The reporter learned from Xiangyang Public Security Bureau Entry and Exit Administration Detachment today that up to now in 2013, nearly 700 people applied for certificates including passports, one-way permit and endorsement for Hong Kong and Macao, travel permit for resident every day. By the year draws to a close, more people apply for these certificates.

"It is early yet. I try to apply for a passport as soon as possible. Then our family can go to foreign countries after my child takes a holiday." The reporter met Ms. Su in the municipal administrative service hall, who was about to apply for a passport. "I planned to apply for a passport sometime later. But I was told that many people would go to foreign countries at the end of this year. Thus, I apply for a passport as soon as possible." The reporter learned from the entry and exit window of the municipal administrative service hall that citizens mainly came before the end of the year to have their travel papers issued so that they could leave the country for a tour abroad.

Zhang Qinghua, the detachment leader of the Entry and Exit Administration Detachment introduced that the people of Xiangyang applying for visas have increased greatly in these years. From more than 2000 people in 2002 to more than 154,000 people in 2013, the number increased by more than 70 times in 10 years. He predicted that the number would break through 160,000 by the end of this year.