Current bilateral ordinary-passport visa exemptions
China MFA's current mutual-agreement register expressly records ordinary-passport coverage for these foreign passports; the register is the current source for each agreement's entry-into-force date.
- The current MFA register records these ordinary-passport agreement effective dates: AL 2023-03-18; AG 2024-05-11; AM 2020-01-19; AZ 2025-07-16; BS 2014-02-12; BB 2017-06-01; BY 2018-08-10; BA 2018-05-29; EC 2016-08-18; FJ 2015-03-14; GE 2024-05-28; GD 2015-06-10; KZ 2023-11-10; MY 2025-07-17.
- The current MFA register records these remaining ordinary-passport agreement effective dates: MV 2022-05-20; MU 2013-10-31; QA 2018-12-21; WS 2025-04-02; SM 1985-07-22; RS 2017-01-15; SC 2013-06-26; SG 2024-02-09; SB 2024-12-28; SR 2014-05-06; TH 2024-03-01; TO 2016-08-19; AE 2018-01-16; UZ 2025-06-01.
- The register says specified valid passports are permitted stays of less than 30 days; a longer stay requires residence formalities under local rules.
- This ordinary-passport visitor normalization does not establish work, study, residence, transit-only, tour-group, port-visa, diplomatic, official, service, public-affairs, special-document, security, or individual-admissibility treatment.