- Visa-free
- 40 / 198
- Without an embassy visit
- 113
- ETA required
- 4
- eVisa available
- 35
- Longest visa-free stay
- 180 — Armenia
Data compiled: 28 Oct 2026
20 destinations with a full TravelDecl guide
These are the destinations we cover in depth, with step-by-step arrival card guidance. Visa status below is shown for a Chinese passport specifically.
| Destination | Visa for this passport | Arrival card | Guide |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇹🇭 Thailand | Visa-free (30 days) | Thailand Digital Arrival Card (TDAC) | Full guide → |
| 🇮🇩 Indonesia | Visa on arrival | All Indonesia arrival card + e-CD customs declaration | Full guide → |
| 🇲🇾 Malaysia | Visa-free (30 days) | Malaysia Digital Arrival Card (MDAC) | Full guide → |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore | Visa-free (30 days) | SG Arrival Card (with health declaration) | Full guide → |
| 🇻🇳 Vietnam | eVisa | Pre-arrival information form | Full guide → |
| 🇰🇭 Cambodia | Visa on arrival | Cambodia e-Arrival (CeA) | Full guide → |
| 🇮🇳 India | Visa required | e-Arrival Card + Air Suvidha health self-declaration | Full guide → |
| 🇹🇼 Taiwan | Visa required | Taiwan Arrival Card (TWAC) | Full guide → |
| 🇨🇳 China | See guide | Foreigner Arrival Card (online) | Full guide → |
| 🇵🇭 Philippines | Visa required | eTravel | Full guide → |
| 🇵🇼 Palau | Visa on arrival | Palau Entry Form | Full guide → |
| 🇦🇼 Aruba | See guide | ED Card (Embarkation-Disembarkation Card) | Full guide → |
| 🇨🇼 Curaçao | See guide | Digital Immigration Card (DI Card) | Full guide → |
| 🇯🇲 Jamaica | Visa-free (30 days) | C5 Immigration/Customs form | Full guide → |
| 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | Visa required | e-Ticket | Full guide → |
| 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | Visa required | Arrival/Departure Card | Full guide → |
| 🇨🇺 Cuba | Visa-free (90 days) | D'Viajeros | Full guide → |
| 🇨🇴 Colombia | eVisa | Check-Mig | Full guide → |
| 🇨🇦 Canada | Visa required | Advance Declaration (ArriveCAN) | Full guide → |
| 🇯🇴 Jordan | Visa on arrival | No arrival card | Full guide → |
40 destinations let Chinese citizens in without a visa, and 113 can be reached without an embassy appointment once you count eVisas, ETAs and visas on arrival.
In 4 destinations Chinese citizens need an electronic travel authorisation (ETA) before travel.
If you want time, Armenia offers the longest visa-free stay, up to 180 days.
Visa requirements by destination
| Destination | Requirement | Max stay |
|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇫 Afghanistan | Visa required | — |
| 🇦🇱 Albania | Visa-free | 90 days |
| 🇩🇿 Algeria | Visa required | — |
| 🇦🇩 Andorra | Visa required | — |
| 🇦🇴 Angola | Visa-free | 30 days |
| 🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda | Visa-free | 30 days |
| 🇦🇷 Argentina | Visa required | — |
| 🇦🇲 Armenia | Visa-free | 180 days |
| 🇦🇺 Australia | eVisa | — |
| 🇦🇹 Austria | Visa required | — |
| 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | Visa-free | 30 days |
| 🇧🇸 Bahamas | Visa-free | 90 days |
| 🇧🇭 Bahrain | Visa on arrival | — |
| 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | Visa on arrival | — |
| 🇧🇧 Barbados | Visa-free | 30 days |
| 🇧🇾 Belarus | Visa-free | 30 days |
| 🇧🇪 Belgium | Visa required | — |
| 🇧🇿 Belize | Visa required | — |
| 🇧🇯 Benin | Visa-free | 30 days |
| 🇧🇹 Bhutan | eVisa | — |
| 🇧🇴 Bolivia | Visa on arrival | — |
| 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina | Visa-free | 90 days |
| 🇧🇼 Botswana | eVisa | — |
| 🇧🇷 Brazil | Visa required | — |
| 🇧🇳 Brunei | Visa on arrival | — |
| 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | Visa required | — |
| 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | eVisa | — |
| 🇧🇮 Burundi | Visa on arrival | — |
| 🇰🇭 Cambodia | Visa on arrival | — |
| 🇨🇲 Cameroon | eVisa | — |
| 🇨🇦 Canada | Visa required | — |
| 🇨🇻 Cape Verde | Visa on arrival | — |
| 🇨🇫 Central African Republic | Visa required | — |
| 🇹🇩 Chad | eVisa | — |
