🇨🇳 China visa requirements by nationality
As of 2026, 67 of the world’s 198 passports can enter China without applying for a visa in advance: 67 visa-free, 0 with a visa on arrival and 0 with an electronic travel authorisation. A further 3 can apply online before travelling, and 128 must obtain a visa from an embassy or consulate.
Visa-free access to China by continent
All passports and their China status
- AfghanistanVisa required
- AlbaniaVisa-free · 90d
- AlgeriaVisa required
- AndorraVisa-free · 30d
- AngolaVisa required
- Antigua & BarbudaVisa-free · 30d
- ArgentinaVisa required
- ArmeniaVisa-free · 90d
- AustraliaVisa-free · 30d
- AustriaVisa-free · 30d
- AzerbaijanVisa required
- BahamasVisa-free · 30d
- BahrainVisa required
- BangladeshVisa required
- BarbadosVisa-free · 30d
- BelarusVisa-free · 30d
- BelgiumVisa-free · 30d
- BelizeVisa required
- BeninVisa required
- BhutanVisa required
- BoliviaVisa required
- Bosnia & HerzegovinaVisa-free · 90d
- BotswanaVisa required
- BrazilVisa required
- BruneiVisa-free · 15d
- BulgariaVisa-free · 30d
- Burkina FasoVisa required
- BurundiVisa required
- CambodiaVisa required
- CameroonVisa required
- CanadaVisa required
- Cape VerdeVisa required
- Central African RepublicVisa required
- ChadVisa required
- ChileVisa required
- ColombiaVisa required
- ComorosVisa required
- Congo - BrazzavilleVisa required
- Congo - KinshasaVisa required
- Costa RicaVisa required
- Côte d’IvoireVisa required
- CroatiaVisa-free · 30d
- CubaVisa required
- CyprusVisa-free · 30d
- CzechiaVisa required
- DenmarkVisa-free · 30d
- DjiboutiVisa required
- DominicaVisa-free · 30d
- Dominican RepublicVisa required
- EcuadorVisa-free · 30d
- EgyptVisa required
- El SalvadorVisa required
- Equatorial GuineaVisa required
- EritreaVisa required
- EstoniaVisa-free · 30d
- EswatiniVisa required
- EthiopiaVisa required
- FijiVisa-free · 30d
- FinlandVisa-free · 30d
- FranceVisa-free · 30d
- GabonVisa required
- GambiaVisa required
- GeorgiaVisa-free · 30d
- GermanyVisa-free · 30d
- GhanaVisa required
- GreeceVisa-free · 30d
- GrenadaVisa-free · 30d
- GuatemalaVisa required
- GuineaVisa required
- Guinea-BissauVisa required
- GuyanaVisa required
- HaitiVisa required
- HondurasVisa required
- Hong Kong SAR ChinaVisa-free
- HungaryVisa-free · 30d
- IcelandVisa-free · 30d
- IndiaVisa required
- IndonesiaVisa required
- IranVisa required
- IraqVisa required
- IrelandVisa-free · 30d
- IsraelVisa required
- ItalyVisa-free · 30d
- JamaicaVisa required
- JapanVisa-free · 30d
- JordanVisa required
- KazakhstanVisa-free · 30d
- KenyaVisa required
- KiribatiVisa required
- KosovoVisa required
- KuwaitVisa required
- KyrgyzstanVisa required
- LaosVisa required
- LatviaVisa-free · 30d
- LebanonVisa required
- LesothoVisa required
- LiberiaVisa required
- LibyaVisa required
- LiechtensteinVisa-free · 30d
- LithuaniaVisa required
- LuxembourgVisa-free · 30d
- Macao SAR ChinaVisa-free
- MadagascarVisa required
- MalawiVisa required
- MalaysiaVisa-free · 30d
- MaldivesVisa-free · 30d
- MaliVisa required
- MaltaVisa-free · 30d
- Marshall IslandsVisa required
- MauritaniaVisa required
- MauritiusVisa-free · 60d
- MexicoVisa required
- MicronesiaVisa required
- MoldovaVisa required
- MonacoVisa-free · 30d
- MongoliaVisa-free · 30d
- MontenegroVisa-free · 30d
- MoroccoVisa required
- MozambiqueVisa required
- Myanmar (Burma)Visa required
