Posted by Chinese citizens have travel visa-free to 29 countries in the whole world. This means they can apply for a visa or any alternative, like an eVisa, before crossing the borders of China. Yet, other documents, such as a valid passport and insurance, may be necessary.
Below in this article, you can find the complete list of visa-free countries for Chinese passport holders for 2023. Make sure you have those extra documents required for the specific destination.
List of visa-free countries for Chinese passport holders in 2023
The list of visa-free countries for Chinese passport holders 2023 and the duration they can stay without a Visa.
- Albania (90 days)
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Armenia (180 days)
- Bahamas (90 days)
- Barbados (30 days)
- Belarus (30 days)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (90 days)
- Dominica (180 days)
- Ecuador (90 days)
- Equatorial Guinea
- Fiji (120 days)
- Grenada (30 days)
- Haiti (90 days)
- Iran (21 days)
- Jamaica (30 days)
- Kazakhstan (14 days)
- Mauritius (90 days)
- Micronesia (30 days)
- Morocco (90 days)
- Palestinian Territories
- Qatar (30 days)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis (90 days)
- Saint Lucia (42 days)
- Serbia (90 days)
- Suriname (30 days)
- Tunisia (90 days)
- Uzbekistan (10 days)
- Vanuatu (30 days)
- Zambia (90 days)
Countries that can give Chinese citizen visa on arrival
Chinese passport holders can enter about 40 countries with a visa-on-arrival. This means they can acquire a visa at the land border, airport, or seaport of their destination. After the visa is granted to the Chinese citizen, the travelers can start exploring the country. But the stay should always be, at most, the visa validity date.
The list of the countries that will issue visa-on-arrival for Chinese passport holders is given below, with the granted period of stay for granted visa.
- Angola (pre-visa on arrival)
- Azerbaijan (30 days)
- Bahrain (30 days)
- Bangladesh (30 days)
- Bolivia (90 days)
- Brunei (14 days)
- Burundi (30 days)
- Cape Verde (EASE)
- Comoros (45 days)
- Guinea-Bissau (90 days)
- Guyana (pre-visa on arrival)
- Indonesia (30 days)
- Iraq (60 days)
- Jordan
- Laos (30 days)
- Lebanon (30 days)
- Macao (30 days)
- Madagascar (90 days)
- Malawi (30 days)
- MauritaniMozambique (30 days)
- Nepal (150 days)
- Nigeria (pre-visa on arrival)
- Oman (21 days)
- Palau (30 days)
- Rwanda (30 days)
- Samoa (60 days)
- Sao Tome and Principe (15 days)
- Saudi Arabia (90 days)
- Senegal (30 days)
- Sierra Leone (30 days)
- Somalia (30 days)
- Tanzania
- Thailand (30 days)
- Timor-Leste (30 days)
- Togo (7 days)
- Tonga (31 days)
- Tuvalu (30 days)
- United Arab Emirates (30 days)
Countries that grant entry to Chinese passport holders with an eVisa
Chinese passport holders can visit 40 countries with an eVisa.
An eVisa, an electronic visa, is a travel document obtained online before a trip. The application process is conducted online, so there is no need to go through the usual visa procedures.
Generally, eVisas are granted in case of stays for tourism, business, or transit. All the required documents are to be photocopied and sent online.
Countries that grant entry to Chinese passport holders with an eVisa are listed below. Please read them carefully and take note of the validity period provided for each of them.
- Australia
- Azerbaijan (30 days)
- Bahrain (30 days)
- Benin
- Bolivia (90 days)
- Botswana
- Cambodia (30 days)
- Colombia
- Congo (Dem. Rep., 90 days)
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Ethiopia (90 days)
- Gabon (90 days)
- Georgia
- Guinea (90 days)
- Guinea-Bissau (90 days)
- Kenya (90 days)
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos (30 days)
- Lesotho (14 days)
- Madagascar (90 days)
- Malawi (30 days)
- Malaysia (30 days)
- Moldova
- Mongolia (30 days)
- Myanmar [Burma]
- Oman (21 days)
- Rwanda (30 days)
- Saudi Arabia (90 days)
- Seychelles (tourist registration, 90 days)
- Singapore
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand (30 days)
- Turkey (30 days)
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- Zimbabwe
Chinese citizens can travel to 3 countries with an eTA authorization.
Electronic Travel Authorization, also known as eTA, is an entry document connected to the traveler’s passport. The eTA allows the country’s authorities to screen the traveler before entering their territory for security purposes. Still, it is not a visa and is explicitly given to visa-exempt travelers to a particular country.
Three countries give this type of entry to Chinese passport holders, and they include
- Ivory Coast, pre-enrollment, 90 days
- Pakistan for 30 days
- Sri Lanka for 30 days
Conclusion
Following the research carried out by our team. Chinese passport holders can travel and stay in some countries in the world for a specific period without needing a country’s visa; the countries you went through in the above article are the possible ones.
They are also some Countries that grant entry to Chinese passport holders with an eVisa, countries that can give Chinese citizen visas on arrival, etc. All these countries are listed above in the article.
