China to Check Firms Sending People AbroadChina will reform intermediary agencies engaged in helping people leave China in a bid to deal with the current chaos in the sector.Zhao Yongji, vice-minister of Public Security, said that all such agencies must be examined by governments at provincial level and approved by relevant departments of the State Council. With the thriving of intermediary agencies offering border entrance and exit services, abnormal and illegal practices, such as the lack of business licenses, have emerged. Some organizations have been found to engage in the counterfeiting of passports and visas and in the smuggling of people abroad. He added that those agencies that have already been registered should apply to the relevant authorities for new business licenses. |
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