To the commercial bureaus and foreign affairs offices of all cities and counties (cities and districts):
With the approval of the Provincial Leading Group Office for the Prevention and Control of novel coronavirus Pneumonia Epidemic Situation, for the need for close loop communication and cooperation on entry isolation exemption of key personnel in overseas business, science and technology, sports, education and other fields, the implementation of the “Closed loop Reception Plan for Entry Isolation Exemption of Key Personnel in Zhejiang Province” will be followed before the national entry epidemic situation prevention and control policy is adjusted and changed.
It is hereby notified.
Annex: Implementation Plan for Non-isolation Closed-loop Reception of Business and Other Important Personnel in Zhejiang Province
Foreign Affairs Office of Zhejiang Provincial People’s Government, Zhejiang Provincial Department of Commerce
December 20, 2022
Non-isolation closed loop for entry of business and other important personnel in Zhejiang Province
Reception implementation plan
In order to effectively coordinate the epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, and further facilitate the exchanges of important business, science and technology, sports, education and other personnel, in accordance with the requirements of the Notice on Further Optimizing the COVID-19 Prevention and Control Measures of the State Council Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism (Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism [2022] No. 101) and the relevant deployment of the provincial epidemic prevention and control leading group, This program is specially formulated to carry out the work of non-isolation closed-loop reception (closed-loop bubble) for the entry of important personnel such as business personnel.
1、 Work objectives
The closed-loop work system of the whole process of bubble activities and bubble management, optimize and improve the emergency plan, and promote the epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development of our province as a whole.
2、 Applicable objects
Invited by relevant departments, scientific research institutions, enterprises and institutions of our province, and approved by the examination and approval, important business personnel, technical experts, foreign visitors to major international cooperation and exchange projects, platforms and activities in education, foreign visitors to major international cooperation and exchange activities and events in sports, and other important personnel (hereinafter referred to as overseas business personnel).
3、 Work content
(1) Carry out pilot projects. Jiaxing is the first pilot city of isolation-free closed-loop reception for overseas business and other personnel in our province, and the first isolation-free closed-loop reception area for overseas business and other personnel (hereinafter referred to as the reception area) has been established. Jiaxing City is responsible for the daily management of the first reception area, and gradually popularizes it to the whole province after forming the working mode.
(2) Establish a working group. Under the overall planning of the provincial special class for epidemic prevention and control (hereinafter referred to as the provincial special class for epidemic prevention and control), the Provincial Department of Commerce and the Provincial Foreign Affairs Office, jointly with the relevant departments, set up the provincial closed loop reception working group for foreign business and other personnel (hereinafter referred to as the provincial isolation free working group) to coordinate and promote the provincial closed loop reception for foreign business and other personnel. Each district and municipal government shall establish a working group by reference to carry out corresponding work. Relevant county (city, district) governments have set up a special entity group to implement the isolation free closed-loop reception of overseas business personnel.
(3) Prior approval. The applicant unit shall submit a written application to the corresponding competent departments (commerce, science and technology, education, sports, etc.) in the districts and cities where it is located according to the purpose of the visit seven working days before the entry of overseas business and other personnel, stating the visitor, purpose, itinerary, health status, reception personnel, etc. The competent department shall complete the preliminary review of the materials within 2 working days after receiving the application, and report to the epidemic prevention and control department of the city divided into districts for review and approval, and then report to the special shift outside the province. Provincial units may apply to the provincial competent department, which shall complete the preliminary review of materials within 2 working days after receiving the application and submit it to the provincial overseas special class. If the provincial overseas special shift has approved to be included in the isolation free closed-loop reception, the provincial isolation free working group will push the relevant information to the reception area, the application unit and the municipal government of the three districts where the port of entry is located for cooperation. If the applicant disagrees with the review, the competent departments of commerce and other departments in the cities with districts shall feed back to the applicant. For those who intend to enter or leave the country through ports outside the province, the special shift outside the province shall consult with the local prevention and control department for coordination according to the trans-provincial transfer process.
