The Chinese Embassy in Finland is making preparations for the implementation of the Joint Announcement made by the Civil Aviation Administration of China, the General Administration of Customs of China and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China on 20 July requiring China-bound passengers to obtain COVID-19 Negative certificates before boarding. The detailed information will be made available in due time through the official website (http://www.chinaembassy-fi.org/eng/) and the Wechat account (chinemb_fi) of the Embassy. In the meantime, China-bound passengers are not required to obtain COVID-19 negative certificates before boarding if they are transferring via countries in which the Joint Announcement has not been officially implemented.
China-bound Passengers traveling from Finalnd are required to take nucleic acid tests for COVID-19 in Finland and obtain valid green health codes with an "HS" mark or Health Declaration Forms before boarding if they are transferring via countries (Click here for the list: https://hr.cs.mfa.gov.cn/help_two/help-two/gj.html) in which the Joint Announcement has been officially implemented. Airlines will check the health codes or Health Declaration Forms before passengers boarding the connecting flights to China. The health codes or Health Declaration Forms have to be obtained before travel and remain within their validity period during transfer. Passengers failed to do so may be denied boarding and get stranded. The following procedures are for your reference:
1.Nucleic acid tests for COVID-19 have to be taken in local institutions in Finland 5 days before boarding the connecting flights.
2.Chinese passengers are required to upload photos of their COVID-19 negative certificates to the Wechat mini program COVID-19 Prevention Health Code International Version within 24 hours after they get the certificates. Green health codes with an "HS" mark will be issued by the Embassy after approval (Click here for Q&As: https://hr.cs.mfa.gov.cn/help_two/help-two/hs.html).
3.Foreign passengers are required to send scanned copies of the photo page of their valid passports, COVID-19 negative certificates and the Health Declaration Forms (see attachment) with passengers' signatures to consulate@chinemb.fi via e-mail. Passengers' names, passport number,flight number and itinerary have to be stated clearly in the e-mail as well. The Embassy will send the Health Declaration Forms with official seals after approval back to the passengers to print and take to the airport for checking by relevant airlines before boarding.
