Details of Mutual Visa Exemption Agreements

2025-04-14

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(Based on the information released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and sorted by the dates when the agreements were first signed)

As of April 2025, the People's Republic of China has signed mutual visa exemption agreements with the following countries. Chinese citizens holding relevant passports can travel to these countries without applying for visas in advance. Citizens of these countries, who hold the appropriate passports, do not need to apply for visas in advance when traveling to China for short terms.

 

S/N

Country

Types of Documents for Mutual Visa Exemption

Effective Date

Duration of Visa-Free Stay in China

Notes

1

Slovakia

Service (special) passports

1956.06.01

No limitation on the duration of stay

*1

Diplomatic passports

The maximum stay is limited to 90 days within every 180-day period.

 

EU laissez-passers 

2016.03.03

 

2

Albania

Diplomatic passports, service (special) passports

1956.08.25

No limitation on the duration of stay

*2

Passports for public affairs, ordinary passports

2023.03.18

The maximum stay is limited to 90 days within every 180-day period.

Amended

3

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Diplomatic passports, service passports

1956.10.01

No limitation on the duration of stay

Invalid

Ordinary/group passports for public affairs

1965.01.01

Invalid

Diplomatic passports, service passports, passports for public affairs (passports (for official trip))

2024.07.26

30 days

 

4

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Diplomatic passports, service passports, passports for public affairs, ordinary passports marked with "public affairs"

1980.01.09

——

Invalid

Diplomatic passports, service passports, passports for public affairs

2017.10.04

30 days

 

Ordinary passports

2018.05.29

The maximum stay is limited to 90 days within every 180-day period.

 

5

Serbia

Diplomatic passports, service passports, passports for public affairs, ordinary passports marked with "public affairs"

1980.01.09

No limitation on the duration of stay

*3

Ordinary passports

2017.01.15

30 days

 

6

Romania

Service passports

2010.07.20

30 days

 

Diplomatic passports

The maximum stay is limited to 90 days within every 180-day period.

EU laissez-passers 

2016.03.03

 

7

The Maldives

Diplomatic passports, service passports

1984.11.27

3 months

Invalid

Diplomatic passports, service passports, passports for public affairs, ordinary passports, travel documents of the People's Republic of China, temporary travel documents and emergency passports (certificates of identity) of the Republic of Maldives

2022.05.20

30 days

 

8

San Marino

Valid passports

1985.07.22

Within 3 months

 

9

Chile

Diplomatic passports, service (official) passports

1986.05.07

1 month

 

10

Ecuador

Diplomatic passports, service (official) passports

1987.07.11

30 days

 

Passports for public affairs (special passports)

1988.12.25

30 days

 

Ordinary passports

2016.08.18

30 days

 

11

Pakistan

Diplomatic passports, service (official) passports

1987.08.16

30 days

 

Passports for public affairs

1988.04.30

 

12

Colombia

Diplomatic passports

1987.11.14

30 days

 

Service (official) passports

1991.11.14

 

13

Bolivia

Diplomatic passports, service (official) passports

1987.11.15

No limitation on the duration of stay

 

Passports for public affairs

2008.01.18

 

14

Uruguay

Diplomatic passports and service (official) passports held by the officials stationed at the embassy of another country

1988.11.07

——

Invalid

Diplomatic passports

1994.01.01

——

Invalid

Diplomatic passports, service (official) passports, passports for public affairs

2017.01.07

90 days

 

15

Cuba

Diplomatic passports, service (official) passports, passports for public affairs

1988.12.23

No limitation on the duration of stay

Invalid

Diplomatic passports, service (official) passports, passports for public affairs

2021.07.16

60 days

 

16

Mongolia

Diplomatic passports, service passports, passports for public affairs

1989.04.30

No limitation on the duration of stay

 

17

Iran

Diplomatic passports, service passports

1989.07.12

1 month

 

18

Laos

Diplomatic passports, service passports, passports for public affairs, ordinary passports with valid official visas

1989.11.06

No limitation on the duration of stay

 

19

Bangladesh

Diplomatic passports, service (official) passports, passports for public affairs, ordinary passports marked with "government affairs" or "free of charge"

1989.12.18

No limitation on the duration of stay

 

20

Türkiye

Diplomatic passports, service (special) passports, passports for public affairs

1989.12.24

No limitation on the duration of stay

 

21

Cyprus

Service passports

1991.10.02

30 days

 

Diplomatic passports

The maximum stay is limited to 90 days within every 180-day period.

