The visa section of the British Embassy in Beijing will change the way it accepts visa applications from February 23.

The new visa application system allows applicants to directly submit visa applications to new centers, rather than the embassy, and receive a visa as soon as possible.

The visas will cost 220 yuan, or about US$25, and other British visa application centers will also be opened in many other major cities of China.

(CRI.com February 23, 2005)