4 visa-free ways to travel to China for 72 hours & up to 30 days

The Ministry of Public Security and National Immigration Administration confirmed that travelers from dozens of countries can again enter China through several visa-free schemes.

Hainan province

(30 days)

1.How to Enter Hainan Visa Free:

Travelers holding ordinary passports who are eligible under Hainan’s 59 Country Visa Free Entry Policy should register at the port of entry on arrival. These travelers may stay in Hainan for 30 days (counted from 00:00 on the day after entry).

Note: Travelers from the 59 visa free entry eligible countries may travel from or through Hong Kong or any other place outside Chinese mainland with a direct flight to Hainan.

2.List of 59 Countries eligible for Visa Free Entry to Hainan:

Russia, the UK, France, Germany, Norway, Ukraine, Italy, Austria, Finland, the Netherlands, Denmark, Switzerland, Sweden, Spain, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ireland, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, Macedonia, Albania, the United States, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Kazakhstan, Philippines, Indonesia, Brunei, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Monaco, and Belarus.

Transit through 23 Chinese cities

(3-6 days)

1.List of 54 Countries eligible for Visa Free Transit:

Austria, Belgium, Czech, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden,  Croatia, Switzerland, Norway, Russia, United Kingdom, Ireland, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Macedonia, Albania, Monaco, Belarus, The United States, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, the Republic of Chile, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Brunei, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar.

2.The definition of "transit":

Round-trip tickets are not allowed as they do not not qualify as “transit”.

Passengers must, however, prove to the airline before boarding and again to immigration authorities after arriving that they have a ticket to leave the city or province – usually by air -to a place outside Chinese mainland where they did not start their journey.

A passenger may reach Shanghai visa free from Singapore, for example, and then proceed to Tokyo – or fly from the special administrative region of Macau to Xiamen and onwards to Taipei.