• While planning a trip to China, the visa topic always comes first and seriously. Please check with Chinese embassies in your countries or the Chinese Visa Application Service Center (CVASC) that serves your residence area for your visa application details at your earliest convenience.

• We have compiled resources to assist international attendees in the process of obtaining a visa, and while we make every attempt to keep this page up-to-date, please note that regulations may change. To avoid any travel delays and disruptions, we recommend that all travelers read and follow the instructions in the guidance issued by the official websites of Chinese embassies in your countries carefully.

• International attendees can make payments via Alipay or WeChat by linking your international credit or debit cards. Once the cards are successfully linked, you can use Alipay or WeChat Pay to make payments to merchants across various sectors, including dining, shopping, transportation, and accommodation. This convenient and seamless payment method enables you to “pay like a local” in China, without the need to carry cash or open a Chinese bank account. 

• A Guide to Working and Living in China as Business Expatriates.pdf

• Countries are currently eligible for unilateral visa-free policy: France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Malaysia, Switzerland, Ireland, Hungary, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, Brunei, New Zealand, Australia, and Poland. International attendees from the countries mentioned above holding ordinary passports can be exempted from visas to enter China and stay for no more than 15 days for business, tourism, family visits, and transit purposes.

• Countries with which China has full mutual visa-free arrangements: Thailand, Singapore, Maldives, Kazakhstan, Antigua and Barbuda, Albania, United Arab Emirates, Barbados, Bahamas, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dominica, Ecuador, Fiji, Grenada, Qatar, Mauritius, Serbia, Seychelles, San Marino, Suriname, Tonga, Armenia. International attendees from these countries holding valid passports or international travel documents as stipulated in the agreement can be exempted from visas to enter China and usually stay for 30 days; however, if the stay is longer than 30 days or if they are studying, residing or working in the region, they still need to apply to the other country’s visa authorities or competent authorities before entering the country.

• China has expanded the scope of its 72/144-hour transit visa-free policies from November 17, 2023, increasing the number of countries covered by the policies to 54. Citizens of these countries holding valid international travel documents and interline tickets with confirmed dates and seats, who are going to transit to third countries/regions via China within specific time frames, can apply for visa-free transit at the entry/exit border inspection authorities in the designated visa-free transit city ports. The entry-exit border inspection authorities will handle all temporary entry procedures, with the duration of stay of each passenger to be calculated from 00:00 on the day following entry. Please check the updated list below of eligible countries:

  Europe (40 countries): Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Montenegro, the Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and Ukraine;

  The Americas (6 countries): Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Mexico, and the United States;

  Oceania (2 countries): Australia and New Zealand;

  Asia (6 countries): Brunei, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Qatar, Singapore, and the United Arab Emirates.

• The National Immigration Administration (NIA) officially implemented to relax conditions for foreign nationals applying for port visas on January 11, 2024. Any individual seeking to visit China for non-diplomatic, official business activities, visits and exchanges, investment and entrepreneurship, private affairs, or to visit relatives and unable to obtain a visa beforehand due to time constraints may now apply for a port visa at a port visa authority with an invitation letter and other accompanying documents.

• The National Immigration Administration announced that any foreign tourist group consisting of two individuals or more arriving on a cruise ship for a trip organized and handled by a Chinese travel agency may enter as a whole into China without visas at one of the cruise ports located in the 13 following cities: Tianjin, Dalian (Liaoning Province), Shanghai, Lianyungang (Jiangsu Province), Wenzhou and Zhoushan (Zhejiang Province), Xiamen (Fujian Province), Qingdao (Shandong Province), Guangzhou and Shenzhen (Guangdong Province), Beihai (Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region), and Haikou and Sanya (Hainan Province), which has been fully implemented from May 15, 2024.

Please feel free to contact us if an F Visa is required, we can issue the Invitation Letter with signature and official stamp for your visa application. After you register for the conference and pay the registration fee, please contact us via Email （CCMP@iphy.ac.cn）and submit the necessary information below:

• Scan copy of passport photo page;

• The CCMP 2024 conference registration confirmation letter;

• Scan copy of Work ID or Student ID card;

• Address and Telephone/Mobile number.

1. A passport which is valid for at least six months following the date of submission, with an entire blank page available for the visa;

2. One Visa Application Form of the People's Republic of China, which is filled clearly with true, authentic, and complete information and signed by the applicant;

3. One recent 2-inch full-faced and bareheaded passport photo (the daily life photo, photo copy, or digital photo printed on ordinary paper shall not be accepted);

4. An invitation letter issued by the CCMP organizing committee;

5. Other materials related to the visa application, deemed as necessary by the visa officer;

6. For more accurate information, please contact the local Chinese Embassy in your country.