As the new year began, everything took on a new look. According to the National Immigration Administration (NIA), on the New Year's Day (January 1) in 2025, the border inspection authorities in China facilitated a total of 1.803 million exits and entries made by Chinese and foreign nationals, marking an increase of 13.7% compared with the same day last year. Specifically, a total of 869,000 inbound and outbound trips were made by the residents of the Chinese mainland, up by 11.1% year-on-year; 749,000 trips were made by the residents of Hong Kong SAR, Macao SAR and the Taiwan region, indicating a 12.8% year-on-year increase; and 185,000 trips were made by foreign nationals, marking a significant rise of 33.6% year-on-year. Additionally, the border inspection authorities inspected 67,000 exits and entries made of transportation vehicles (planes, trains, ships, and motor vehicles), a number up by 14.7% compared with the New Year's Day in 2024.

Following the unified arrangement of NIA, the border inspection authorities nationwide mobilized all of their police officers and took proactive measures. Predictions of peak hours of passenger flow at various ports were made and released promptly to notify and guide exit-entry travelers to make reasonable travel arrangements and avoid peak travel times. Besides resorting to better notification and enhanced guidance, the border inspection authorities deployed sufficient police officers and other staff workers, and opened an adequate number of inspection channels, to ensure that the time each Chinese citizen would spend queuing for entry or exit would be within 30 minutes. The border inspection authorities also closely collaborated with the joint inspection authorities (such as customs and quarantine authorities) at ports and other relevant local authorities to promote the extension of exit-entry service hours at some of the key ports through negotiation. Efforts were also made to ensure the safe and efficient dispersal of high volumes of exit-entry travelers during peak hours, with sufficient transportation services provided. The relevant authorities have facilitated, to the maximum extent possible, the exit and entry of travelers, and jointly ensured the safe, efficient and smooth exit-entry processes at ports.