China's Foreign Ministry announced on Friday the extension of its visa-free policy to nine more countries, bringing the total to 40.
China decided to extend the visa-free policy to ordinary passport holders from Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Estonia, Latvia and Japan on a trial basis from November 30, 2024 to December 31, 2025, Lin Jian, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said during a regular press conference.
"Starting from November 30, 2024, ordinary passport holders from 40 countries, including the above-mentioned nine countries, can be exempted from visa to enter China and stay for no more than 30 days for business, tourism, family visit, exchange and transit purposes," Lin said.
It will also extend the visa-free stay period to 30 days from 15 days for citizens of all 38 countries within its visa-free program, state television CCTV reported.
In addition to the visa-free policy, foreign nationals from more than 50 countries are also granted visa-free entry under the 72/144-hour transit policy.
40 countries and territories
VISA FREE
🇦🇩Andorra
🇦🇺Australia
🇦🇹Austria
🇧🇪Belgium
🇧🇳Brunei
🇧🇬 Bulgaria
🇭🇷Croatia
🇨🇾Cyprus
🇩🇰Denmark
🇪🇪Estonia
🇫🇮Finland
🇫🇷France
🇩🇪Germany
🇬🇷Greece
🇭🇺Hungary
🇮🇸Iceland
🇮🇪Ireland
🇮🇹Italy
🇯🇵Japan
🇱🇻Latvia
🇱🇮Liechtenstein
🇱🇺Luxembourg
🇲🇾Malaysia
🇲🇹Malta
🇲🇨Monaco
🇲🇪Montenegro
🇳🇱Netherlands
🇳🇿New Zealand
🇲🇰North Macedonia
🇳🇴Norway
🇵🇱Poland
🇵🇹Portugal
🇷🇴Romania
🇸🇰Slovakia
🇸🇮Slovenia
🇹🇭 Thailand
🇰🇷South Korea
🇪🇸Spain
🇨🇭Switzerland
🇸🇬 Singapore
54 countries
144-hour visa-free
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