Mutual Visa Exemption Between China and Foreign Countries（2017年03月28日更新）

2017/04/13

List of Agreements on Mutual Visa Exemption

Between the People’s Republic of China and Foreign Countries

( In alphabetical order of foreign countries )

Up to now, the People’s Republic of China and the following foreign countries have concluded agreements on mutual visa exemption below. Citizens of the People’s Republic of China who are holders of valid specified passports are usually exempted from visa requirements for a short visit to the following foreign countries.

No.	Foreign Country	Passport Categories Covered by Agreement on Visa Exemption	Date of Entry into Force YYYY.MM.DD	Note
1	Afghanistan	Diplomatic passports	2015.07.16
2	Albania	Diplomatic,service passports	1956.08.25
3	Angola	Diplomatic,service passports	2015.04.11
4	Argentine	Diplomatic,service passports of China;diplomatic, official passports of Argentine	1993.08.14
5	Armenia	Diplomatic,service passports,passports for public affairs of China;diplomatic,service passports, passports for public affairs and ordinary passports marked with “For Public Affairs” of Armenia	1994.08.03
6	Austria	Diplomatic passports,EU laissez-passer	2017.01.01	*3
7	Azerbaijan	Diplomatic,service passports and passports for public affairs	1994.02.10
7	Azerbaijan	Ordinary passports/international travel documents (when traveling in tour groups organized by authorized travel agencies of both countries)	1994.05.01
8	The Bahamas	Diplomatic,service passports,passports for public affairs and ordinary passports of China;diplomatic, official and ordinary passports of the Bahamas	2014.02.12
9	Bangladesh	Diplomatic,service passports,passports for public affairs of China;diplomatic,official passports and ordinary passports marked with “For Government Affairs” or “Free of Charge” of Bangladesh	1989.12.18
10	Barbados	Diplomatic,service passports,passports for public affairs of China;diplomatic,official passports of Barbados	2014.08.02
11	Belarus	Diplomatic, service passports;ordinary passports or international travel documents (when traveling in tour groups organized by authorized travel agencies of both countries)	1993.03.01
12	Belgium	Diplomatic passports,EU laissez-passer	2017.01.01	*3
13	Benin	Diplomatic,service passports,passports for public affairs of China;diplomatic,service passports and ordinary passports with “public affairs certificate” attached of Benin	1993.11.06
14	Bolivia	Diplomatic,service passports of China;diplomatic, official passports of Bolivia	1987.11.15
14	Bolivia	Passports for public affairs	2008.01.18
15	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Diplomatic,service passports,passports for public affairs of China;diplomatic,service passports and ordinary passports marked with “For Public Affairs” of Bosnia and Herzegovina	1980.01.09	*1
16	Brazil	Diplomatic,service passports of China;diplomatic, official passports of Brazil	2004.08.10
17	Brunei	Diplomatic, service passports of China;diplomatic, official passports of Brunei	2005.06.18
18	Burundi	Diplomatic,service passports,passports for public affairs	2014.11.25
19	Bulgaria	Diplomatic,service passports	2012.04.04
19	Bulgaria	EU laissez-passer	2017.01.01	*3
20	Cambodia	Diplomatic,service passports	2006.09.14
21	Cape Verde	Diplomatic,service passports	2015.07.11
22	Chile	Diplomatic,service passports of China;diplomatic, official passports of Chile	1986.05.07
23	Colombia	Diplomatic passports	1987.11.14
23	Colombia	Service passports of China;official passports of Colombia	1991.11.14
24	Comoros	Diplomatic,service passports,passports for public affairs	2016.02.26
25	Congo, Rep	Diplomatic,service passports,passports for public affairs	2014.08.07
26	Costa Rica	Diplomatic,service passports	2008.01.15
27	Côte d'Ivoire	Diplomatic,service passports,passports for public affairs	2015.12.19
28	Croatia	Diplomatic,service passports of China;diplomatic, official passports of Croatia	1995.04.09
28	Croatia	EU laissez-passer	2017.01.01	*3
29	Cuba	Diplomatic,service passports and passports for public affairs of China;diplomatic,service and official passports of Cuba	1988.12.23
