Ordinary passport / tourism

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Check possible paths against your passport, arrival date, stay and route. This is not a visa decision or a guarantee of entry. If nothing matches, another agreement may still apply—use the official sources rather than assuming a visa is required.

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Enter your travel details to explore possible visa-free options for tourism with an ordinary passport. We last checked these policy sources on 2026-10-22. Confirm the latest conditions for your nationality, dates and complete route with the official source; border authorities decide admission.

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Unilateral 30-Day Visa-Free Entry for Ordinary Passports

Stay rule: Up to 30 consecutive calendar days, counted from the day after entry.
Where it applies: Mainland China, subject to lawful entry and any separately applicable local travel requirements.

Hold a valid ordinary passport whose validity is sufficient for the trip; the MFA FAQ excludes travel documents, temporary documents and emergency documents that are not ordinary passports from this waiver.
The visit must match an allowed purpose and admission is subject to inspection by the border authorities. The FAQ recommends carrying supporting documents such as an invitation and flight or hotel bookings.
No advance declaration to a Chinese embassy or consulate is required under the FAQ, but all eligibility conditions still apply.
Travelers planning to stay beyond 30 days should obtain the appropriate visa before travel. After entry, a traveler with a legitimate reason to remain should apply to the public security exit-entry administration for the appropriate stay document.
Check the country-specific validUntil value and the current FAQ before booking; no renewal or extension of the published policy period is assumed.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs — FAQs on Visa-free Entry into China ↗

240-Hour Visa-Free Transit through Designated Ports and Areas

Stay rule: No more than 240 hours (10 days), starting at 00:00 on the day after entry.
Where it applies: Only the permitted stay areas associated with the designated ports; this is not a nationwide 10-day tourist waiver.

Be a citizen of one of the 57 listed countries and hold a valid ordinary passport. The NIA application conditions require the travel document to have at least three months of validity and require the traveler to meet the third country or region's entry conditions.
Hold a confirmed interline onward ticket or accepted supporting document with a specified date and itinerary to a third country or region within 240 hours. A direct round trip returning to the origin does not satisfy the third-country-or-region route condition.
Use the current official table to check the intended port and its permitted stay area. Entry is available through 65 designated ports in 24 provincial-level regions; activity is limited to the prescribed areas and is not nationwide.
Apply for temporary entry with the border inspection authority at the port, complete the required arrival card for temporary-entry foreigners, and cooperate with inspection and questioning.
The 240-hour period starts at 00:00 on the day after entry. Confirm the complete origin–China–onward route and port/area combination with the NIA or border authority before travel.

National Immigration Administration — Visa-Free Transit Policies ↗ · National Immigration Administration — 2025 Announcement No. 4 and 240-hour application conditions ↗ · National Immigration Administration — Kyrgyzstan and Vietnam added to transit and Hainan waivers ↗

Hainan Province 30-Day Visa-Free Entry

Stay rule: Up to 30 days within Hainan Province, starting at 00:00 on the day after entry.
Where it applies: Hainan Province administrative region only; this scheme does not authorize travel elsewhere in Mainland China.

Hold an ordinary passport issued by one of the 61 listed countries and enter and exit through an open port in Hainan Province.
Remain within Hainan Province's administrative region for activities under this scheme. Do not use this regional path for itineraries elsewhere in Mainland China.
The visit must be for tourism, business, visits, family visits, medical treatment, conferences or exhibitions, sports competitions, or another covered short-term purpose. Work and study are excluded by the NIA policy.
The stay is calculated from 00:00 on the day after entry. Where a bilateral agreement or another Chinese visa-waiver policy applies, its provisions may govern instead.

National Immigration Administration — Regional Visa-Free Entry Policies ↗ · National Immigration Administration — Kyrgyzstan and Vietnam added to transit and Hainan waivers ↗

China–Singapore Mutual Ordinary-Passport Visa Exemption

Stay rule: Up to 30 days per entry. The cited notices do not specify a day-counting convention; follow the stay granted at entry and official guidance.
Where it applies: No special regional restriction is asserted in the cited agreement notices.

Hold a valid Singapore ordinary passport and use the bilateral agreement path for an eligible private visit, including tourism.
A stay longer than 30 days or an activity requiring prior approval, including work or news reporting, requires the appropriate visa before entry.
This dataset does not infer a cumulative 180-day limit for Singapore because none is stated in the cited official notices.
No agreement end date is stated in the cited notices; null validUntil is not a guarantee of permanent validity.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs — China and Singapore sign mutual ordinary-passport visa exemption agreement ↗ · Chinese Embassy in Singapore — Entry notice under the China–Singapore mutual exemption agreement ↗

China–Thailand Mutual Ordinary-Passport Visa Exemption

Stay rule: Up to 30 days per entry and no more than 90 cumulative days per 180 days. Follow the stay granted at entry and official calculation guidance.
Where it applies: No special regional restriction is asserted in the cited agreement notices.

