China will no longer require travellers arriving in the country to go intoQuarantine on January 8th.
As China abandons its zero-covid policy, a number of restrictions will be removed.
Medical workers in China say they are struggling to cope with the increase in Covid infections.
The president urged officials to do what was feasible to save lives.
He was quoted as saying that the country needed a more targeted response.
Thousands of people may be dying every day, despite China stopping publishing Covid statistics.
All passengers arriving in China have been required to go through a compulsory Centralized Quarantine.
The time has been cut from three weeks to five days.
Covid will be classified as a Class B infectious disease under the new rules.
Analysts say that China's about-turn on how it manages the epidemic has left Mr. Xi in an uncomfortable position.
The zero- Covid policy was blamed for hurting the economy and limiting people's lives.
He now has to take responsibility for the large number of hospital admissions and infections among older people.
One area in which the president is most vulnerable is public anger over his handling of the Pandemic.
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