我国对外国人区域性入境免签政策主要包括:
一、港澳地区外国旅游团入境广东144小时免签政策。与中国建交国家的公民持普通护照到香港、澳门地区后,经在香港、澳门注册的旅行社组团,可免办签证进入大湾区内地9市和汕头市旅游,活动范围为广州、佛山、肇庆、深圳、东莞、惠州、珠海、中山、江门和汕头市,入出境口岸为上述10个城市的对外开放口岸,采取团进团出方式,停留时间不超过144小时。
二、东盟国家旅游团入境广西桂林免签政策。东盟国家(马来西亚、印度尼西亚、泰国、菲律宾、新加坡、文莱、越南、老挝、缅甸、柬埔寨)旅游团(2人及以上),持普通护照经我国境内旅行社组织接待,可由桂林机场口岸免办签证入境出境,活动范围为广西桂林市行政区域,采取团进团出方式,停留时间不超过144小时。
三、外国旅游团乘坐邮轮入境免签政策。乘坐邮轮并经由中国境内旅行社组织接待的外国旅游团(2人及以上),可从天津、辽宁大连、上海、江苏连云港、浙江温州和舟山、福建厦门、山东青岛、广东广州和深圳、广西北海、海南海口和三亚等13个城市的邮轮口岸免办签证整团入境,旅游团须随同一邮轮前往下一港,直至本次邮轮出境,活动范围为天津、河北、辽宁、上海、江苏、浙江、福建、山东、广东、广西、海南等11个沿海省(自治区、直辖市)和北京市,停留时间不超过15天。
四、59国人员入境海南30天免签政策。俄罗斯、英国、法国、德国、挪威、乌克兰、意大利、奥地利、芬兰、荷兰、丹麦、瑞士、瑞典、西班牙、比利时、捷克、爱沙尼亚、希腊、匈牙利、冰岛、拉脱维亚、立陶宛、卢森堡、马耳他、波兰、葡萄牙、斯洛伐克、斯洛文尼亚、爱尔兰、塞浦路斯、保加利亚、罗马尼亚、塞尔维亚、克罗地亚、波黑、黑山、北马其顿、阿尔巴尼亚、美国、加拿大、巴西、墨西哥、阿根廷、智利、澳大利亚、新西兰、韩国、日本、新加坡、马来西亚、泰国、哈萨克斯坦、菲律宾、印度尼西亚、文莱、阿联酋、卡塔尔、摩纳哥、白俄罗斯等59个国家人员持普通护照,因旅游、商贸、访问、探亲、就医、会展、体育竞技等短期来华事由(工作、学习事由除外)可免办签证入境海南,活动范围为海南省行政区域,入出境口岸为海南省所有对外开放口岸,停留时间不超过30天。
五、港澳地区外国旅游团入境海南144小时免签政策。与中国建交国家的公民持普通护照到香港、澳门后,经在香港、澳门合法注册的旅行社组团(2人及以上),可免办签证入境海南旅游,活动范围为海南省行政区域,入出境口岸为海南省所有对外开放口岸,采取团进团出方式,停留时间不超过144小时。
以上政策停留计算时间均自入境次日零时起算,符合与中国签署互免签证协定或中国政府其他免签政策的,可从其规定。
Regional Visa-Free Entry Policies for Foreign Nationals
The major regional visa-free entry policies for foreign nationals in China are as follows.
I. 144-Hour Visa-Free Entry Policy for Foreign Tourist Groups Traveling from Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions (SARs) to Guangdong Province. Citizens holding ordinary passports from countries with diplomatic relations with China may enter nine mainland cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, along with Shantou, without a visa, provided that they will enter Hong Kong or Macao SAR first and then enter Guangdong Province as part of their tourist groups organized by the travel agencies registered in any of the two SARs. The permitted stay areas for these tourists include Dongguan, Foshan, Guangzhou, Huizhou, Jiangmen, Shantou, Shenzhen, Zhaoqing, Zhongshan and Zhuhai. The tourists concerned shall enter and exit the Chinese mainland with their tourist groups via the exit-entry ports in these ten cities, and can stay for a maximum of 144 hours.
II. Visa-Free Entry Policy for Tourist Groups Entering Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region from ASEAN Member States. Any tourist group consisting of two or more persons from any of the member states (i.e. Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam) of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) may enter and exit China through the airport in Guilin without a visa, provided that the tourist group is organized and received by a local travel agency in China and all the members of the tourist group hold ordinary passports. The tourists concerned shall enter and leave China with their tour groups, and can stay within the administrative region of Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region for a maximum of 144 hours.
III. Visa-Free Entry Policy for Foreign Tourist Groups Traveling by Cruise Ships. Any foreign tourist group consisting of two or more individuals, which is organized and received by a Chinese travel agency, may enter China without a visa by a cruise ship via one of the cruise ports in the following 13 cities: Beihai (Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region), Dalian (Liaoning Province), Guangzhou (Guangdong Province), Haikou (Hainan Province), Lianyungang (Jiangsu Province), Qingdao (Shandong Province), Sanya (Hainan Province), Shanghai, Shenzhen (Guangdong Province), Tianjin, Wenzhou (Zhejiang Province), Xiamen (Fujian Province) and Zhoushan (Zhejiang Province). Foreign tourist groups shall continue their journey to the next scheduled ports and depart China with the same cruise ship as scheduled. The tourists concerned are permitted to travel within Beijing and 11 coastal provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government, namely Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hebei, Jiangsu, Liaoning, Shandong, Shanghai, Tianjin, and Zhejiang. Additionally, tourists covered by this policy may stay in China for a maximum of 15 days.
IV. 30-Day Visa-Free Entry Policy for Hainan Province for Foreign Citizens of 59 Countries. Citizens holding ordinary passports from 59 countries may enter and stay within the administrative region of Hainan Province for a maximum of 30 days without a visa for short-term stays for tourism, business, visits, family visits, medical treatment, conferences and exhibitions, sports competitions, etc. The policy does not apply to those who intend to enter for working or studying. The exit-entry ports for the foreign nationals concerned include all the open ports in Hainan. The 59 countries are Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, the Netherlands, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, the Republic of Korea, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the United States.
V. 144-Hour Visa-Free Entry Policy for Foreign Tourist Groups Entering Hainan Province from Hong Kong and Macao SARs. Citizens holding ordinary passports from countries with diplomatic relations with China can enter Hainan Province from Hong Kong or Macao SAR and stay for no more than 144 hours within the administrative region of the province for tourism purposes in a tourist group without a visa, provided that the tourist group consist of at least two persons and is organized by a travel agency legally registered in Hong Kong or Macao SAR. The foreign nationals covered by this policy must enter and exit with their tourist groups, while the exit-entry ports for them include all the open ports in Hainan.
The stay period specified in any of the aforementioned policies begins at 0:00 on the day after the day of entry. For the individuals who meet the requirements specified in the bilateral visa exemption agreements with China and those covered by the unilateral visa exemption policies of China, the relevant regulations shall prevail.