Hold a valid Thai ordinary passport and travel for tourism, a family visit, or another purpose covered by the agreement.
Check both the 30-day per-entry limit and the 90-day cumulative limit per 180 days before travel.
Work, study, news reporting, settlement and other activities requiring prior approval, as well as a stay beyond the visa-free limit, require the appropriate visa before entry.
The Chinese Embassy in Thailand confirmed on 2026-09-02 that Thailand's separate unilateral-policy changes do not affect this bilateral agreement.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs — China and Thailand sign mutual ordinary-passport visa exemption agreement ↗ · Chinese Embassy in Thailand — Reminder confirming the bilateral agreement remains effective ↗

China–Malaysia Mutual Ordinary-Passport Visa Exemption

Stay rule: Up to 30 days per entry and no more than 90 cumulative days per 180 days. Follow the stay granted at entry and official calculation guidance.
Where it applies: No special regional restriction is asserted in the cited agreement notice.

Hold a valid Malaysian ordinary passport and travel for one of the agreement's listed purposes, including leisure tourism.
Check both the 30-day per-entry limit and the 90-day cumulative limit per 180 days before travel.
A single stay longer than 30 days, settlement, work, study, news reporting, or another activity requiring prior approval requires the appropriate visa before entry.

Chinese Embassy in Malaysia — China–Malaysia mutual visa exemption agreement ↗

China–Kazakhstan Mutual Ordinary-Passport Visa Exemption

Stay rule: Up to 30 days per entry, counted from the entry date as stated in the embassy notice, and no more than 90 cumulative days per 180 days.
Where it applies: No special regional restriction is asserted in the cited agreement notice.

Hold a valid Kazakh ordinary passport and travel for private affairs, business, tourism, medical treatment, international transport or transit under the agreement.
Check both the 30-day per-entry limit and the 90-day cumulative limit per 180 days before travel.
A purpose or stay outside the agreement requires the appropriate visa before entry.

Chinese Embassy in Kazakhstan — China–Kazakhstan mutual visa exemption agreement ↗

If nothing matches, check with the relevant Chinese embassy or consulate: another agreement or document type may apply. Check policy dates carefully, including whether a policy has been extended before your trip.

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Traveling for another reason?

This checker covers selected visa-free tourism options for ordinary passports. For work, study, journalism, another document type or a group or regional scheme, check directly with the relevant Chinese embassy or consulate. An unmatched result here does not mean you necessarily need a visa.

Official policy references

Ministry of Foreign Affairs — FAQs on Visa-free Entry into ChinaChecked Oct 22, 2026
Current official FAQ used for the 50-country ordinary-passport list, eligible purposes, country validity differences, supporting-document guidance, and the 30-calendar-day calculation from the day after entry.
National Immigration Administration — Visa-Free Transit PoliciesChecked Oct 22, 2026
Current 57-country list and current totals of 24 provincial-level regions and 65 ports. The page links the official port and permitted-area table; the JSON deliberately does not duplicate that detailed table.
National Immigration Administration — 2025 Announcement No. 4 and 240-hour application conditionsChecked Oct 22, 2026
Used for document, onward-ticket and port-application conditions and the 00:00 next-day calculation. Its 55-country list is historical and is superseded here by the current 57-country NIA page.
National Immigration Administration — Kyrgyzstan and Vietnam added to transit and Hainan waiversChecked Oct 22, 2026
Official Announcement No. 4 (2026), effective 2026-08-20; confirms the addition of Kyrgyzstan and Vietnam and the resulting totals of 57 transit countries and 61 Hainan countries.
National Immigration Administration — Regional Visa-Free Entry PoliciesChecked Oct 22, 2026
Current 61-country Hainan list, ordinary-passport and purpose rules, Hainan-only activity area, all open Hainan ports, and the 00:00 next-day stay calculation.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs — China and Singapore sign mutual ordinary-passport visa exemption agreementChecked Oct 22, 2026
Official mutual-agreement notice confirming ordinary passports, effectiveness from 2024-02-09, and a stay of up to 30 days.
Chinese Embassy in Singapore — Entry notice under the China–Singapore mutual exemption agreementChecked Oct 22, 2026
Official embassy notice describing tourism, family visits and business as covered private affairs under the bilateral agreement; used together with the MFA mutual-agreement notice to verify tourism applicability.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs — China and Thailand sign mutual ordinary-passport visa exemption agreementChecked Oct 22, 2026
Official mutual-agreement notice confirming Thai ordinary passports, effectiveness from 2024-03-01, up to 30 days per entry, and no more than 90 cumulative days per 180 days.
Chinese Embassy in Thailand — Reminder confirming the bilateral agreement remains effectiveChecked Oct 22, 2026
Current official reminder confirming that the bilateral agreement remains effective and expressly identifying tourism and family visits as covered purposes; used with the MFA mutual-agreement notice.
Chinese Embassy in Malaysia — China–Malaysia mutual visa exemption agreementChecked Oct 22, 2026
Official agreement notice covering Malaysian ordinary passports, tourism and other listed purposes, effectiveness from 2025-07-17, up to 30 days per entry, and no more than 90 cumulative days per 180 days.
Chinese Embassy in Kazakhstan — China–Kazakhstan mutual visa exemption agreementChecked Oct 22, 2026
Official agreement notice covering Kazakh ordinary passports, tourism and other listed purposes, effectiveness from 2023-11-10, up to 30 days per entry, and no more than 90 cumulative days per 180 days.