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Eastern Asia travel guide
China
Entry rules for every passport, key facts and neighbouring destinations.
Visa required
Full requirements →
Key facts
- Official name
- People's Republic of China
- Capital
- Beijing
- Currency
- Chinese yuan (CNY ¥)
- Languages
- Chinese
- Calling code
- +86
- Area
- 97,06,961 km²
- Region
- Eastern Asia
Who can get in easily
86 of 198 passports can enter China without arranging a visa in advance.
- Visa-free
- Visa on arrival
- eTA
- eVisa
- Visa required
Visa requirements for China by passport
IndiaVisa required
United StatesVisa required
United KingdomVisa-free30 days
United Arab EmiratesVisa-free30 days
SingaporeVisa-free30 days
PakistanVisa required
BangladeshVisa required
Sri LankaVisa required
NepalVisa required
NigeriaVisa required
PhilippinesVisa required
CanadaVisa-free30 days
AustraliaVisa-free30 days
GermanyVisa-free30 days
Pick any passport above to see the full requirements, or use the selector at the top.
Nearby countries
Afghanistan
Bhutan
Myanmar
Hong Kong
Kazakhstan
North Korea
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Macao
Mongolia
Russia
Tajikistan
VietnamSources: Wikipedia's "Visa requirements for … citizens" articles (CC BY-SA 4.0) for 199 passports; Passport Index Data (imorte), scraped from passportindex.org, published 17 Feb 2026 for the rest. Last checked 11 Oct 2026.