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Chinaโ€™s 240-Hour Visa-Free Transit & Unilateral Visa-Free Entry: Eligible Countries Overview (2025)

Table 1: 42 Countries with Visa-Free Entry to China Until the End of 2025

RegionCountries
Schengen Area (21)๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria, ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium, ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark, ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Estonia, ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland, ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France, ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany, ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece, ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungary, ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ Iceland, ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy, ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Latvia, ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania, ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ Luxembourg, ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น Malta, ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands, ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland, ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal, ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Slovakia, ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Slovenia, ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain
Other European Countries (9)๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Cyprus, ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgaria, ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania, ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Serbia, ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Croatia, ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Bosnia and Herzegovina, ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช Montenegro, ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ North Macedonia, ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Albania
Americas (2)๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Chile
Oceania (2)๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia, ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ New Zealand
Asia (6)๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท South Korea, ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan, ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Singapore, ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ณ Brunei, ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช United Arab Emirates, ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Qatar

Table 2: 12 Countries Requiring a 240-Hour Visa-Free Transit Permit

RegionCountries
Schengen Area (3)๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czech Republic, ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden, ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania
Other European Countries (3)๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom, ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia, ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukraine
Americas (6)๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States, ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada, ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil, ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexico, ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Argentina, ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Chile

Notes:

  • Citizens of the 42 countries listed in Table 1 have been granted unilateral visa-free entry to China until the end of 2025 and do not need to apply for a visa.
  • Citizens of the 12 countries listed in Table 2 still need to apply for the 240-hour visa-free transit permit.
  • Citizens from countries not included in these 54 are not eligible for the 240-hour visa-free transit permit.

Entry Ports:

Following the latest round of port expansion, the number of transit visa-free entry ports has increased from 39 to 60 ports, as referenced in this link.

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