Some Chinese delegates who are about to gather in this week's "bicameral" will propose a "vaccine passport" to partially restore normal life.

The Global Times newspaper today quoted Zhu Zhengfu, a member of the People's Political Consultative Conference of China (CPPCC), saying that the country should promote the recognition of "vaccine passport" to pave the way for economic exchanges and

Zhu also told Global Times, of People's Daily, the mouthpiece of the Communist Party of China, that international visitors to the country may be exempt from quarantine requirements if they test negative nucleic acids.

Congressman Witman Hung Wai-man also plans to propose the central government to issue a "vaccine passport", recognized in both mainland and Hong Kong.

Delegates' statements were made in the context of a meeting of the "bicameral" meeting of the National People's Congress of China (NPC), the Chinese parliament, and the top political consultative body in the country.

Delegates attending the NPC and CPPCC meetings will submit proposals for new laws or regulations for consideration within this time frame, but not all proposals will be approved.

Vaccine passport is a document proving that a person has been vaccinated with Covid-19 vaccine.

The "vaccine passport" was expected to be a tool to bring life back to normal after Covid-19, but was also controversial because of challenges to deploy a globally accepted, protected "passport.