List of Agreements on Mutual Visa Exemption Between the P.R. China and Foreign Countries

2006/10/27

Issued and Certified by the
Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the P.R. China

Updated on Oct. 27, 2006

The People’s Republic of China signed agreements with the following foreign countries on mutual visa exemption (*1) for specified passport holders till the issuance day of this list:

No.

Foreign Country

Categories of Passports Covered by

Agreement on Visa Exemption

Date of Entry into Force of the Agreement

YYYY.MM.DD

1

Albania

Diplomatic, service/special passports

1956.08.25

2

Argentine

Diplomatic, service/official passports

1993.08.14

3

Armenia

Diplomatic, service passports and passports for public affair

1994.08.03

4

Azerbaijan

Diplomatic, service passports and passports for public affairs

1994.02.10

Ordinary passports/international travel documents (when traveling in tour groups organized by authorized travel agencies of both countries)

1994.05.01

5

Bangladesh

Diplomatic, service passports and passports for public affairs

1989.12.18

6

Belarus

Diplomatic, service passports, ordinary passports/international travel documents (when traveling in tour groups organized by authorized travel agencies of both countries)

1993.03.01

7

Benin

Diplomatic, service passports and passports for public affairs

1993.11.06

8

Bolivia

Diplomatic, service/official passports

1987.11.15

9

Bosnia and

Herzegovina *2

Diplomatic, service passports and passports for public affairs

1980.01.09

10

Brazil

Diplomatic, service/official passports

2004.08.10

11

Brunei

Diplomatic, service/official passports

2005.06.18

12

Bulgaria

Diplomatic, service passports and passports for public affairs

1987.07.17

13

Cambodia

Diplomatic, service passports

2006.09.14

14

Chile

Diplomatic, service/official passports

1986.05.07

15

Colombia

Diplomatic passports

1987.11.14

Service/official passports

1991.11.14

16

Croatia

Diplomatic, service/official passports

1995.04.09

17

Cuba

Diplomatic, service/official passports and passports for public affairs

1988.12.23

18

Cyprus

Diplomatic, service passports

1991.10.02

19

D.P.R. Korea

Diplomatic, service passports

1956.10.01

Passports for public affairs, collective passports for public affairs

1965.01.01

20

Ecuador

Diplomatic, service/official passports

1987.07.11

Passports for public affairs/special passports

1988.04.30

21

Egypt

Diplomatic, service/special passports

*4

22

Equatorial Guinea

Diplomatic, service/official passports

2006.01.01

23

Georgia

Diplomatic, service passports and passports for public affairs; ordinary passports/international travel documents(when traveling in tour groups organized by authorized travel agencies of both countries)

1994.02.03

24

Guyana

Diplomatic, service/official passports and passports for public affairs

1998.08.19

25