What types of passports are there in China? What does passport type P mean?

The categories are as follows:

1. Diplomatic passports

Issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to senior officials of the Chinese party, government and military, the National People's Congress, the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Main leaders of the Consultative Conference and democratic parties, diplomatic officials, consular officials and their accompanying spouses, minor children and diplomatic couriers, etc.

2. Official passport

Owned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the People's Republic of China and the country's embassies and consulates abroad, or other overseas agencies entrusted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and provinces entrusted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs , the foreign affairs department of the people's government of autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government and districted cities is issued to civil servants at deputy county, division level (inclusive) and above in government departments at all levels of China;

China's diplomatic representation agencies, consular agencies and consulates stationed abroad Staff members of the United Nations organizational system and its specialized agencies and their accompanying spouses, minor children, etc.

3. Ordinary official passport

Passport issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the People's Republic of China and the country's embassies and consulates abroad, or other overseas agencies entrusted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as those entrusted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs The foreign affairs departments of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government and cities divided into districts issue it to civil servants below the deputy county and division level of government departments at all levels in China and personnel of state-owned enterprises and institutions who go abroad on official business.

4. Ordinary passports

Issued by the Ministry of Public Security or local public security organs entrusted by the Ministry of Public Security, as well as embassies, consulates and commissioner's offices in Hong Kong and Macao to settle abroad and visit relatives. , Chinese citizens who go abroad for non-official reasons such as study, employment, travel, and business activities.

5. Hong Kong Passport

Issued by the Immigration Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to Chinese citizens who enjoy the right of abode in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and hold a valid Hong Kong permanent resident identity card. Those who meet the requirements overseas can apply to our embassy or consulate. As of March 28, 2018, there are 162 countries or regions in the world that provide visa-free or visa-on-arrival treatment to holders of Hong Kong SAR passports.

6. Macao Passport

Issued by the Identification Bureau of the Macao Special Administrative Region to Chinese citizens who are permanent residents of the Macao Special Administrative Region and those who hold a permanent resident identity card of the Macao Special Administrative Region. As of June 25, 2015, there are 122 countries or regions in the world that provide visa-free or visa-on-arrival treatment to Macao SAR passport holders.

Passport type P: The passport of type P is an ordinary official passport. This kind of passport is generally kept by local governments or large state-owned enterprises and cannot be kept by individuals.

Extended information

Visa-free countries:

1. Countries that mutually exempt ordinary passports from visas (14)

United Arab Emirates, Barbados, Bahamas, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ecuador , Fiji, Grenada, Mauritius, San Marino ***, Seychelles, Serbia, Tonga, Qatar, Belarus?[6]?

2. Unilaterally allow Chinese citizens to enter countries or regions without visas List (15)

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

Africa (3): Morocco, French Reunion, Tunisia< /p>

The Americas (7): Antigua and Barbuda, Haiti, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (British Overseas Territory), St. Kitts and Nevis, Turks and Caicos Islands (British Overseas Territory), Jamaica, Dominica

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

3. List of countries and regions that unilaterally allow Chinese citizens to apply for visas on arrival (45)

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

(Note: Indonesia implements both visa-free and visa-on-arrival policies)

Africa (6): Egypt, Togo, Cape Verde, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Comoros, C?te d'Ivoire, Rwanda, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritania, Sao Tome and Principe, Tanzania, Uganda, Bay Ning, Zimbabwe

Americas (4): Bolivia, Guyana, Suriname, Saint Helena (British Overseas Territory)

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

Europe (1): Ukraine

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - Passport of the People's Republic of China