Which countries are exempt from visa for apec Business Travel Card?

China cardholders can travel to and from Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Chile, Peru, Mexico, Russia and other Asia-Pacific economies 16.

The flow of personnel between the mainland, China, Hongkong and Taipei, China is still handled according to the current measures, and the card is not applicable to each other. The United States and Canada are transitional members and do not accept APEC business travel card applications from other economies.

Extended data:

According to different categories of applicants, the application procedures are as follows:

(1) Senior government officials engaged in APEC affairs or government officials in charge of travel card business, and China officials working in APEC organizations.

Government officials will send the applicant's materials to the higher authorities with the power of foreign affairs examination and approval according to the examination and approval procedures for going abroad on business; China officials working in APEC organizations shall be audited by the applicant's original unit or sent to the higher authorities with foreign affairs approval authority. After examination, the relevant departments will send the relevant materials to the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for examination, and the Consular Department will issue cards to the applicants after passing the examination and being approved by other economies.

(2) Large state-owned enterprises managed by the central government.

After the applicant's enterprise examines the applicant's materials, it will send the relevant materials to the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for examination, and the Consular Department will issue cards to the applicant after passing the examination and obtaining approval from other economies.

(3) Personnel of local state-owned enterprises

The enterprise to which the applicant belongs will send the application materials to the foreign affairs office of the people's government of the province, autonomous region, municipality directly under the Central Government, cities with separate plans, special economic zones, coastal open cities, sub-provincial cities, the foreign affairs bureau of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, the foreign affairs office of Hulunbeier Municipal People's Government or the foreign affairs office of Suzhou Industrial Park where the enterprise is registered for review. After the relevant foreign affairs office has passed the examination, it will send the relevant materials to the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for examination. The consular affairs department will issue the card to the applicant after passing the examination and obtaining approval from other economies.

(4) personnel of private enterprises, Chinese (mainland) personnel of Sino-foreign joint ventures, wholly foreign-owned enterprises and enterprises with investment from Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao.

The enterprise to which the applicant belongs will send the applicant's materials to the foreign affairs office of the people's government of the province, autonomous region, municipality directly under the Central Government, cities with separate plans, special economic zones, coastal open cities, sub-provincial cities where the enterprise is registered, the foreign affairs bureau of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, the foreign affairs office of Hulunbeier Municipal People's Government or the foreign affairs office of Suzhou Industrial Park for review. After the relevant foreign affairs office has passed the examination, it will send the relevant materials to the Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for examination. The consular affairs department will issue the card to the applicant after passing the examination and obtaining approval from other economies.

References:

APEC Business Travel Card-Baidu Encyclopedia