After two years of being almost completely closed off, direct flights and student flows are beginning to resume after officials announced “all students” would be welcome back to China.

The Chinese government said it will be making arrangements to support international students to resume their studies, but no clear timeline has been given.

Over 100 students from Pakistan were offered the chance to return to China to resume in-person learning but were unable to afford the US$3,000 airfare, The PIE News has learnt. 

There are new hopes that China has plans to allow initial students from Pakistan and India to re-enter the country.

There are hopes that a plan to allow international students back into China has been made, as a cohort of Thai students have reportedly “arrived in Shanghai”.