EU laissez-passers 

2016.03.03

22

Vietnam

Diplomatic passports, service passports, passports for public affairs

2020.10.11

90 days

 

23

Hungary

Service passports

1992.05.28

30 days

 

Diplomatic passports

The maximum stay is limited to 90 days within every 180-day period.

EU laissez-passers 

2016.03.03

24

Poland

Service passports, seamen's books, crew member certificates

1992.07.27

No limitation on the duration of stay

 

Diplomatic passports

The maximum stay is limited to 90 days within every 180-day period.

EU laissez-passers 

2016.03.03

25

Lithuania

Service passports, seamen's books (on board)

1992.09.14

30 days

 

Diplomatic passports

The maximum stay is limited to 90 days within every 180-day period.

EU laissez-passers 

2016.03.03

26

Moldova

Diplomatic passports, service passports, passports for public affairs, ordinary passports marked with "public affairs"; group travel documents

1993.01.01

30 days

 

27

Turkmenistan

Diplomatic passports, service passports, passports for public affairs, ordinary passports marked with "public affairs"

1993.02.01

30 days

 

Group travel documents

No limitation on the duration of stay

 

28

Belarus

Diplomatic passports, service passports, group travel documents

1993.03.01

No limitation on the duration of stay

*4

Ordinary passports

2018.08.10

30 days; no more than 90 days per year

29

Jordan

Diplomatic passports, service (special) passports

1993.03.11

30 days

 

30

Tajikistan

Diplomatic passports, service passports, passports for public affairs, ordinary passports marked with "public affairs"

1993.06.01

30 days

 

31

Argentina

Diplomatic passports, service (official) passports

1993.08.14

30 days

*8

32

Benin

Diplomatic passports, service passports, passports for public affairs, ordinary passports marked with "public affairs certificate"

1993.11.06

90 days

 

33

Kazakhstan

Diplomatic passports, service passports

1994.02.01

30 days

 

Ordinary passports, passports for public affairs and travel documents of the People's Republic of China, certificates of return to the Republic of Kazakhstan

2023.11.10

30 days; the maximum stay is limited to 90 days within every 180-day period.

 

34

Georgia

Diplomatic passports, service passports, passports for public affairs, group travel documents

1994.02.03

30 days

 

Ordinary passports

2024.05.28

30 days; the cumulative maximum stay is limited to 90 days within every 180-day period.

 

35

Azerbaijan

Diplomatic passports, service passports, passports for public affairs

1994.02.10

30 days

 

Group travel documents

1994.05.01

No limitation on the duration of stay

 

36

Slovenia

Service passports

1994.07.01

90 days

 

Diplomatic passports

The maximum stay is limited to 90 days within every 180-day period.

EU laissez-passers 

2016.03.03

37

North Macedonia

Diplomatic passports, service passports, passports for public affairs, ordinary passports marked with "public affairs"

1994.07.19

No limitation on the duration of stay

Invalid

Diplomatic passports, service (official) passports, passports for public affairs

2020.01.16

90 days

 

38

Armenia

Diplomatic passports, service passports, passports for public affairs, ordinary passports marked with "public affairs"

1994.08.03

No limitation on the duration of stay

 

Ordinary passports

2020.01.19

The maximum stay is limited to 90 days within every 180-day period.

 

39

Croatia

Service (official) passports

1995.04.09

90 days

 

Diplomatic passports

The maximum stay is limited to 90 days within every 180-day period.

