China: embassies, consulates & entry rules
- foreign missions here
- 332
- Consulates
- 178
- missions abroad
- 325
- Visa-free / Visa on arrival
- 81
Live & travel in China
Monthly budget
$2,150/mo
Prices vs USA: 48%
Exchange rate
1 USD = 6.68 CNY
Internet access
92%
of people online
Air quality
32
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
Emergency
119 · 120 · 110
Plug types
Europlug, AS/NZS 3112, NEMA 1-15
Calling code
+86
Estimate for a remote worker (rent + living) from World Bank price levels. Capitals can be higher. · US travel advisory: Oct 18, 2026
3.6
/ 5
embassly score
Sources: World Bank · NASA · U.S. State Dept
- Cost3.7
- Safety4.5
- Internet access4.8
- Air quality2.0
- Climate3.0
SOS · China119
Government consensus
Increased caution· 2 of 3 governments- United StatesIncreased caution· parts of the country
- United KingdomNormal precautions
- CanadaIncreased caution· parts of the country
Sources: official travel advice of the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.
Cities in China
3.6 / 5China
Beijing
$2,150/mo · 3°C
3.7 / 5China
Shanghai
$2,150/mo · 14°C
3.8 / 5China
Guangzhou
$2,150/mo · 20°C
3.8 / 5China
Hong Kong
$2,150/mo · 22°C
3.7 / 5China
Chengdu
$2,150/mo · 12°C
3.8 / 5China
Nanning
$2,150/mo · 18°C
3.8 / 5China
Chongqing
$2,150/mo · 13°C
3.6 / 5China
Xi'an
$2,150/mo · 7°C
Traveller essentials · China
- Emergency
- 119 · 120 · 110
- Calling code
- +86
- Currency
- CNY
- Plug types
- Europlug, AS/NZS 3112, NEMA 1-15
- Drives on the
- right
- Capital
- Beijing
- Time zone
- Asia/Shanghai, Asia/Urumqi
Foreign missions in China
AfghanistanBeijing1AlbaniaBeijing1AlgeriaBeijing1AngolaBeijing1Antigua & BarbudaBeijing1ArgentinaBeijing, Guangzhou2ArmeniaBeijing1AustraliaBeijing, Guangzhou, Hong Kong5AustriaBeijing, Guangzhou2AzerbaijanBeijing1BahamasBeijing1BahrainBeijing1BangladeshBeijing1BarbadosBeijing1BelarusBeijing, Chongqing, Guangzhou3BelgiumBeijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai3BoliviaBeijing1Bosnia and HerzegovinaBeijing1BotswanaBeijing1BrazilBeijing, Shanghai, Chengdu4BruneiBeijing1BulgariaBeijing, Shanghai2Burkina FasoBeijing1BurundiBeijing1CambodiaBeijing, Nanning, 济南市4CameroonBeijing1CanadaBeijing, Hong Kong, Guangzhou5Cape VerdeBeijing1ChadBeijing1ChileBeijing, Hong Kong2ColombiaBeijing, Shanghai2Costa RicaBeijing1Côte d’IvoireBeijing1CroatiaBeijing1CubaBeijing1CyprusBeijing1CzechiaBeijing, Chengdu, Shanghai4DenmarkBeijing, Shanghai2DjiboutiBeijing1Dominican RepublicBeijing1DR CongoBeijing1EcuadorBeijing1EgyptBeijing, Hong Kong3Equatorial GuineaBeijing1EritreaBeijing1EstoniaBeijing, Shanghai3EthiopiaBeijing, Guangzhou, Hong Kong3FinlandBeijing, Shanghai3FranceBeijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong7GambiaBeijing1GeorgiaBeijing1GermanyBeijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai7GhanaBeijing1GreeceBeijing1GuineaBeijing1Guinea-BissauBeijing1GuyanaBeijing1HaitiBeijing1HungaryBeijing, Shanghai2IcelandBeijing1IndiaBeijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou4IndonesiaBeijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou4IranBeijing1IraqBeijing1IrelandBeijing, Shanghai2IsraelBeijing, Hong Kong2ItalyBeijing, Hong Kong2JamaicaBeijing1JapanBeijing, Shinan