For further facilitating the people-to-people exchange between China and foreign countries, China decides to extend the unilateral visa-free policy to 24:00 on December 31st, 2026 of Beijing time for the countries listed. In addition, this policy will be implemented for Sweden from November 10th, 2025 to December 31st, 2026. Citizens holding ordinary passports of those countries traveling to China for business, tourism, family visit, transit and exchange purposes and with the duration of each single stay not exceeding 30 days, are eligible for visa-free policy.

Countries Eligible for the Unilateral Visa-Free Policy

France, Germany, Italy, Holland, Spain, Switzerland, Ireland, Hungary, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, Australia, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Greece, Cyprus, Slovenia, Slovakia, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Monaco, Liechtenstein, Andorra, Korea, Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Estonia, Latvia, Japan, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Uruguay, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait, Bahrain, Sweden