Grade A · 8 Aug 2025
Qinghai Provincial People’s Government (青海省人民政廜)
Supports the reported status: Deployed · limited scope.
Xining Caojiabao International Airport
Document-free face-recognition processing at Xining Caojiabao Terminal 3
Current reported state
Deployed · limited scope
Xining Caojiabao's Terminal 3 opened on 7 August 2025, Qinghai Daily reported, via the Qinghai government, on 8 August 2025.
Domestic passengers had their face captured once at the entry gate, then passed without ID through check-in, bag drop, security and boarding. The 158,000 m² terminal handles 21 million passengers a year.
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