Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian said that as of November 30, travelers will be able to… Bulgaria Romania, Malta, Croatia and Montenegro (Montenegro) And Macedonia North Korea, Estonia, Latvia and Japan, can enter China without a visa and stay up to 30 days.
This increases the number of countries that have obtained the right of entry for their citizens China Visa-free since the beginning of last year to 38 countries.
Previously, visa-free entry included only three countries, but the matter was canceled during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Lin said that work is continuing to increase the period of stay allowed under visa-free entry from 15 days, and that people participating in cultural exchange programs are eligible to enter for the first time.
China is pushing for exchanges between students, academics and others in an attempt to improve its sometimes tense relations with other countries.
China imposed strict restrictions on entry into its territory during the pandemic, which it ended much later than most other countries.
It restored the previous visa-free entry for citizens of Brunei and Singapore in July 2023, and then expanded visa-free entry to six other countries – France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Malaysia – on December 1, 2023.
During the period from July to September 2024, China recorded 8.2 million entries by foreigners, including 4.9 million without a visa, according to the Xinhua News Agency, citing a consular official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
