China will start taking fingerprints of all foreign visitors entering the country, a move to step up the country’s security measures, the Ministry of Public Security announced on Thursday.
China will start taking fingerprints of all foreign visitors entering the country, a move to step up the country’s security measures, the Ministry of Public Security announced on Thursday.
The fingerprinting requirement will be rolled out first at Shenzhen Baoan International Airport beginning on Friday. This will eventually be introduced to other entry points across the country.
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All foreigners aged between 14 and 70 years old are required to leave their fingerprints, the ministry said, although it did not mention if other biometric data will be collected. Foreigners with diplomatic passports and visas or those coming from countries that have reciprocal agreements with China are however not required to give their fingerprints, the Washington Post reported.
