BEIJING - Eight more cities on the Chinese mainland will be eligible to issue individual travel endorsements for trips to Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions starting from May 27, according to the National Immigration Administration on Saturday.

The adding of these eight cities, namely Taiyuan in Shanxi province, Hohhot in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, Harbin in Heilongjiang province, Lhasa in the Xizang autonomous region, Lanzhou in Gansu province, Xining in Qinghai province, Yinchuan in the Ningxia Hui autonomous region, and Urumqi in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, was approved by the State Council.