The U.S. government has announced a pilot program to streamline visa processing for certain low-risk applicants, in an attempt to create more jobs by attracting more foreign tourists.

Under the new initiative, non-immigrant visa processing capacity in China is to be increased by 40% in 2012, helping to tap into an increasingly affluent market for the US. Measures like this could create more than 1 million travel sector jobs in the next decade.

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