Visa Information

Before coming to Shanghai, you will want to make sure you have valid travel documents for traveling to China. You may want to consult with your local travel agent and use the information below as reference only.

The Chinese visa is a permit issued to a foreigner by the Chinese visa authorities for entry into, exit from or transit through the Chinese territory. The Chinese visa authorities may issue a diplomatic, courtesy, service or ordinary visa to a foreigner according to his or her identity. Please visit the China Visa Application Center to check whether you need a visa and for details on how to apply for one:

www.visaforchina.org

It is reported that, so far, NIA has implemented the 144-hour visa-free transit policy at 37 exit-entry ports in Beijing Municipality, Tianjin Municipality, Shijiazhuang and Qinhuangdao (Hebei Province), Shenyang and Dalian (Liaoning Province), Shanghai Municipality, Nanjing and Lianyungang (Jiangsu Province), Hangzhou, Ningbo, Wenzhou and Zhoushan (Zhejiang Province), Zhengzhou (Henan Province), Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Jieyang (Guangdong Province), Qingdao (Shandong Province), Chongqing Municipality, Chengdu (Sichuan Province), Xi'an (Shaanxi Province), Xiamen (Fujian Province), Wuhan (Hubei Province), Kunming, Lijiang and Xishuangbanna (Yunnan Province), etc. Citizens of 54 countries (including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, etc.), who hold valid international travel documents and confirmed connecting tickets for flights, trains and ships departing for third countries within 144 hours after having arrived in China, are eligible to transit through any of the 37 aforementioned ports without visas. Within their stay periods, they can travel, engage in business activities, visit their friends and relatives, and engage in other short-term activities (subject to the relevant provisions if applicable to a mutual visa exemption agreements signed with China or China’s unilateral visa exemption).

According to an official of NIA, the 72/144-hour visa-free transit policies effective in January 2013 are of great importance in China's high-level opening-up, facilitated personnel exchanges between China and other countries and regions, and promoted broader cooperation. The latest expansion of the scope of the 144-hour visa-free transit policy, which involves two provinces, will provide more options for foreign nationals to travel and trade in China. Moving forward, NIA will continue to optimize the extant visa-free transit policies and intensify the institutional opening-up of immigration management. NIA also aims to welcome more foreign nationals to China with a more inclusive gesture and contribute to the greater opening-up and high-quality development of China.

For more information, please kindly refer to following link:

https://en.nia.gov.cn/n108/c122537/content.html

To request an official visa invitation letter from PLF, please contact:

sapphire.cao@plsc.org.cn

The 17th Private Label Fair (PLF) Asia will be held at Shanghai New International Expo Center (SNIEC) from December 5 to December 7, 2024.

SNIEC is the only Sino-German joint venue with western management. It is the leading international exhibition venue in the heart of Shanghai, a metropolis with over 25 million people. As the commercial hub and gateway of China, Shanghai connects the rest of our country with Asia and the world. Most of the country's production and distribution centres are located near the city.