30	Cyprus	Diplomatic,service passports	1991.10.02
30	Cyprus	EU laissez-passer	2017.01.01	*3
31	Czech	Diplomatic passports,EU laissez-passer	2017.01.01	*3
32	Denmark	Diplomatic passports,EU laissez-passer	2017.01.01	*3
33	Djibouti	Diplomatic,service passports and passports for public affairs	2014.12.04
34	Dominica	Diplomatic,service passports and passports for public affairs of China;diplomatic,official passports of Dominica	2014.03.29
35	D.P.R. Korea	Diplomatic,service passports	1956.10.01
35	D.P.R. Korea	Passports for public affairs of China;collective passports for public affairs of D.P.R. Korea	1965.01.01
36	Ecuador	Diplomatic,service passports of China;diplomatic, official passports of Ecuador	1987.07.11
		Passports for public affairs of China;special passports of Ecuador	1988.12.25
		Ordinary passports	2016.08.18
37	Egypt	Diplomatic,service passports of China;diplomatic, special passports of Egypt	2007.01.27
38	Equatorial Guinea	Diplomatic,service passports of China;diplomatic, official passports of Equatorial Guinea	2006.01.01
39	Eritrea	Diplomatic,service passports,passports for public affairs	2015.04.15
40	Estonia	Diplomatic passports,EU laissez-passer	2017.01.01	*3
41	Ethiopia	Diplomatic,service passports,passports for public affairs	2015.12.07
42	Fiji	Diplomatic,service passports,passports for public affairs,ordinary passports	2015.03.14
43	Finland	Diplomatic passports,EU laissez-passer	2017.01.01	*3
44	France	Diplomatic passports,EU laissez-passer	2017.01.01	*3
45	Gabon	Diplomatic,service passports,passports for public affairs	2016.02.05
46	Georgia	Diplomatic,service passports and passports for public affairs;ordinary passports/international travel documents ( when traveling in tour groups organized by authorized travel agencies of both countries)	1994.02.03
47	Germany	Diplomatic passports,EU laissez-passer	2017.01.01	*3
48	Ghana	Diplomatic, service passports	2017.03.28
49	Greece	Diplomatic passports,EU laissez-passer	2017.01.01	*3
50	Grenada	Diplomatic,service passports of China; diplomatic, official passports of Grenada	2010.01.17
50	Grenada	passports for public affairs,ordinary passports	2015.06.10
51	Guyana	Diplomatic,service passports and passports for public affairs of China; diplomatic,official passports of Guyana	1998.08.19
52	Hungary	Diplomatic,service passports	1992.05.28
52	Hungary	EU laissez-passer	2017.01.01	*3
53	Iceland	Diplomatic passports	2017.02.18
54	Indonesia	Diplomatic,service passports (for temporary visits only)	2005.11.14
55	Iran	Diplomatic,service passports	1989.07.12
56	Iraq	Diplomatic	2016.11.02
57	Ireland	Diplomatic passports holders,holders of service passports or passports for public affairs of China accompanying a Minister or above for the purpose of an official visit ;diplomatic passports holders,official passports holders of Ireland accompanying a Minister or above on the purpose of an official visit	2015.09.23
57	Ireland	EU laissez-passer	2017.01.01
58	Israel	Diplomatic,service passports	2016.01.17
59	Italy	Diplomatic passports,EU laissez-passer	2017.01.01	*3
60	Jamaica	Diplomatic,service passports of China; diplomatic, official passports of Jamaica	1995.06.08
61	Jordan	Diplomatic,service passports of China; diplomatic, service,special passports of Jordan	1993.03.11
62	Kazakhstan	Diplomatic,service passports	1994.02.01
63	Kenya	Diplomatic,service passports of China;diplomatic, official passports of Kenya	2014.08.17
64	Kuwait	Diplomatic,service passports and passports for public affairs of China;diplomatic,special passports of Kuwait	2014.10.17
65	Kyrgyzstan	Diplomatic,service passports	2003.06.14
66	Laos	Diplomatic,service passports,passports for public affairs of China; diplomatic,service passports and ordinary passports with effective visas for public affairs of Laos	1989.11.06
67	Latvia	Diplomatic passports,EU laissez-passer	2017.01.01	*3
68	Lesotho	Diplomatic,service passports of China; diplomatic, official passports of Lesotho	2016.08.24
69	Liberia	Diplomatic passports	2016.02.10
70	Lithuania	Diplomatic,service passport,seafarer’s passports (only when entering the contracting country onboard a ship)	1992.09.14