District, Guangzhou7JordanBeijing1KazakhstanBeijing, Shanghai, Xi'an4KenyaBeijing1KuwaitBeijing, Shanghai2KyrgyzstanBeijing1LaosBeijing, Kunming, Nanning5LatviaBeijing1LebanonBeijing1LibyaBeijing1LithuaniaBeijing1LuxembourgBeijing, Shanghai2MadagascarBeijing1MalaysiaBeijing, Nanning, Xi'an7MaldivesBeijing1MaliBeijing1MaltaBeijing1MauritaniaBeijing1MauritiusBeijing1MexicoBeijing, Guangzhou2MicronesiaBeijing1MoldovaBeijing1MongoliaBeijing, Shanghai, Manzhouli6MontenegroBeijing1MoroccoBeijing1MozambiqueBeijing1MyanmarBeijing, Nanning, Chongqing4NepalBeijing, Lhasa, Chengdu3NetherlandsBeijing5New ZealandBeijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai4NigeriaBeijing1North KoreaBeijing, Shenyang, Shanghai6North MacedoniaBeijing1NorwayBeijing, Guangzhou2OmanBeijing1PakistanBeijing, Chengdu2PalestineBeijing1PanamaBeijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai3PeruBeijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai3PhilippinesBeijing, Shanghai, Macau4PolandBeijing, Guangzhou, Hong Kong4PortugalBeijing, Guangzhou, Macau4QatarBeijing1Republic of the CongoBeijing1RomaniaBeijing1RussiaBeijing, Shanghai, Harbin7RwandaBeijing1Saudi ArabiaBeijing1SerbiaBeijing, Shanghai2SeychellesBeijing, Shanghai2Sierra LeoneBeijing1SingaporeBeijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai6SlovakiaBeijing, Shanghai2SloveniaBeijing, Hong Kong2SomaliaBeijing1South AfricaBeijing, Hong Kong2South KoreaBeijing, Guangzhou, Xi'an9SpainBeijing, Shanghai, Chengdu7Sri LankaBeijing1SudanBeijing1SurinameBeijing1SwedenBeijing, Hong Kong2SwitzerlandBeijing, Shanghai2SyriaBeijing1TaiwanMacau, Hong Kong2TajikistanBeijing1TanzaniaBeijing1ThailandBeijing, Xi'an, Guangzhou6Timor-LesteBeijing1TogoBeijing1TongaBeijing1Trinidad & TobagoBeijing1TunisiaBeijing1TürkiyeBeijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai5TurkmenistanBeijing1UkraineBeijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou4United Arab EmiratesBeijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai3United KingdomBeijing, Guangzhou, Hong Kong7United StatesBeijing, Guangzhou, Hong Kong7UruguayBeijing1UzbekistanBeijing1VanuatuShanghai1VenezuelaBeijing1VietnamBeijing, Nanning, Kunming3YemenBeijing1ZambiaBeijing1ZimbabweBeijing1
China missions abroad
AfghanistanKabul1AlbaniaTirana1AlgeriaAlgiers1AngolaLuanda1Antigua & Barbudaسانت جونز1ArgentinaBuenos Aires1ArmeniaYerevan1AustraliaCanberra, Perth, Adelaide7AustriaVienna2AzerbaijanBaku1BahamasNassau2BahrainManama1BangladeshDhaka1BarbadosBridgetown1BelarusMinsk1BelgiumBrussels2BeninCotonou1BoliviaLa Paz, Santa Cruz de la Sierra2Bosnia and HerzegovinaSarajevo1BotswanaGaborone1BrazilBrasília, Recife, Rio de Janeiro4BruneiBandar Seri Begawan1BulgariaSofia1Burkina FasoOuagadougou1BurundiBujumbura1CambodiaPhnom Penh2CameroonYaoundé, Douala2CanadaOttawa, Calgary, Vancouver9Cape VerdePraia1Central African RepublicBangui1ChadN'Djamena1ChileSantiago, Iquique2ColombiaBogotá, Barranquilla2ComorosMoroni1Costa RicaSan José2Côte d’IvoireAbidjan2CroatiaZagreb1CubaHavana1CuraçaoWillemstad1CyprusNicosia1CzechiaPrague2DenmarkCopenhagen1DjiboutiDjibouti1DominicaRoseau1Dominican RepublicSanto Domingo1DR CongoKinshasa1EcuadorQuito, Guayaquil2EgyptCairo, Alexandria3El SalvadorSan Salvador1Equatorial GuineaMalabo, Bata2EritreaAsmara1EstoniaTallinn1EthiopiaAddis