43 visa-free countries for Chinese citizens
Chinese citizens can enter 43 of the 210 countries we hold entry rules for without applying for a visa in advance. A further 30 issue a visa on arrival at the border. 49 can be applied for online before you travel. Every country below links to the full rule for a China passport: the stay it allows, the passport validity required and any arrival registration to complete separately.
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Visa-free
43Admitted on arrival with nothing applied for in advance. Passport validity and any arrival registration still apply.
- Albania90 days
- Angola30 days
- Antigua & Barbuda30 days
- Armenia180 days
- Azerbaijan30 days
- Bahamas90 days
- Barbados30 days
- Belarus30 days
- Benin90 days
- Bosnia & Herzegovina90 days
- Brazil30 days
- Brunei14 days
- Cuba90 days
- Dominica180 days
- Fiji120 days
- Georgia30 days
- Grenada30 days
- Haiti90 days
- Iran21 days
- Jamaica30 days
- Kazakhstan30 days
- Kiribati90 days
- Malaysia30 days
- Maldives30 days
- Mauritius90 days
- Micronesia30 days
- Morocco90 days
- PalestineVisa-free
- Philippines14 days
- Russia30 days
- Saint Lucia42 days
- Samoa30 days
- Sao Tome and PrincipeVisa-free
- Serbia30 days
- Singapore30 days
- Suriname30 days
- Thailand30 days
- Tunisia90 days
- Turkey90 days
- UAE90 days
- Uzbekistan30 days
- Vanuatu120 days
- Zambia90 days
Visa on arrival
30Issued at the border, usually for a fee. The documents it requires are checked at the counter rather than corrected there.
- Bahrain30 days
- Bangladesh30 days
- Burundi30 days
- Cambodia30 days
- Cape Verde30 days
- Comoros45 days
- Djibouti30 days
- Egypt30 days
- Ethiopia90 days
- Guinea-Bissau90 days
- Indonesia30 days
- Jordan90 days
- Lebanon30 days
- Madagascar90 days
- Myanmar30 days
- Nepal150 days
- Oman30 days
- Palau30 days
- Qatar30 days
- Rwanda30 days
- Saudi Arabia90 days
- Senegal30 days
- Sierra Leone30 days
- Solomon Islands30 days
- Sudan60 days
- Tanzania90 days
- Timor-Leste30 days
- Tonga31 days
- Tuvalu30 days
- Zimbabwe30 days
e-Visa
37Applied for and approved online before you travel, with no embassy appointment.
- Anguilla90 days
- Bhutan90 days
- Botswana30 days
- Burkina Faso90 days
- Chad90 days
- Colombia30 days
- Cote d'Ivoire90 days
- DR Congo7 days
- El Salvador90 days
- Equatorial Guineae-Visa
- Gabon30 days
- Ghanae-Visa
- Guinea90 days
- Iraq30 days
- Japan90 days
- Kyrgyzstan30 days
- Laos30 days
- Libyae-Visa
- Malawi30 days
- Mauritania90 days
- Moldova90 days
- Mongolia30 days
- Montserrat360 days
- Namibia90 days
- Nicaragua30 days
- Nigeria30 days
- Pakistan30 days
- Somalia30 days
- South Sudan30 days
- Syria30 days
- Tajikistan60 days
- Togo15 days
- Trinidad and Tobagoe-Visa
- Turkmenistane-Visa
- Uganda90 days
- Ukraine30 days
- Vietnam90 days
Visa required in advance
92Apply before you travel. Some of these start online and still involve biometrics, an appointment and several weeks, so open the country for the detail.