70	Lithuania	EU laissez-passer	2017.01.01	*3
71	Luxembourg	Diplomatic passports,EU laissez-passer	2017.01.01	*3
72	Macedonia	Diplomatic,service passports,passports for public affairs of China; diplomatic, service passports and ordinary passports marked with “For Public Affairs” of Macedonia	1994.07.19
73	Malaysia	Diplomatic,service passports of China;diplomatic, official passports of Malaysia	2011.05.18
74	Maldives	Diplomatic,service passports	1984.11.27
75	Mali	Diplomatic,service passports,passports for public affairs	2015.05.09
76	Malta	Diplomatic,service passports	2008.03.06
76	Malta	EU laissez-passer	2017.01.01	*3
77	Mauritius	Diplomatic,service passports,passports for public affairs and ordinary passports	2013.10.31
78	Mexico	Diplomatic,service passports of China; diplomatic, official passports of Mexico	1998.01.01
79	Moldova	Diplomatic,service passports,passports for public affairs of China;diplomatic,service passports and ordinary passports marked with “For Public Affairs” of Moldova;ordinary passports/international travel documents (when traveling in tour groups organized by authorized travel agencies of both countries)	1993.01.01
80	Mongolia	Diplomatic,service passports and passports for public affairs	1989.04.30
81	Montenegro	Diplomatic,service passports	2013.03.01
82	Morocco	Diplomatic,service passports	2014.03.06
82	Morocco	Passports for public affairs of China; special passports of Morocco	2016.06.09
83	Mozambique	Diplomatic,service passports	2016.05.14
84	Myanmar	Diplomatic,service passports of China; diplomatic, official passports of Myanmar	1998.03.05
85	Nepal	Diplomatic,service passports of China;diplomatic, official passports of Nepal	2006.10.16
86	Netherlands	Diplomatic passports,EU laissez-passer	2017.01.01	*3
87	Nigeria	Diplomatic,service passports and passports for public affairs	2014.02.01
88	Oman	Diplomatic,service passports of China;diplomatic, service and special passports of Oman	2010.04.16
89	Pakistan	Diplomatic,service passports of China;diplomatic, official passports of Pakistan	1987.08.16
89	Pakistan	Passports for public affairs	1988.04.30
90	Peru	Diplomatic,service passports of China;diplomatic, special passports of Peru	2004.05.12
91	Poland	Diplomatic,service passports,seafarer’s passports, crew member certificates	1992.07.27
91	Poland	EU laissez-passer	2017.01.01	*3
92	Portugal	Diplomatic passports,EU laissez-passer	2017.01.01	*3
93	R.O.Korea	Diplomatic passports	2013.08.18
93	R.O.Korea	Service passports of China;official passports of R.O.Korea	2014.12.25
94	Romania	Diplomatic,service passports	1981.09.16
94	Romania	EU laissez-passer	2017.01.01	*3
95	Russia	Ordinary passports/international travel documents (when traveling in tour groups organized by authorized travel agencies of both countries)	2000.12.01
95	Russia	Diplomatic and service passports;trainmen/aircrew/ seafarers (travelling with seafarer’s passports) onboard for public affairs	2014.04.26
96	Samoa	Diplomatic,service passports of China; diplomatic, official passports of Samoa	2011.02.18
97	San Marino	Diplomatic,service passports and ordinary passports	1985.07.22
98	Senegal	Diplomatic,service passports and passports for public affairs	2014.05.03
99	Serbia	Diplomatic,service passports,passports for public affairs of China;diplomatic,service passports and ordinary passports marked with “For Public Affairs” of Serbia	1980.01.09	*1
99	Serbia	Ordinary passport	2017.01.15
100	Seychelles	Diplomatic,service passports,passports for public affairs and ordinary passports	2013.06.26
101	Slovakia	Diplomatic,service passports of China; diplomatic, service,special passports of Slovakia	1956.06.01	*2
101	Slovakia	EU laissez-passer	2017.01.01	*3
102	Singapore	Diplomatic,service passports and passports for public affairs	2011.04.17
103	Slovenia	Diplomatic,service passports	1994.07.01
103	Slovenia	EU laissez-passer	2017.01.01	*3
104	Spain	Diplomatic passports,EU laissez-passer	2017.01.01	*3
105	Sri Lanka	Diplomatic,service passports,passports for public affairs of China; diplomatic,official passports of Sri Lanka	2013.04.18
106	South Africa	Diplomatic passports	2010.11.27
