Starting at the end of November, Bulgarian, Romanian, Maltase, Croatian, Montenegrin, North Macedonia, Estonian, Latvian and Japanese are entitled to enter the People’s Republic of China for up to 30 days without a visa.
China announced Friday that it would expand visa-free entry to nine more countries as it seeks to boost tourism and business travel to help revive a sluggish economy. With this, it has reached 38 countries’ that China will allow to enter the country with visa-free access.
Earlier, Singapore, Japan and Brunei are the countries that China had granted visa-free travel for up to 15 days but suspended the exemption program during the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to Foreign Ministry spokesperson, China announced Friday that it would expand visa-free entry to nine more countries as it seeks to boost tourism and business travel to help revive a sluggish economy.
Japan is on the list with re-addition following a four-year suspension, the Foreign Ministry in Beijing said.
While China reinstated the measure for Singapore and Brunei in July 2023, it did not resume visa-free visits for Japanese nationals until now.
China expanded visa-free entry to France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and Malaysia on December 1 of last year.
Now, the citizens of Albania, Argentina, Austria, Australia, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Czech Republic, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States can travel to China without visa for 30 days.