(4) Remote prevention and control. Overseas business personnel and other personnel shall carry out pre-travel self-monitoring, health management and nucleic acid detection in strict accordance with the epidemic prevention and control requirements of embassies and consulates stationed abroad and airlines, do well in personal protection on the way, and wear KN95/N95/FFP2 or equivalent standard medical protective masks without breathing valves as much as possible. The departments of foreign affairs, health, commerce and other departments should guide the applicant unit to remind the overseas business personnel before entering the country, and inform the overseas business personnel to carry out business and other activities in accordance with the requirements of the province’s isolation-free closed-loop reception.
(5) Personnel transfer. Overseas business personnel should truthfully declare their health to the customs through the “China Customs Fingertip Service” WeChat applet or the “Shanghai Customs” APP within 24 hours before entering the country. The customs, border inspection and other departments shall do a good job in entry quarantine, customs clearance and inspection in accordance with the Prevention and Control Plan for novel coronavirus Pneumonia under the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council (Ninth Edition). If confirmed cases, asymptomatic infected persons, suspected cases or persons with symptoms are found, personnel referral and information transfer shall be implemented. The personnel of overseas business and other personnel without abnormality are received by the reception area transfer team through the “one person, one code” closed-loop service platform, and the “point-to-point” closed-loop transfer to the isolated closed-loop reception area. An antigen test shall be carried out after the entry personnel get on the train. In addition to picking up and seeing off drivers and escorts, they shall not contact with other personnel in the whole process. They shall not open the door or get off the bus for docking when passing through the checkpoint. In case of vehicle failure or accident and other emergencies, the accompanying vehicles shall coordinate the transfer and disposal. Accompanying personnel shall enter the isolation-free closed-loop reception area and implement closed-loop management.
(6) Free check-in. Overseas business personnel and other personnel shall check in according to the procedures of entry personnel, and carry out single tube rapid nucleic acid detection once a day. If the nucleic acid test is positive, according to the communication progress and subjective will of the Chinese and foreign business and other personnel, they will be transferred to the quarantine free reception point for the positive overseas business and other personnel, continue to carry out business and other activities, and leave the country directly after the end; Or transfer to a designated medical institution for treatment, and continue to work in the bubble after turning negative (negative for 3 consecutive days after the last turning negative). Chinese businessmen and other personnel need to complete the enhanced immunization of COVID-19 vaccine. After entering the reception area to carry out business activities and other activities, they will be included in closed-loop management, and a single person and single tube rapid nucleic acid test will be carried out once a day. If the nucleic acid test is positive, it shall be transferred to a designated medical institution for observation and treatment. The staff in the reception area shall take personal protection measures as required during work and carry out nucleic acid detection once a day. If the nucleic acid test is positive, it shall be transferred to a designated medical institution for observation and treatment. During the period of exemption from quarantine, the information of relevant personnel shall be included in the provincial immigration control database for code assignment management. Without the written consent of the reception area working group, they shall not leave the reception area. The nucleic acid detection results of foreign commercial personnel during the period of exemption from quarantine shall be reported to the customs and other personnel in a timely manner by the epidemic prevention and control department in the reception area.
(7) Intravesicular activity. According to the purpose and schedule of the visit, there are four modes: “hotel bubble”, “factory bubble”, “event bubble” and “college bubble”.
- “Hotel bubble”. For those who can complete all business negotiations and exchange activities in the isolated closed-loop reception point, they shall be managed according to the “hotel bubble” method. The isolation-free closed-loop reception point provides necessary services such as meeting, translation and catering, and signs in Chinese and English are set in each functional area. Classified management shall be implemented according to the residence time and itinerary of overseas business and other personnel to reduce the contact between different batches of overseas business and other personnel. In the daily reception service, foreign business and other personnel are allowed to move freely within a certain range in batches to facilitate business and other activities. Strictly control the number of Chinese business and other personnel to negotiate. In addition to negotiating and communicating with overseas business and other personnel, free activities should be reduced in principle in the rest of the time, and unnecessary contact and intersection should not be avoided.