106	South Africa	Service passports	2016.03.01
107	South Sudan	Diplomatic,service passports of China; diplomatic, special passports of South Sudan	2011.07.09
108	Sudan	Diplomatic,service passports of China; diplomatic, special,official passports of Sudan	1995.10.26
109	Suriname	Diplomatic,service passports	2014.05.06
110	Sweden	Diplomatic passports,EU laissez-passer	2017.01.01	*3
111	Switzerland	Diplomatic passports	2016.01.29
112	Tajikistan	Diplomatic,service passports,passports for public affairs of China; diplomatic,service passports and ordinary passports marked with “For Public Affairs” of Tajikistan	1993.06.01
113	Tanzania	Diplomatic,service passports	2005.07.11
114	Timor-Leste	Diplomatic,service passports and passports for public affairs	2015.06.24
115	Thailand	Diplomatic,service passports of China; diplomatic, official passports of Thailand	2003.10.18
116	The Philippines	Diplomatic,service passports of China (for temporary visits only);diplomatic,official passports of the Philippines (for temporary visits only)	2005.02.28
117	The United Kingdom	Diplomatic passports holders,holders of service passports or passports for public affairs of China accompanying a Minister or above for the purpose of an official visit;diplomatic passports holders,official passports holders of the United Kingdom accompanying a Minister or above on the purpose of an official visit	2007.10.25
117	The United Kingdom	EU laissez-passer	2017.01.01
118	Togo	Diplomatic,service passports,passports for public affairs	2015.05.07
119	Tonga	Diplomatic,service passports and passports for public affairs of China;diplomatic,official passports of Tonga	2012.11.10
119	Tonga	Ordinary passports	2016.08.19
120	Trinidad and Tobago	Diplomatic,service passports of China; diplomatic, official passports of Trinidad and Tobago	2006.11.23
121	Tunisia	Diplomatic,service passports of China; diplomatic, special passports of Tunisia	2006.09.29
122	Turkey	Diplomatic, service passports and passports for public affairs of China; diplomatic,service,special passports of Turkey	1989.12.24
123	Turkmenistan	Diplomatic,service passports,passports for public affairs of China;diplomatic,service passports and ordinary passports marked with “For Public Affairs” of Turkmenistan;ordinary passports/international travel documents (when traveling in tour groups organized by authorized travel agencies of both countries)	1993.02.01
124	Ukraine	Diplomatic,service passports,seafarer’s passports	2002.03.31
125	United Arab Emirates	Diplomatic passports	2012.03.21
125	United Arab Emirates	Service passports,passports for public affairs	2016.01.11
126	Uruguay	Diplomatic,service passports held by members of diplomatic or consular missions of China in Uruguay; diplomatic,official passports held by members of diplomatic or consular missions of Uruguay in China	1988.11.07
		Diplomatic passports	1994.01.01
		Diplomatic,service passports and passports for public affairs of China;diplomatic,service passports of Uruguay	2017.01.07
127	Uzbekistan	Diplomatic passports	2010.07.09
128	Venezuela	Diplomatic,service passports,passports for public affairs	2014.01.08
129	Vietnam	Diplomatic,service passports and passports for public affairs	1992.03.15
130	Zimbabwe	Diplomatic,service passports	2014.11.12

Note:

*1. The agreement signed between China and the former Yugoslavia is applicable.

*2. The agreement signed between China and the former Czechoslovakia is applicable.

*3. <AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND THE EUROPEAN UNION ON THE SHORT-STAY VISA WAIVER FOR HOLDERS OF DIPLOMATIC PASSPORTS> is applicable.

Exemption of visa requirements does not mean permission to stay and reside in the other contracting country for an indefinite period of time. According to the agreements, holders of valid specified passports are permitted to stay for less than 30 days upon entry into the other contracting country. If a passport holder intends to stay for over 30 days, he or she should go through residence formalities with the local authorities according to relevant regulations as soon as possible.

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