- NamibiaVisa required
- NauruVisa required
- NepalVisa required
- NetherlandsVisa-free · 30d
- New ZealandVisa-free · 30d
- NicaraguaVisa required
- NigerVisa required
- NigeriaVisa required
- North KoreaVisa required
- North MacedoniaVisa-free · 30d
- NorwayVisa-free · 30d
- OmanVisa required
- PakistanVisa required
- PalauVisa required
- Palestinian TerritoriesVisa required
- PanamaVisa required
- Papua New GuineaVisa required
- ParaguayVisa required
- PeruVisa required
- PhilippinesVisa required
- PolandVisa-free · 30d
- PortugalVisa-free · 30d
- QatarVisa-free · 30d
- RomaniaVisa-free · 30d
- RussiaVisa required
- RwandaVisa required
- SamoaVisa required
- San MarinoVisa-free · 90d
- São Tomé & PríncipeVisa required
- Saudi ArabiaVisa required
- SenegalVisa required
- SerbiaVisa-free · 30d
- SeychellesVisa-free · 30d
- Sierra LeoneVisa required
- SingaporeVisa-free · 30d
- SlovakiaVisa-free · 30d
- SloveniaVisa-free · 30d
- Solomon IslandsVisa-free · 30d
- SomaliaVisa required
- South AfricaVisa required
- South KoreaVisa-free · 30d
- South SudanVisa required
- SpainVisa-free · 30d
- Sri LankaVisa required
- St. Kitts & NevisVisa required
- St. LuciaVisa required
- St. Vincent & GrenadinesVisa required
- SudanVisa required
- SurinameVisa-free · 30d
- SwedenVisa required
- SwitzerlandVisa-free · 30d
- SyriaVisa required
- TaiwanVisa-free
- TajikistanVisa required
- TanzaniaVisa required
- ThailandVisa-free · 30d
- Timor-Lestee-Visa
- TogoVisa required
- TongaVisa-free · 30d
- Trinidad & TobagoVisa required
- TunisiaVisa required
- TürkiyeVisa required
- Turkmenistane-Visa
- TuvaluVisa required
- UgandaVisa required
- UkraineVisa required
- United Arab EmiratesVisa-free · 30d
- United KingdomVisa required
- United Statese-Visa
- UruguayVisa required
- UzbekistanVisa required
- VanuatuVisa required
- Vatican CityVisa required
- VenezuelaVisa required
- VietnamVisa required
- YemenVisa required
- ZambiaVisa required
- ZimbabweVisa required
Frequently Asked Questions
How many countries can enter China without a visa?
67 passports enter China visa-free, 0 receive a visa on arrival and 0 use an electronic travel authorisation — 198 passports in total are covered here. 3 more can apply for an e-visa online.
Does this page tell me whether I need a visa for China?
Yes, if you tell us your passport. Pick your passport once and every page on this site answers for it. We never assume your nationality silently: when a passport is guessed from your device it is labelled as a guess.
Is this information official?
Partly. Where we have an official government source for a passport we use it and say so on the page. Everything else comes from an open, community-maintained dataset and is guidance for planning, not legal advice. Visa rules change without notice; confirm with the destination’s own authority before booking.
Data last rebuilt 2026-08-26. Official government data is used for these passports: TR; all others come from the open passport-index dataset and are guidance only — confirm with an official source before you travel.
Important: this content is general information
Visa rules can change without notice. Always confirm your situation with an official source before you travel: Also check with the embassy or consulate of your destination country in your own country. The information on this page is guidance, not legal advice.