| 🇨🇱 Chile | Visa required | — |
| 🇨🇴 Colombia | eVisa | — |
| 🇰🇲 Comoros | Visa on arrival | — |
| 🇨🇬 Congo | Visa required | — |
| 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | Visa required | — |
| 🇭🇷 Croatia | Visa required | — |
| 🇨🇺 Cuba | Visa-free | 90 days |
| 🇨🇾 Cyprus | Visa required | — |
| 🇨🇿 Czech Republic | Visa required | — |
| 🇨🇩 DR Congo | eVisa | — |
| 🇩🇰 Denmark | Visa required | — |
| 🇩🇯 Djibouti | Visa on arrival | — |
| 🇩🇲 Dominica | Visa-free | 180 days |
| 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | Visa required | — |
| 🇪🇨 Ecuador | eVisa | — |
| 🇪🇬 Egypt | Visa on arrival | — |
| 🇸🇻 El Salvador | eVisa | — |
| 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea | eVisa | — |
| 🇪🇷 Eritrea | Visa required | — |
| 🇪🇪 Estonia | Visa required | — |
| 🇸🇿 Eswatini | Visa required | — |
| 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | Visa on arrival | — |
| 🇫🇯 Fiji | Visa-free | 120 days |
| 🇫🇮 Finland | Visa required | — |
| 🇫🇷 France | Visa required | — |
| 🇬🇦 Gabon | eVisa | — |
| 🇬🇲 Gambia | Visa required | — |
| 🇬🇪 Georgia | Visa-free | 30 days |
| 🇩🇪 Germany | Visa required | — |
| 🇬🇭 Ghana | eVisa | — |
| 🇬🇷 Greece | Visa required | — |
| 🇬🇩 Grenada | Visa-free | 30 days |
| 🇬🇹 Guatemala | Visa required | — |
| 🇬🇳 Guinea | eVisa | — |
| 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau | Visa on arrival | — |
| 🇬🇾 Guyana | eVisa | — |
| 🇭🇹 Haiti | Visa-free | 90 days |
| 🇭🇳 Honduras | Visa required | — |
| 🇭🇰 Hong Kong | Visa required | — |
| 🇭🇺 Hungary | Visa required | — |
| 🇮🇸 Iceland | Visa required | — |
| 🇮🇳 India | Visa required | — |
| 🇮🇩 Indonesia | Visa on arrival | — |
| 🇮🇷 Iran | Visa-free | 21 days |
| 🇮🇶 Iraq | eVisa | — |
| 🇮🇪 Ireland | Visa required | — |
| 🇮🇱 Israel | Visa required | — |
| 🇮🇹 Italy | Visa required | — |
| 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast | ETA required | — |
| 🇯🇲 Jamaica | Visa-free | 30 days |
| 🇯🇵 Japan | eVisa | — |
| 🇯🇴 Jordan | Visa on arrival | — |
| 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | Visa-free | 30 days |
| 🇰🇪 Kenya | ETA required | — |
| 🇰🇮 Kiribati | Visa-free | 90 days |
| 🇽🇰 Kosovo | Visa required | — |
| 🇰🇼 Kuwait | Visa required | — |
| 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan | eVisa | — |
| 🇱🇦 Laos | Visa on arrival | — |
| 🇱🇻 Latvia | Visa required | — |
| 🇱🇧 Lebanon | Visa on arrival | — |
| 🇱🇸 Lesotho | Visa required | — |
| 🇱🇷 Liberia | Visa required | — |
| 🇱🇾 Libya | eVisa | — |
| 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein | Visa required | — |
| 🇱🇹 Lithuania | Visa required | — |
| 🇱🇺 Luxembourg | Visa required | — |
| 🇲🇴 Macao | Visa required | — |
| 🇲🇬 Madagascar | Visa on arrival | — |
| 🇲🇼 Malawi | Visa-free | 30 days |
| 🇲🇾 Malaysia | Visa-free | 30 days |
| 🇲🇻 Maldives | Visa-free | 30 days |
| 🇲🇱 Mali | Visa required | — |
| 🇲🇹 Malta | Visa required | — |
| 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands | Visa required | — |
| 🇲🇷 Mauritania | eVisa | — |
| 🇲🇺 Mauritius | Visa-free | 90 days |
| 🇲🇽 Mexico | Visa required | — |
| 🇫🇲 Micronesia | Visa-free | 30 days |
| 🇲🇩 Moldova | eVisa | — |
| 🇲🇨 Monaco | Visa required | — |
| 🇲🇳 Mongolia | eVisa | — |
| 🇲🇪 Montenegro | Visa required | — |
| 🇲🇦 Morocco | Visa-free | 90 days |
| 🇲🇿 Mozambique | Visa-free | 30 days |
| 🇲🇲 Myanmar | Visa on arrival | — |
| 🇳🇦 Namibia | Visa required | — |
| 🇳🇷 Nauru | Visa required | — |
| 🇳🇵 Nepal | Visa on arrival | — |
| 🇳🇱 Netherlands | Visa required | — |
| 🇳🇿 New Zealand | Visa required | — |
| 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | Visa required | — |
| 🇳🇪 Niger | Visa required | — |
| 🇳🇬 Nigeria | eVisa | — |
| 🇰🇵 North Korea | Visa required | — |
| 🇲🇰 North Macedonia | Visa required | — |
| 🇳🇴 Norway | Visa required | — |
| 🇴🇲 Oman | Visa on arrival | — |
| 🇵🇰 Pakistan | eVisa | — |
| 🇵🇼 Palau | Visa on arrival | — |
| 🇵🇸 Palestine | Visa-free | — |
| 🇵🇦 Panama | Visa required | — |
| 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea | ETA required | — |