2. “Factory bubble”. If there is a real need for field inspection and product acceptance, it shall be managed according to the “factory bubble” method. The “hotel bubble” is transferred to the “factory bubble” in a closed loop, and the application unit shall report to the local district/city isolation free closed loop working group for approval. According to the principle of “one enterprise and one policy”, the working group of the application unit’s district isolation free closed loop shall guide the application unit to develop a full-process epidemic prevention and reception plan, and define the closed loop reception area, route and participants. After foreign business and other personnel enter the “factory bubble”, the application unit’s local isolation-free closed-loop working group urges the application unit to strictly implement the epidemic prevention reception plan, and implement various control measures according to the control requirements of the epidemic prevention and control key areas. The isolation free operation of “factory bubble” shall refer to “hotel bubble”.
3. “Event Bubble” and “College Bubble”. According to the “Hotel Bubble” and “Factory Bubble” schemes, the sports department will formulate the implementation rules separately according to the actual situation. The isolation-free closed-loop reception work for educators and group members can be implemented with reference to the “Hotel Bubble” and “Factory Bubble” schemes.
4. “Grape string” connection (connection between bubbles). During the in-bubble activities, the whole closed-loop connection is implemented. The application unit’s local isolation-free closed-loop working group arranges special vehicles and accompanying vehicles, and implements “point-to-point” transfer according to the transfer requirements of inbound personnel. After completing the inspection and acceptance, the overseas business personnel shall immediately return to the isolated closed-loop reception area. If it is impossible to return on the same day, the inbound personnel designated by the local municipal government with districts will be accommodated in the isolated hotel, and will return to the isolated closed loop reception area the next day.
(8) Bubble management.
- Normal flow in China after bubbles. After the completion of business and other activities, if overseas business and other personnel need to move normally in China, in principle, they should carry out “3+2+3” (3 days hotel bubble+2 days transition hotel bubble+3 days transition hotel bubble/home isolation) closed-loop management. On the premise that the nucleic acid test is negative, the in-bubble closed loop time is included in the health management time of overseas business and other personnel, and the bubble can flow normally with the Notice of Leaving Bubble issued by the non-isolation closed loop working group in the reception area. The health management time of overseas business personnel shall be in accordance with the latest national and provincial policies.
(1) If the duration of in-bubble activities is less than three days, you must stay for a total of three days, then transfer to the “Transition Hotel Bubble”, and continue to live in the “Transition Hotel Bubble” for five days. If the nucleic acid test is negative, the bubbles can flow normally.
(2) If the activity lasts more than three days, according to the principle of voluntariness, from the the fourth day, Chinese and foreign business personnel will transfer to the “Transition Hotel Bubble” to continue the negotiation. Overseas business and other personnel who negotiate or live in the “Transition Hotel Bubble” for five days can bubble out and flow normally if the nucleic acid test is negative.
2. Departure management after bubble. After the completion of the work, if the foreign business personnel leave the country from the “Hotel Bubble” or “Transition Hotel Bubble” under the premise of negative nucleic acid test, the “point-to-point” transfer group of the district and city where the reception area is located will be transferred to the airport in the province or Shanghai to leave; Those departing from the “factory bubble” will be transferred from the “point to point” transfer group of the district and city where the factory is located to the airport in the province or Shanghai to leave. The confirmed cases, asymptomatic infected persons, suspected cases or symptomatic cases found in the on-site clinical examination during the in-bubble activities shall be returned to the country after being cured in principle. If the applicant requests to leave the country without a cure, he or she and the carrier airline shall promise in writing to bear the responsibility, and may be allowed to leave the country with the approval of the territorial joint defense and control mechanism.
3. Chinese personnel bubble management. After the completion of the work, the Chinese business and other personnel and staff members shall take corresponding isolation management or health monitoring measures according to the size of the risk, generally referring to the implementation of “5+3” (5 days of centralized isolation+3 days of home isolation) for the entry personnel. The isolation place shall be arranged by the epidemic prevention and control department of the district and city where the reception area is located.
The applicant and overseas business personnel should correctly and scientifically understand the isolation free closed-loop reception work. The applicant unit shall truthfully declare the situation of overseas business personnel and other personnel, and cooperate in the epidemic prevention work during the reception period. The Chinese and foreign personnel shall implement the main responsibilities and do a good job of personal protection during the isolation free closed-loop reception. In principle, the costs of transportation, accommodation, catering, nucleic acid detection, medical treatment and other expenses incurred by overseas business personnel and Chinese business personnel during the isolation free closed-loop reception period shall be borne by the applicant.