EU laissez-passers 

2016.03.03

40

Jamaica

Diplomatic passports, service (official) passports

1995.06.08

30 days

 

41

Sudan

Diplomatic passports, service passports, special passports, official passports

1995.10.26

30 days

 

42

Mexico

Diplomatic passports, service (official) passports

1998.01.01

90 days

 

43

Myanmar

Diplomatic passports, service (official) passports

1998.03.05

30 days

 

44

Guyana

Diplomatic passports, service (official) passports, passports for public affairs

1998.08.19

30 days

 

45

Russia

Group travel documents

2000.12.01

15 days

 

Diplomatic passports, service passports

2014.04.26

30 days

 

Seamen's books (on board), travel documents of international train crew members and international flight crew members

No limitation on the duration of stay

 

46

Ukraine

Diplomatic passports, service passports, seamen's books

2002.03.31

90 days

 

47

Kyrgyzstan

Diplomatic passports, service passports

2003.06.14

30 days

 

48

Thailand

Diplomatic passports, service (official) passports

2003.10.18

30 days

 

Passports for public affairs, ordinary passports

2024.03.01

30 days; the maximum stay is limited to 90 days within every 180-day period.

 

49

Peru

Diplomatic passports, service (special) passports

2004.05.12

30 days

 

50

Brazil

Diplomatic passports, service (official) passports

2004.08.10

30 days

 

51

The Philippines

Diplomatic passports, service (official) passports (only for temporary visitors)

2005.02.28

30 days

 

52

Brunei

Diplomatic passports, service (official) passports

2005.06.18

No more than 14 days from the date of entry

The passport shall be valid for at least six months.

53

Tanzania

Diplomatic passports, service passports

2005.07.11

30 days

 

54

Indonesia

Diplomatic passports, service passports

2005.11.14

——

 

2010.11.12

30 days

Amended

55

Equatorial Guinea

Diplomatic passports, service (official) passports

2006.01.01

30 days

 

Passports for public affairs, special service passports

2017.08.06

 

56

Cambodia

Diplomatic passports, service passports

2006.09.14

30 days

 

57

Tunisia

Diplomatic passports, service (special) passports

2006.09.29

30 days

 

58

Nepal

Diplomatic passports, service (official) passports

2006.10.16

30 days

 

59

Trinidad and Tobago

Diplomatic passports, service (official) passports

2006.11.23

30 days

 

60

Egypt

Diplomatic passports, service (special) passports

2007.01.27

30 days

 

61

United Kingdom

Diplomatic passports, certain service (official) passports, passports for public affairs (ordinary passports)

2007.10.25

No limitation on the duration of stay

*5

EU laissez-passers 

2016.05.01

The maximum stay is limited to 90 days within every 180-day period.

 

62

Costa Rica

Diplomatic passports, service passports

2008.01.15

30 days

*6

63

Malta

Service passports

2008.03.06

30 days

 

Diplomatic passports

The maximum stay is limited to 90 days within every 180-day period.

EU laissez-passers 

2016.03.03

64

Grenada

Diplomatic passports, official passports

2010.01.17

30 days

 

Valid passports

2015.06.10

 

65

Oman

Diplomatic passports, service (special) passports

2010.04.16

30 days

 

66

Uzbekistan

Diplomatic passports

2010.07.09

30 days

 

67

South Africa

Diplomatic passports, service (official) passports

2010.11.27

30 days

 

2016.03.01

30 days

Amended

68

Samoa

Diplomatic passports, service (official) passports

2011.02.18

30 days

Invalid

Diplomatic passports, service (official) passports, passports for public affairs, ordinary passports

2025.04.02

30 days; the cumulative maximum stay is limited to 90 days within every 180-day period.

