How many days will foreign tour groups enter the country visa-free?

The time limit for visa exemption varies from city to city, except for Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, which is 144 hours, and most of them are 72 hours. Visa exemption is a visa-free policy for foreigners in transit, and it is a part of the visa-free system implemented by countries all over the world. It refers to the policy that foreigners transit from one country to a third country without having to apply for a transit country visa and can stay in the transit country for a short time according to the laws or relevant regulations of the transit country. The implementation of the transit visa-free policy will strongly stimulate the rapid growth of the number of foreign tourists entering China.

Visa exemption for China citizens or landing visa countries:

(1) countries that exempt ordinary passports and visas (14)

United Arab Emirates, Barbados, Bahamas, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ecuador, Fiji, Grenada, Mauritius, San Marino, Seychelles, Serbia, Tonga, Belarus and Qatar.

(2) List of countries or regions that unilaterally grant visa-free entry to China citizens (15).

Asia (2): Indonesia, South Korea (Jeju Island and other places)

Africa (3): Morocco, French Reunion, Tunisia.

America (7): Antigua and Barbuda, Haiti, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (British Overseas Territory), Saint Kitts and Nevis, Turks and Caicos Islands (British Overseas Territory), Jamaica and Dominica.

Oceania (3): American Northern Mariana Islands (Saipan, etc.). ), Samoa, French Polynesia.

(3) List of countries and regions that unilaterally allow China citizens to apply for visas on arrival (43).

Asia (20): Azerbaijan, Bahrain, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Lebanon, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Turkmenistan, Brunei, Iran, Armenia, Jordan, Vietnam, Cambodia and Bangladesh.

Africa (16): Egypt, Togo, Cape Verde, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Comoros, C? te d 'Ivoire, Rwanda, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Sao Tome and Principe, Tanzania, Uganda, Benin and Zimbabwe.

America (4): Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname, St. Helena (British Overseas Territory)

Oceania (4): Palau, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea

legal ground

Article 29 of the Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) on Exit and Entry Administration, if the stay period indicated on the visa held by foreigners does not exceed 180 days, the holder shall stay in China on the strength of the visa and according to the stay period indicated on the visa.

If it is necessary to extend the visa stay period, an application shall be submitted to the exit-entry administration department of the public security organ of the local people's government at or above the county level 7 days before the expiration of the visa stay period, and relevant materials on the reasons for the application shall be submitted as required. Upon examination, if the reasons for the extension are reasonable and sufficient, the stay period shall be extended; Those who have not extended their stay shall leave the country on schedule.

The extension of the visa stay period shall not exceed the original stay period indicated in the visa.