To further promote personnel exchanges between China and foreign countries, China has decided to expand the scope of visa-free countries and try out the visa-free policy for people holding ordinary passports of Portugal, Greece, Cyprus and Slovenia. From October 15,2024 to December 31,2025, citizens of the above countries holding ordinary passports can be exempted from visa to enter China and stay for no more than 30 days for business, tourism, family visit, transit & exchange purposes. Those who do not meet the visa-free policy requirements from the four countries still need to apply for visas in advance before entering China.