| 🇵🇾 Paraguay | Visa required | — |
| 🇵🇪 Peru | Visa required | — |
| 🇵🇭 Philippines | Visa required | — |
| 🇵🇱 Poland | Visa required | — |
| 🇵🇹 Portugal | Visa required | — |
| 🇶🇦 Qatar | Visa-free | 30 days |
| 🇷🇴 Romania | Visa required | — |
| 🇷🇺 Russia | eVisa | — |
| 🇷🇼 Rwanda | Visa on arrival | — |
| 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis | ETA required | — |
| 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia | Visa-free | 42 days |
| 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Visa required | — |
| 🇼🇸 Samoa | Visa on arrival | — |
| 🇸🇲 San Marino | Visa required | — |
| 🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe | Visa on arrival | — |
| 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | Visa on arrival | — |
| 🇸🇳 Senegal | Visa on arrival | — |
| 🇷🇸 Serbia | Visa-free | 30 days |
| 🇸🇨 Seychelles | Visa-free | 90 days |
| 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | Visa on arrival | — |
| 🇸🇬 Singapore | Visa-free | 30 days |
| 🇸🇰 Slovakia | Visa required | — |
| 🇸🇮 Slovenia | Visa required | — |
| 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands | Visa on arrival | — |
| 🇸🇴 Somalia | eVisa | — |
| 🇿🇦 South Africa | eVisa | — |
| 🇰🇷 South Korea | eVisa | — |
| 🇸🇸 South Sudan | eVisa | — |
| 🇪🇸 Spain | Visa required | — |
| 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | Visa on arrival | — |
| 🇸🇩 Sudan | Visa required | — |
| 🇸🇷 Suriname | Visa-free | 30 days |
| 🇸🇪 Sweden | Visa required | — |
| 🇨🇭 Switzerland | Visa required | — |
| 🇸🇾 Syria | eVisa | — |
| 🇹🇼 Taiwan | Visa required | — |
| 🇹🇯 Tajikistan | eVisa | — |
| 🇹🇿 Tanzania | Visa on arrival | — |
| 🇹🇭 Thailand | Visa-free | 30 days |
| 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste | Visa on arrival | — |
| 🇹🇬 Togo | eVisa | — |
| 🇹🇴 Tonga | Visa on arrival | — |
| 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | Visa required | — |
| 🇹🇳 Tunisia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| 🇹🇷 Turkey | eVisa | — |
| 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan | Visa required | — |
| 🇹🇻 Tuvalu | Visa on arrival | — |
| 🇺🇬 Uganda | eVisa | — |
| 🇺🇦 Ukraine | Visa required | — |
| 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | Visa-free | 30 days |
| 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | Visa required | — |
| 🇺🇸 United States | Visa required | — |
| 🇺🇾 Uruguay | Visa required | — |
| 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan | Visa-free | 10 days |
| 🇻🇺 Vanuatu | Visa-free | 120 days |
| 🇻🇦 Vatican | Visa required | — |
| 🇻🇪 Venezuela | Visa required | — |
| 🇻🇳 Vietnam | eVisa | — |
| 🇾🇪 Yemen | Visa required | — |
| 🇿🇲 Zambia | Visa-free | 90 days |
| 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | Visa on arrival | — |
This table is compiled from publicly available visa-policy information and is meant for general trip planning. Visa rules change and can vary by purpose of travel or passport type, so always confirm current requirements with the destination's embassy or official immigration authority before you book.
Frequently asked questions
How many countries can Chinese citizens visit without a visa?
40 destinations in this table allow visa-free entry. Counting eVisas, ETAs and visas on arrival, 113 destinations can be reached without an embassy visit.
What is the difference between an ETA and an eVisa?
An ETA is a short online authorisation for travelers who do not need a visa. An eVisa is a visa issued online. Both must be approved before you travel.
How long can Chinese citizens stay visa-free?
It depends on the destination. The longest visa-free stay for this passport is 180 days in Armenia. The Max stay column shows the limit for each country.
How up to date is this information?
This table is compiled from a bulk visa-policy dataset, not checked row by row against each destination's official source. See the note above the table for details, and confirm with the destination's embassy or official immigration authority before you travel.