2025. A total of 255 South Korean tourists arrived in Lianyungang aboard the “Harmony Yungang” cruise ship, commencing a five-day New Year tour in China. This marks the largest group of South Korean travelers received at Lianyungang port passenger terminal since China’s visa-free policy for South Korean citizens. (Photo by Wang Jianmin/Xinhua)
Tourists from South Korea get off from the “Harmony Yungang” cruise ship at Lianyungang Port in Lianyungang City, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Dec. 28, 2025. A total of 255 South Korean tourists arrived in Lianyungang aboard the “Harmony Yungang” cruise ship, commencing a five-day New Year tour in China. This marks the largest group of South Korean travelers received at Lianyungang port passenger terminal since China’s visa-free policy for South Korean citizens. (Photo by Wang Jianmin/Xinhua)
A police officer helps a South Korean tourist scan a fingerprint at the arrival hall of the international passenger terminal of Lianyungang Port in Lianyungang City, east China’s Jiangsu Province, Dec. 28, 2025. A total of 255 South Korean tourists arrived in Lianyungang aboard the “Harmony Yungang” cruise ship, commencing a five-day New Year tour in China. This marks the largest group of South Korean travelers received at Lianyungang port passenger terminal since China’s visa-free policy for South Korean citizens. (Photo by Wang Jianmin/Xinhua)
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
