Announcing that 5 more countries will be included in the unilateral visa exemption program aimed at increasing travel to the country from abroad, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Cien stated in a statement that citizens of Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru and Uruguay will benefit from visa liberalization.Accordingly, normal passport holders from these countries will be able to travel to china without a visa for no more than 30 days between June 12, 2025 and May 31, 2026. Visa exemption will be limited to business, tourism, family visits and transit travel.With the inclusion of five countries in the visa exemption program, the number of countries with unilateral visa liberalization reached 43, while the Beijing administration aims to encourage travel to China by making visa exemption arrangements with different countries in order to stimulate travel and tourism from abroad, which has been cut by the coronavirus outbreak.As of December 1, 2023, the Chinese government, which unilaterally granted 15-day visa free travel to citizens of France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain and Malaysia for a year, signed a reciprocal visa exemption agreement with Singapore on January 26, 2024, limited to 30 days, and with Thailand on January 28, 2024.Switzerland, Ireland, Hungary, Austria, Belgium and Luxembourg were included in the visa exemption program as of March 14, 2024, while Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Estonia, Latvia and Japan were included in the visa exemption program as of November 30, 2024.
