{"id":18885,"date":"2024-05-08T23:06:09","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T21:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/?p=18885"},"modified":"2024-05-08T23:06:09","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T21:06:09","slug":"china-visa-waiver-extension-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/blog\/prolongation-exemption-visa-chine-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"China extends short-stay visa waiver until end of 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During his recent visit to France, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.cn\/eng\/zxxx_662805\/202405\/t20240507_11293719.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chinese President Xi Jinping announced<\/a> news that will interest many travelers: the extension of the 15-day visa waiver policy for nationals of 12 European and Asian countries.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This measure, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/blog\/china-visa-free-6-countries\/\">initially scheduled to expire at the end of 2024<\/a>will now be in force until the end of 2025. Let's take a closer look at what this means for international travel and Sino-European relations.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content-asset\"><iframe title=\"Xi Jinping in Europe: France, a key partner for Beijing? - FRANCE 24\" width=\"1156\" height=\"650\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/VvpmnOrnmJI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2>Which countries are concerned?<\/h2>\n<p>The list of countries benefiting from this exemption includes several European Union heavyweights as well as Malaysia. Here are the nations favored by this agreement: <em>France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Hungary, Ireland, Malaysia<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This decision is part of a broader effort to strengthen economic and cultural ties between China and these nations. President Xi Jinping has explicitly mentioned his desire to promote <strong>interpersonal exchanges<\/strong> and stimulate the tourism sector affected by earlier pandemic-related restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>What's more, this policy aims to facilitate the import of quality agricultural products from countries like France, directly onto the tables of Chinese consumers.<\/p>\n<p>At a time when international tensions can be palpable, initiatives such as this one make a significant contribution to building bridges between nations. <strong>bridges of mutual understanding<\/strong> and peaceful cooperation.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_18889\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-18889\" style=\"width: 1014px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-18889\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Screenshot-2024-05-08-at-23.02.45-1024x619.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"619\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-18889\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs website<\/figcaption><\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During his recent visit to France, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced news that will interest many travelers: the extension of the 15-day visa exemption policy for nationals of 12 European and Asian countries.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[30],"class_list":["post-18885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asie","tag-chine"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18885\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visamundi.co\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}