Starting from February 9, 2024, China expanded the allowed purposes of visa-free entry to Hainan Province for ordinary passport holders of 59 countries (see the announcement of the National Immigration Administration of China: https://en.nia.gov.cn/n162/n232/c119484/content.html). The details are as follows:
Russia, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Norway, Ukraine, Italy, Austria, Finland, Netherlands, Denmark, Switzerland, Sweden, Spain, Belgium, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ireland, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Albania, United States, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Australia, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Kazakhstan, Philippines, Indonesia, Brunei, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Monaco, Belarus.
2. Allowed Purposes of Visa-Free Entry
Ordinary passport holders of the 59 countries can enter Hainan visa-free for tourism, business & trade, visits, family visits, medical treatment, exhibitions and sports competition (except purposes of work and study).
Travelers can enter Hainan through all its ports open to foreign countries, and stay for up to 30 days, calculated from 00:00 on the day following the day of entry.