China visa requirements by country (2026)

Last verified 9 October 2026. 79 countries can visit China visa-free; 57 can use 240-hour visa-free transit.

Visa-free entry (30 days or more) (79)

Albania 90dAndorra 30dAntigua and Barbuda 30dArgentina 30dArmenia 90dAustralia 30dAustria 30dAzerbaijan 30dBahamas 30dBahrain 30dBarbados 30dBelarus 30dBelgium 30dBosnia and Herzegovina 90dBrazil 30dBrunei 30dBulgaria 30dCanada 30dChile 30dCroatia 30dCyprus 30dDenmark 30dDominica 30dEcuador 30dEstonia 30dFiji 30dFinland 30dFrance 30dGeorgia 30dGermany 30dGreece 30dGrenada 30dHungary 30dIceland 30dIreland 30dItaly 30dJapan 30dKazakhstan 30dKuwait 30dLatvia 30dLiechtenstein 30dLuxembourg 30dMalaysia 30dMaldives 30dMalta 30dMauritius 60dMonaco 30dMontenegro 30dNetherlands 30dNew Zealand 30dNorth Macedonia 30dNorway 30dOman 30dPeru 30dPoland 30dPortugal 30dQatar 30dRomania 30dRussia 30dSamoa 30dSan Marino 90dSaudi Arabia 30dSerbia 30dSeychelles 30dSingapore 30dSlovakia 30dSlovenia 30dSolomon Islands 30dSouth Korea 30dSpain 30dSuriname 30dSweden 30dSwitzerland 30dThailand 30dTonga 30dUnited Arab Emirates 30dUnited Kingdom 30dUruguay 30dUzbekistan 30d

240-hour visa-free transit only (8)

CzechiaIndonesiaKyrgyzstanLithuaniaMexicoUkraineUnited StatesVietnam

Hainan or tour-group exceptions only (4)

CambodiaLaosMyanmarPhilippines

Visa required (15)

BangladeshColombiaEgyptEthiopiaGhanaIndiaIsraelKenyaMoroccoNepalNigeriaPakistanSouth AfricaSri LankaTurkey