- AfghanistanVisa required
- AlgeriaVisa required
- AndorraVisa required
- ArgentinaVisa required
- ArubaVisa required
- AustraliaVisa (apply online)
- AustriaVisa required
- BelgiumVisa required
- BelizeVisa required
- BermudaVisa required
- BoliviaVisa (apply online)
- British Virgin IslandsVisa required
- BulgariaVisa required
- Cameroon180 days
- CanadaVisa required
- Cayman IslandsVisa required
- Central African RepublicVisa required
- Chile90 days
- Costa RicaVisa required
- CroatiaVisa required
- CuracaoVisa required
- CyprusVisa required
- Czech RepublicVisa required
- DenmarkVisa required
- Dominican RepublicVisa required
- EcuadorVisa (apply online)
- EritreaVisa required
- EstoniaVisa required
- EswatiniVisa required
- FinlandVisa required
- FranceVisa required
- GambiaVisa required
- GermanyVisa required
- GreeceVisa required
- GuadeloupeVisa required
- GuatemalaVisa required
- GuyanaVisa (apply online)
- HondurasVisa required
- HungaryVisa required
- IcelandVisa required
- IndiaVisa required
- IrelandVisa (apply online)
- IsraelVisa required
- ItalyVisa required
- KosovoVisa required
- KuwaitVisa required
- LatviaVisa required
- LesothoVisa required
- LiberiaVisa required
- LiechtensteinVisa required
- LithuaniaVisa required
- LuxembourgVisa required
- MaliVisa required
- MaltaVisa required
- Marshall IslandsVisa required
- MartiniqueVisa required
- MexicoVisa required
- MonacoVisa required
- MontenegroVisa required
- NauruVisa required
- NetherlandsVisa required
- New Zealand180 days
- NigerVisa required
- North KoreaVisa required
- North MacedoniaVisa required
- NorwayVisa required
- PanamaVisa required
- Papua New GuineaVisa required
- Paraguay90 days
- PeruVisa required
- PolandVisa required
- PortugalVisa required
- Republic of the CongoVisa required
- RomaniaVisa required
- Saint MartinVisa required
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVisa required
- San MarinoVisa required
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part)Visa required
- SlovakiaVisa required
- SloveniaVisa required
- South KoreaVisa (apply online)
- SpainVisa required
- SwedenVisa required
- SwitzerlandVisa required
- TaiwanVisa required
- Turks and Caicos IslandsVisa required
- United Kingdom180 days
- United StatesVisa required
- UruguayVisa required
- Vatican CityVisa required
- VenezuelaVisa (apply online)
- YemenVisa required
Unconfirmed
2Our provider returned a rule we do not recognise for these, so treat nothing here as settled and check the official source.
Common questions
Travelling on a China passport, answered from the same rules listed above.
43, out of the 210 countries covered here. That counts destinations admitting a China passport with nothing applied for in advance. It does not count the 30 that issue a visa at the border or the 37 with an e-visa, which are listed separately below.
Albania, Angola, Antigua & Barbuda, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Barbados and Belarus and 35 more, grouped in the list above by what each one asks for. Every country links to the exact rule, because the stay a visa-free entry allows ranges widely between them.
30 of the 210 listed, including Bahrain, Bangladesh, Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Comoros, Djibouti and Egypt. A visa on arrival is issued at the border, and the fee and documents it requires are checked at the counter rather than corrected there.
37 of the 210 listed, including Anguilla, Bhutan, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Chad, Colombia, Cote d'Ivoire and DR Congo. An e-visa is applied for and approved online before you travel, with no embassy appointment.
Yes, for Kenya, Mozambique, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Seychelles, South Africa and Sri Lanka. A travel authorisation is not a visa — it is an online pre-screening of travellers who already need no visa — but it must be approved before you board, and an airline will refuse check-in without it.
Yes. Every Schengen country in this list requires a visa for a China passport. One short-stay Schengen visa covers all 29 members, so you apply once — to the country you will spend the most time in — rather than per destination.
Other passports
The same question on a different nationality. Rules differ sharply between passports, so check the one you will actually travel on.
- Lithuania
- Germany
- United Kingdom
- United States
- France
- Poland
- Netherlands
- Spain
- Italy
- Brazil
- India
- Turkey
- Nigeria
- South Africa
- Philippines
- Pakistan
- Bangladesh
- Indonesia
- Egypt
- Vietnam
Check any passport against any destination