 

69

Singapore

Diplomatic passports, service (official) passports, passports for public affairs

2011.04.17

30 days

 

Ordinary passports

2024.02.09

30 days

 

70

Malaysia

Diplomatic passports, service (official) passports

2011.05.18

30 days

On December 31, 2020, the visa-free entry privileges for Chinese citizens holding passports for public affairs were revoked in Malaysia.

71

United Arab Emirates

Diplomatic passports, service (special) passports, passports for public affairs

2012.03.21

30 days

 

2016.01.11

30 days

Amended

Ordinary passports

2018.01.16

30 days

Amended

72

Bulgaria

Service passports

2012.04.04

30 days; no more than 90 days within any six-month period

 

Diplomatic passports

The maximum stay is limited to 90 days within every 180-day period.

EU laissez-passers 

2016.03.03

73

Tonga

Diplomatic passports, service (official) passports, passports for public affairs

2012.11.10

30 days

 

Ordinary passports

2016.08.19

 

74

Montenegro

Diplomatic passports, service passports

2013.03.01

No limitation on the duration of stay

*3

Passports for public affairs

2017.04.15

30 days

75

Sri Lanka

Diplomatic passports, service (official) passports, passports for public affairs

2013.04.18

30 days

 

76

Seychelles

Valid passports

2013.06.26

30 days

 

77

Mauritius

Valid passports

2013.10.31

30 days

 

2017.06.14

60 days

Amended

78

Venezuela

Diplomatic passports, service passports, passports for public affairs

2014.01.08

30 days

 

79

Nigeria

Diplomatic passports, service (official) passports, passports for public affairs

2014.02.01

30 days

 

80

The Bahamas

Valid passports

2014.02.12

30 days

 

81

Morocco

Diplomatic passports, service passports

2014.03.06

60 days

 

Passports for public affairs, special passports

2016.06.09

60 days

 

82

Dominica

Diplomatic passports, service (official) passports

2014.03.29

30 days

 

Passports for public affairs, ordinary passports

2022.09.19

30 days

 

83

Senegal

Diplomatic passports, service passports, passports for public affairs

2014.05.03

30 days

 

84

Suriname

Diplomatic passports, service passports, passports for public affairs, ordinary passports

2021.05.01

30 days

 

85

Barbados

Diplomatic passports, service (official) passports, passports for public affairs

2014.08.02

30 days

 

Ordinary passports

2017.06.01

30 days

 

86

Republic of the Congo

Diplomatic passports, service passports, passports for public affairs

2014.08.07

30 days

 

87

Kenya

Diplomatic passports, service (official) passports

2014.08.17

30 days

 

88

Kuwait

Diplomatic passports, service (special) passports, passports for public affairs

2014.10.17

30 days

 

89

Zimbabwe

Diplomatic passports, service passports

2014.11.12

60 days

 

90

Burundi

Diplomatic passports, service passports, passports for public affairs

2014.11.25

30 days

 

91

Djibouti

Diplomatic passports, service passports, passports for public affairs

2014.12.04

30 days

 

92

Republic of Korea

Diplomatic passports, service (official) passports

2014.12.25

30 days

 

93

Fiji

Valid passports

2015.03.14

30 days

 

94

Angola

Diplomatic passports, service passports

2015.04.11

30 days

 

95

Eritrea

Diplomatic passports, service passports, passports for public affairs

2015.04.15

60 days

 

96

Togo

Diplomatic passports, service passports, passports for public affairs

2015.05.07

30 days

 

97

Mali

Diplomatic passports, service passports, passports for public affairs

2015.05.09

90 days

 

98

Timor-Leste

Diplomatic passports, service passports, passports for public affairs

2015.06.24

30 days

 

99

Cape Verde

Diplomatic passports, service passports

2015.07.11

30 days

 

100

Afghanistan

Diplomatic passports

2015.07.16

30 days

 

101

Ireland

Diplomatic passports, service (official) passports, passports for public affairs

2015.09.23

90 days

*5

EU laissez-passers 

2016.05.01

The maximum stay is limited to 90 days within every 180-day period.

