为进一步便利外籍商务人士来北京开展商务活动，拟对外籍商务人士提供专项签证和通关便利措施，具体如下。
一、服务对象
本通告所称的外籍商务人士是指在北京注册企业邀请的，需经常来北京从事商业贸易活动并发挥积极作用的外籍商务人士，及其配偶和子女。
二、服务内容
北京市政府外事办公室为符合条件的外籍商务人士签发5年多次、停留期为180日的专项邀请函。中国驻外签证机关根据专项邀请函审发5年多次、停留期为180日的M字或相应类别签证；申请人可免予采集指纹并可委托他人办理签证，且只收取一年多次签证费用。北京边检总站为符合条件的外籍商务人士提供边检通关便利。
三、申办流程
（一）符合条件的在北京注册的企业（以下简称邀请主体）在北京市政府外事办公室官网（wb.beijing.gov.cn）进行注册，并向邀请主体注册地所在区外事部门提出申请。
（二）北京市各区及经开区外事部门对提出申请的邀请主体相关资质和外籍商务人士有关情况进行审核，通过审核后报北京市政府外事办公室。
（三）北京市政府外事办公室为通过审批的外籍商务人士签发专项邀请函。
（四）邀请主体在北京市政府外事办公室官网下载专项邀请函，并推送给外籍商务人士。
（五）外籍商务人士需在3个月内持专项邀请函向中国驻外签证机关申办签证。
（六）通过北京口岸出入境的外籍商务人士来京前5个自然日通过邀请主体及时通报北京边检总站，北京边检总站为外籍商务人士提供边检通关便利。
四、其他事项
（一）获得专项签证和通关便利的外籍商务人士，来华后如有违法犯罪情形的，将依法依规处理。
（二）办理专项邀请函，不收取任何费用。
五、北京市各有关单位联系方式
Notice on Special Visa and Immigration Inspection Facilitation for Foreign Business Visitors to Beijing
To provide greater convenience for foreign business personnel traveling to Beijing for commercial and trade purposes, a special visa and immigration inspection facilitation program will be introduced. The details are as follows:
I. Who are eligible for this program
This program applies to eligible foreign business visitors. In this Notice, they refer to business personnel invited by Beijing-registered enterprises, who need to frequently travel to Beijing to actively engage in commercial and trade activities. Eligible applicants may also include their spouse and children.
II. What does this program offer
The Foreign Affairs Office of the People’s Government of Beijing Municipality (hereafter referred to as the “Beijing Municipal Foreign Affairs Office”) offers a special invitation letter for eligible foreign business visitors, allowing them to apply for a five-year multiple-entry M visa with a 180-day stay per trip. With this invitation, Chinese visa-issuing authorities abroad may grant the corresponding M visa (or an equivalent visa type). Applicants are exempt from fingerprint collection and may entrust others to apply on their behalf. Only the fee for a one-year multiple-entry visa will be charged. The Beijing General Station of Exit and Entry Frontier Inspection will provide immigration inspection facilitation for the eligible foreign business visitors.
III. How to apply
1. Qualified Beijing-registered enterprises (hereinafter referred to as the “inviting organization”) must sign up on the official website of the Beijing Municipal Foreign Affairs Office (wb.beijing.gov.cn) and submit their application to the Foreign Affairs Office in the district of their business registration.
2. The Foreign Affairs Office of each district, along with the foreign affairs department of the Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area (BDA), are responsible for reviewing the inviting organizations’ qualifications and the eligibility of the foreign business visitors as applicants. Once approved, the application shall be forwarded to the Beijing Municipal Foreign Affairs Office.
3. The Beijing Municipal Foreign Affairs Office will subsequently issue a Special Visa Invitation Letter for the approved foreign business visitors.
4. The inviting organization shall download the Special Visa Invitation Letter from the official website of the Beijing Municipal Foreign Affairs Office and send it to the foreign business visitors.
5. The foreign business visitors shall use the Special Visa Invitation Letter to apply for a visa at the relevant Chinese visa-issuing authorities abroad within three months.
6. The inviting organization must, at least five calendar days prior to the visitors’ arrival, notify the Beijing General Station of Exit and Entry Frontier Inspection, which will then arrange immigration inspection facilitation for the visitors upon their entry through Beijing ports.
IV. Additional notes
1. Those granted the special visa and immigration inspection facilitation who engage in unlawful activities after arrival will be subject to legal action in accordance with relevant Chinese laws and regulations.
2. No fee is charged for the Special Visa Invitation Letter.
V. Contact information
