Immigration authorities across China on February 6 handled 676,000 exits and entries, hitting a record high since the COVID-19 outbreak, the National Immigration Administration (NIA) said on February 7.

NIA statistics showed that the figure on February 6 jumped by 124.2 percent from the average daily entry and exit trips before China downgraded its COVID-19 management on January 8, and accounted for nearly 37 percent of the pre-COVID-19 level. 

Land ports with Hong Kong and Macao saw 568,000 entries and exits on February 6, accounting for 84 percent of the daily total and increasing by 39.2 percent from the previous day.

On February 6, normal travel between the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong and Macao was fully resumed.