 

102

Ethiopia

Diplomatic passports, service passports, passports for public affairs

2015.12.07

30 days

 

103

Cote d'Ivoire

Diplomatic passports, service passports, passports for public affairs

2015.12.19

30 days

 

104

Israel

Diplomatic passports, service passports

2016.01.17

30 days

 

105

Switzerland

Diplomatic passports

2016.01.29

The visa-free stay period cannot exceed 90 days within any consecutive 180-day period.

 

106

Gabon

Diplomatic passports, service passports, passports for public affairs

2016.02.05

30 days

 

107

Liberia

Diplomatic passports

2016.02.10

30 days

 

108

Comoros

Diplomatic passports, service passports, passports for public affairs

2016.02.26

30 days

 

109

Austria

Diplomatic passports (also for German nationals: temporary diplomatic passports of the Federal Republic of Germany), EU laissez-passers

2016.03.03

The maximum stay is limited to 90 days within every 180-day period.

 

110

Belgium

111

Czechia

112

Denmark

113

Estonia

114

Finland

115

France

116

Germany

117

Greece

118

Italy

119

Latvia

120

Luxembourg

121

The Netherlands

122

Portugal

123

Spain

124

Sweden

125

Mozambique

Diplomatic passports, service passports

2016.05.14

30 days

 

126

Lesotho

Diplomatic passports, service (official) passports

2016.08.24

30 days

 

127

Iraq

Diplomatic passports

2016.11.02

30 days

Invalid

Diplomatic passports, special passports, service passports, passports for public affairs

2023.12.19

30 days

 

128

Iceland

Diplomatic passports

2017.02.18

The maximum stay is limited to 90 days within every 180-day period.

 

129

Ghana

Diplomatic passports, service passports

2017.03.28

90 days

 

130

Mauritania

Diplomatic passports, service passports, passports for public affairs

2017.05.15

30 days

 

131

Cameroon

Diplomatic passports, service passports

2017.08.12

30 days

 

132

Norway

Diplomatic passports

2017.08.24

The maximum stay is limited to 90 days within every 180-day period.

 

133

Guinea

Diplomatic passports, service passports, passports for public affairs

2017.09.16

30 days

 

134

Panama

Diplomatic passports, service (official) passports, passports for public affairs, consular passports

2017.10.28

30 days

 

135

São Tomé and Príncipe

Diplomatic passports, service (special service) passports

2018.02.03

30 days

 

136

The Gambia

Diplomatic passports, service passports, passports for public affairs

2018.06.10

30 days

 

137

Monaco

Diplomatic passports

2018.10.05

The maximum stay is limited to 90 days within every 180-day period.

 

138

Bahrain

Diplomatic passports, service passports, passports for public affairs, special passports

2018.10.25

90 days

 

139

Burkina Faso

Diplomatic passports, service passports, passports for public affairs

2018.11.18

90 days

 

140

Niger

Diplomatic passports, service passports, passports for public affairs

2018.12.15

30 days

 

141

Qatar

Diplomatic passports, service passports, special passports, passports for public affairs, ordinary passports

2018.12.21

30 days

 

142

Botswana

Diplomatic passports, service passports, official passports, passports for public affairs

2018.12.22

30 days

 

143

Rwanda

Diplomatic passports, service passports, passports for public affairs

2018.12.23

90 days

 

144

Sierra Leone

Diplomatic passports, service passports, passports for public affairs

2018.12.24

30 days

 

145

Algeria

Diplomatic passports, service passports

2019.03.13

The maximum stay is limited to 90 days within every 180-day period.