Ababa2FijiSuva1FinlandHelsinki2FranceParis, Saint-Denis, Marseille7GabonLibreville1GambiaBanjul1GeorgiaTbilisi1GermanyBerlin, Bonn, Munich6GhanaAccra1GreeceAthens1GrenadaSt. George's1GuineaConakry1Guinea-BissauBissau1GuyanaGeorgetown1HaitiPort-au-Prince1HondurasTegucigalpa1Hong Kong1HungaryBudapest1IcelandReykjavík1IndiaNew Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai3IndonesiaJakarta, Denpasar, Medan5IranTehran, Bandar Abbas3IraqBaghdad, Basra, Erbil3IrelandDublin2IsraelTel Aviv1ItalyRome, Milan, Florence3JamaicaKingston1JapanTokyo, Fukuoka, Sapporo7JordanAmman1KazakhstanAstana, Aktobe, Almaty3KenyaNairobi1KiribatiSouth Tarawa1KosovoPristina1KuwaitKuwait City1KyrgyzstanBishkek, Osh2LaosVientiane, Luang Prabang, Phongsālī3LatviaRiga1LebanonBeirut1LesothoMaseru1LiberiaMonrovia1LibyaTripoli1LithuaniaVilnius1LuxembourgLuxembourg2MadagascarAntananarivo, Toamasina3MalawiLilongwe1MalaysiaKuala Lumpur, Penang, Kuching5MaldivesMalé1MaliBamako1MaltaValletta1Marshall IslandsMajuro1MauritaniaNouakchott1MauritiusPort Louis1MexicoMexico City, Tijuana3MicronesiaPalikir1MoldovaChișinău1MongoliaUlaanbaatar, Zamyn-Üüd2MontenegroPodgorica1MoroccoRabat1MozambiqueMaputo1MyanmarYangon, Mandalay2NamibiaWindhoek1NepalKathmandu1Netherlands's-Gravenhage1New ZealandWellington, Auckland Region, Christchurch4NicaraguaManagua1NigerNiamey1NigeriaAbuja, Lagos3North KoreaPyongyang, Chongjin2North MacedoniaSkopje1NorwayOslo1OmanMuscat1PakistanIslamabad, Karachi, Lahore3PalestineJerusalem1PanamaPanama City1Papua New GuineaPort Moresby1PeruLima1PhilippinesManila, Cebu City, Davao City4PolandWarsaw, Gdańsk3PortugalLisbon2QatarDoha1Republic of the CongoBrazzaville1RomaniaBucharest, Constanța, Constanța County3RussiaMoscow, Vladivostok, Saint Petersburg8RwandaKigali1SamoaApia1São Tomé & PríncipeSão Tomé1Saudi ArabiaRiyadh, Jeddah2SenegalDakar2SerbiaBelgrade2SeychellesVictoria1Sierra LeoneFreetown1SingaporeSingapore1SlovakiaBratislava1SloveniaLjubljana2Solomon IslandsHoniara1SomaliaMogadishu1South AfricaPretoria, Johannesburg, Cape Town4South KoreaSeoul, Busan, Gwangju5South SudanJuba1SpainMadrid, Barcelona3Sri LankaColombo, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte2SudanKhartoum1SurinameParamaribo1SwedenStockholm, Gothenburg2SwitzerlandBern, Geneva, Zurich5SyriaDamascus1TaiwanTaipei1TajikistanDushanbe1TanzaniaDar es Salaam, Zanzibar City2ThailandBangkok, Khon Kaen, Chiang Mai4Timor-LesteDili1TogoLomé1TongaNukuʻalofa1Trinidad & TobagoPort of Spain1TunisiaTunis1TürkiyeAnkara, Istanbul, İzmir3TurkmenistanAshgabat1UgandaKampala1UkraineKyiv, Odesa2United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi, Dubai2United KingdomLondon, Manchester, Edinburgh5United StatesWashington, D.C., Chicago, New York City7UruguayMontevideo1UzbekistanTashkent1VanuatuPort Vila1VenezuelaCaracas1VietnamHanoi, Da Nang, Ho Chi Minh City3YemenSanaa, Aden2ZambiaLusaka1ZimbabweHarare1
Who can enter China without a visa?
Visa rules change often. Always confirm with the official embassy or government site before you travel.
Frequently asked questions
Embassies & consulates in China?
332 missions, 155 countries.
Emergency: China?
119 (fire department), 120 (emergency medical services), 110 (police)
Who can enter China without a visa?
81: Albania, Andorra, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, and Belarus…