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Developing | China offers 10-day visa-free transit for international travellers

China will now offer 10 days of visa-free transit for international travellers, the National Immigration Administration (NIA) announced on Tuesday.
Passport holders from 54 nations, including Australia, Japan, the United States and countries throughout Europe, can now stay up to 10 days in certain areas of mainland China when transiting via one of the country’s 60 international ports, the NIA said.

The policy will be implemented immediately, according to the NIA.

Eligible passport holders can obtain visa-free transit for tourism, business or visiting family members, but they will require visas for work, study, or media interviews, the NIA said.
China recorded more than 29 million foreign visitors in the first 11 months of this year, an 86 per cent increase over the same period last year. Photo: Xinhua

Twenty-one more ports of entry and exit have been added, bringing the total number to 60. Under the new measures, travellers are allowed to stay in 24 provincial regions during transit, with five new regions added, including southern island province of Hainan, the southwestern province of Guizhou, the northern province of Shanxi and the eastern provinces of Anhui and Jiangsu.

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