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Photo: XinhuaThe National Immigration Administration (NIA) announced at a press conference on Thursday that in the first quarter, immigration management agencies nationwide processed over 141 million traveler trips, a year-on-year increase of 117.8 percent.Among them, trips by residents from the Chinese mainland reached 69.5 million, by residents from Hong Kong, Macao special administrative regions, and the island of Taiwan reached 59.1 million, while foreign nationals reached 13.1 million, with year-on-year increases of 114.9 percent, 100.4 percent, and 305.2 percent respectively.In the first quarter, the NIA introduced a series of immigration and entry-exit management policy measures, includWorld Timesing continuously optimizing regional visa-free entry, visa-free transit, and port visa policies, implementing five measures to facilitate foreigners visiting China, expanding the options for visa-free entry for nationals of certain countries to South China’s…