China has accepted a one-year visa exemption for holders of Russian passports as a part of measures to additional facilitate cross-border journey, the Ministry of International Affairs introduced on Tuesday.
The visa waiver programme is a trial and can take impact from September 15, 2025 to September 14, 2026. The utmost keep per particular person is 30 days.
China’s International Ministry spokesperson, Guo Jiakun, famous that unusual passport holders from Russia can enter China for enterprise, tourism, visiting household and mates, change, and transit functions.
The official acknowledged that underneath the strategic steering of President Xi Jinping and President Vladimir Putin, China-Russia intergovernmental and public relations have been shifting ahead at a excessive degree.
In accordance with Jiakun, the convenience in cross-border motion seeks to strengthen exchanges and “make constructive contributions to selling the China-Russia complete strategic partnership of coordination for the brand new period.”
China presently affords visa-free journey to residents holding unusual passports from 47 nations. Beneficiaries can take pleasure in a 30-day keep, a coverage in impact for most nations till December 31, 2025, and separate months in 2026.
The nations embody Andorra, Argentina, Austria, Australia, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, Brunei, Chile, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Eire, Iceland, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Greece, and Norway.
Others are Japan, Peru, Uruguay, Monaco, Liechtenstein, South Korea, Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, Oman, Kuwait, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Estonia, Latvia, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Slovenia, Switzerland, Slovakia, and the Netherlands.
