What you can get:
- 10 days (240 hours) of travel in China without hassle of getting a Chinese visa.
- Travel purpose could include tourism, business, visiting, family visit, etc.
- You can fulfill the “transit” condition by choosing to use a connecting flight from a third country/region (e.g. Japan, Dubai or Hong Kong) to China.
Pre-requisite:
- You need to be citizen(s) from 54 countries/regions listed below:
Europe
| Albania（阿尔巴尼亚） | Austria（奥地利） | Belarus（白俄罗斯） |
| Belgium（比利时） | Bosnia and Herzegovina（波黑） | Bulgaria（保加利亚） |
| Croatia（克罗地亚） | Cyprus（塞浦路斯） | Czech Republic（捷克） |
| Denmark（丹麦） | Estonia（爱沙尼亚） | Finland（芬兰） |
| France（法国） | Germany（德国） | Greece（希腊） |
| Hungary（匈牙利） | Iceland（冰岛） | Ireland（爱尔兰） |
| Italy（意大利） | Latvia（拉脱维亚） | Lithuania（立陶宛） |
| Luxembourg（卢森堡） | Malta（马耳他） | Monaco（摩纳哥） |
| Montenegro（黑山） | Netherlands（荷兰） | North Macedonia（北马其顿） |
| Norway（挪威） | Poland（波兰） | Portugal（葡萄牙） |
| Romania（罗马尼亚） | Russia（俄罗斯） | Serbia（塞尔维亚） |
| Slovakia（斯洛伐克） | Slovenia（斯洛文尼亚） | Spain（西班牙） |
| Sweden（瑞典） | Switzerland（瑞士） | Ukraine（乌克兰） |
| United Kingdom（英国） |
Americas:
| Argentina（阿根廷） | Brazil（巴西） | Canada（加拿大） |
| Chile（智利） | Mexico（墨西哥） | United States（美国） |
Oceania:
| Australia（澳大利亚） | New Zealand（新西兰） |
Asia:
| Brunei（文莱） | Japan（日本） | Qatar（卡塔尔） |
| Republic of Korea（韩国） | Singapore（新加坡） | United Arab Emirates（阿联酋） |
- Your passport needs to be valid for at least 3 months since your arrival.
- China needs to be your stop in the middle: You need to possess valid interline passenger tickets with specified dates and seats for you to travel from China to a third country/region within 240 hours of arrival.
- Travel purpose does not include work (Z-visa), study (X-visa) and news reporting (J-visa), all of which should require specified visas in advance.
- You must enter China through one of the listed 60 ports/airports, and can travel freely between the listed regions, without having to limit travel destination to only one province/city. (Find the list at the end of this blog)
Notes:
- 240 hours start as of the next 12:00 am of arrival (eg. If you arrive at 2:00 am of January 1st, the 240 hours’ count will start at 12:00 am of January 2nd)
- You don’t have to depart China from the same airport, as long as the departing airports are on the list.
- No fee will be charged upon receiving your permit to stay visa-free.
- You don’t automatically enter China without visa – you still have to fill in the entry form and make the application at border.
- If your country has a separate mutual agreement or enjoys visa-free treatment from China, this policy will yield to the separate agreement terms.
