Mutual Visa-free Agreement between China and Foreign Countries Last Updated: July 23, 2009 Countries
Passports Covered by Agreement on Visa Exemption
Date of Entry into Force of the Agreement
Albania
Diplomatic, service/special passport
August 25, 1956
Argentina
Diplomatic, service/official passports
August 14, 1993
Armenia
Diplomatic, service passports and passports for public affairs, ordinary passport marked with public affairs
August 3, 1994
Azerbaijan
Diplomatic, service passports and passports for public affairs
February 10, 1994
Group Travel
May 1, 1994
Bahamas
Diplomatic passport
June 15, 2009
Bengal
Diplomatic, service passports and passports for public affairs, ordinary passport marked with official service or free of charge
December 18, 1989
Benin
Diplomatic, service passports and passports for public affairs, ordinary passport attached with service proof
November 6, 1993
Bolivia
Diplomatic, service/official passport
November 15, 1987
Passports for public affairs
January 18, 2008
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Diplomatic, service passports and passports for public affairs, ordinary passport marked with public affairs
January 9, 1980
Brazil
Diplomatic, service/official passport
August 10, 2004
Brunei
Diplomatic, service/official passport
June 18, 2005
Bulgaria
Diplomatic, service passports and passports for public affairs
July 17, 1987
Burma
Diplomatic, service/official passport
March 5, 1998
Cambodia
Diplomatic, service passport
September 14, 2006
Chile
Diplomatic, service/official passport
May 7, 1986
Colombia
Diplomatic passport
November 14, 1987
Service/official passport
November 14, 1991
Costa Rica
Diplomatic, service passport
January 15, 2008
Croatia
Diplomatic, service/official passport
April, 9, 1995
Cuba
Diplomatic, service/official passports and passports for public affairs
December 23, 1988
Cyprus
Diplomatic, service passport
October 2, 1991
Ecuador
Diplomatic, service/official passport
July 11, 1987
passports for public affairs, special passport
April 30, 1988
Egypt
Diplomatic, service/special passport
January 27, 2007
Equatorial Guinea
Diplomatic, service/official passport
January 01, 2006
Georgia
Diplomatic, service passports and passports for public affairs, Group Tour
February 3, 1994
Guyana
Diplomatic, service/official passport, passports for public affairs
August 19, 1998
Hungary
Diplomatic, service passports
May 28, 1992
Indonesia
Diplomatic, service passports
November 14, 2005
Iran
Diplomatic, service passports
July 12, 1989
Jamaica
Diplomatic, service/official passport
June 8, 1995
Jordan
Diplomatic, service/special passport
March 11, 1993
Kazakhstan
Diplomatic, service passport
February 1, 1994
Kirghizia
Diplomatic, service passport
June 14, 2003
Laos
Diplomatic, service passport, passports for public affairs, ordinary passport attached with service visa
November 6, 1989
Lithuania
Diplomatic, service passport, and seaman’s identity certificate/seaman’s book
September 14, 1992
Macedonia
Diplomatic, service passport, passports for public affairs, ordinary passport marked with public affairs
July 19, 1994
Maldives
Diplomatic, service passport
November 27, 1984
Malta
Diplomatic, service passport
March 06, 2008
Mexico
Diplomatic, service/official passport
January 1, 1998
Moldova
Diplomatic, service passport, passports for public affairs, ordinary passport marked with service, group tour
January 1, 1993
Mongolia
Diplomatic, service passport, passports for public affairs
April 30, 1989
Montenegro
Diplomatic, service passport, passports for public affairs, ordinary passport marked with public affairs
January 9, 1980
Nepal
Diplomatic, service/official passport
October 16, 2006
North Korea
Diplomatic, service passport
October 1, 1956
Passports or group passports for public affairs
January 1, 1965
Diplomatic, service/official passport
August 16, 1987
Passports for public affairs
April 30, 1988
Peru
Diplomatic, service/special passport
May 12, 2004
Philippines
Diplomatic, service/official passport (only occasional visits are permitted)
February 28, 2005
Poland
Diplomatic, service passports, seafarer’s identity certificate/ seaman’s identity certificate/ seaman’s book
July 27, 1992
Romania
Diplomatic, service passports, seafarer’s identity certificate
September 16, 1981
Russia
Group Tour
December 1, 2000
Diplomatic passports, identity certificate of suite steward on international trains and seaman’s identity certificate for public affairs
May 25, 2001
San Marino
Diplomatic, service passports, ordinary passports
July 22, 1985
Serbia
Diplomatic, service passports, passports for public affairs, ordinary passport marked with public affairs
January 9, 1980
Seychelles
Diplomatic, service passports
February 20, 1992
Slovakia
Diplomatic, service/special passports
June 1, 1956
Slovenia
Diplomatic, service passports
July 1, 1994
Sudan
Diplomatic, service (special/official) passports
October 26, 1995
Tajikistan
Diplomatic, service passports, passports for public affairs,
June 1, 1993
Pakistan
ordinary passport marked with service
Tanzania
Diplomatic, service passports
July 11, 2005
Thailand
Diplomatic, service/official passports
October 18, 2003
Trinidad and Tobago
Diplomatic, service/official passports
November 23, 2006
Tunis
Diplomatic, service/special passports
September 29, 2006
Turkey
Diplomatic, service/special passports, passports for public affairs
December 24, 1998
Turkmenistan
Diplomatic, service passports, passports for public affairs, ordinary passport marked with service, group tour
February 1, 1993
Ukraine
Diplomatic, service passports, seaman’s identity certificate
March 31, 2002
Uruguay
Diplomatic, service/official passports held by resident members of either country’s Embassy or Consulate-General
November 7, 1988
Diplomatic passport
January 1, 1994
Venezuela
Diplomatic, service passport
July 13, 1989
Vietnam
Diplomatic, service passport, passports for public affairs
March 15, 1992
White Russia
Diplomatic, service passport, group tour
March 1, 1993
Note: Generally, the mutually visa-free agreements only allow the duration of stay less than 30 days.