 

146

South Sudan

Diplomatic passports, service passports, special passports

2019.03.28

30 days

*7

147

Papua New Guinea

Diplomatic passports, service passports, passports for public affairs

2019.05.02

30 days

 

148

Chad

Diplomatic passports, service passports, passports for public affairs

2019.11.18

30 days

 

149

Vanuatu

Diplomatic passports, service (official) passports, passports for public affairs

2020.04.19

30 days

 

150

Dominican Republic

Diplomatic passports, service (official) passports, passports for public affairs

2021.01.08

30 days

 

151

Nicaragua

Diplomatic passports, service (official) passports, passports for public affairs

2022.07.07

30 days

 

152

El Salvador

Diplomatic passports, service (official) passports, passports for public affairs

2022.10.23

90 days

 

153

Solomon Islands

Diplomatic passports, service (official) passports, passports for public affairs

2022.11.24

30 days

 

Ordinary passports

2024.12.28

30 days; the cumulative maximum stay is limited to 90 days within every 180-day period.

 

154

Honduras

Diplomatic passports, service (official) passports, passports for public affairs

2023.09.25

30 days

 

155

Madagascar

Diplomatic passports, service passports, passports for public affairs of the People's Republic of China

2023.11.04

90 days

 

156

Lebanon

Diplomatic passports, special passports, service passports, passports for public affairs

2023.12.24

90 days

 

157

Palestine

Diplomatic passports

2024.01.21

30 days

 

158

Antigua and Barbuda

Diplomatic passports, service (official) passports, passports for public affairs, ordinary passports

2024.05.11

30 days; the cumulative maximum stay is limited to 90 days within every 180-day period.

 

Notes:

*1 Slovakia: The current visa arrangements are subject to the agreements established between China and the former Czechoslovakia.

*2 Albania: Since December 1, 2010, Chinese citizens holding passports for public affairs can enter Albania without visas and stay for a maximum of three months, with no permission to work. (Source: Notice on Albania's Visa-Free Entry for Chinese Citizens Holding Passports for Public Affairs (GJC [2011] No. 1284)) 

*3 Montenegro and Serbia: The current visa arrangements are subject to the agreements established between China and the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The visa-free agreement between China and Montenegro, which came into force on March 1, 2013, applied only to the holders of diplomatic passports and service passports. Additionally, from April 15, 2017, Chinese citizens holding passports for public affairs can enter or exit Montenegro visa-free for stays up to 30 days, provided that they have fixed-format invitation letters issued by Montenegrin legal entities.

*4 Belarus: From May 24, 2017, Chinese citizens holding passports for public affairs can enter or exit Belarus visa-free for stays up to 30 days. From August 10, 2018, Chinese ordinary passport holders have also been exempt from visa requirements for stays in Belarus of no more than 30 days, with a cumulative total of 90 days allowed per year for each holder.

*5 United Kingdom: According to the Implementation Rules on the China-UK Memorandum of Understanding on the Facilitation of Legitimate Travel and Co-operation to Combat Illegal Immigration, which took effect on October 25, 2007, visa-free treatment is extended to all diplomatic passport holders and certain holders of service passports (including those holding British official passports and ordinary passports with Chinese visa-free stickers, and Chinese service passports and passports for public affairs with British visa-free marks).

Ireland: According to the Agreement Between the Government of the People's Republic of China and the Government of Ireland on Mutual Visa Exemption for Holders of Diplomatic and Service (Official) Passports, visa-free treatment is extended to all diplomatic passport holders and certain holders of service passports (including those holding Irish official passports with Chinese visa-free marks, and Chinese service passports and passports for public affairs with Irish visa-free marks).

*6 Costa Rica: From December 13, 2016, Chinese citizens holding passports for public affairs can enter Costa Rica without visas for stays up to 30 days. The Chinese passport used must be valid for more than six months at the time of entry.

*7 South Sudan: According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, following the establishment of the diplomatic relations between the two countries on July 9, 2011, China and the newly independent South Sudan temporarily agreed to extend visa-free treatment to the holders of diplomatic passports and service passports from both countries to facilitate friendly exchanges before the two countries make formal arrangements. An official mutual exemption agreement was signed by both countries in Beijing on August 31, 2018.

*8 Argentina: From November 1, 2018, Chinese citizens holding passports for public affairs can enter Argentina without visas for stays of 30 days.