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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
BEIJING, June 9 (Xinhua) — China has started a trial unilateral visa-free regime for ordinary passport holders from Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait and Bahrain from June 9, 2025, expanding the scope of China’s unilateral visa-free policy to 47 countries.
From June 9, 2025 to June 8, 2026, ordinary passport holders from Saudi Arabia, Oman, Kuwait and Bahrain can enter China visa-free for up to 30 days for business, tourism, family visits, exchanges or transit. Prior to this, China had already introduced reciprocal visa-free access with the UAE and Qatar in 2018. Thus, China has achieved “full coverage” of visa-free access for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries.
A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said in early June that the continuous expansion of the visa-free regime demonstrates China’s firm determination to continue to expand opening up to the outside world at a high level. He said China will continue to improve its entry policies and add more countries to the visa-free list to work with other countries to achieve common prosperity through broader opening up and deeper cooperation. -0-