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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
CHANGCHUN, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) — At 9:00 a.m. Monday at the arrival hall of Hunchun Port, many Russian tourists filled out entry cards for foreigners, held their passports in hand, and lined up to go through security checks. After that, the Russian guests were able to enter China under the visa-free regime. The whole process went smoothly and orderly.
China has introduced a trial visa-free regime for Russian citizens holding regular foreign passports from September 15, 2025 to September 14, 2026.
Russian citizens holding valid regular passports can visit China under a visa-free regime for purposes such as doing business, making tourist trips, visiting relatives and friends, exchanging visits, and for transit. The period of their stay in China should not exceed 30 days, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Hunchun City in Jilin Province /Northeast China/, located at the junction of the state borders of China, Russia and the DPRK, is not far from the Russian Far East. Thanks to convenient transportation links, interest in cross-border tourism continues to grow.
Hunchun is the only city in Jilin Province that has a checkpoint on the border with Russia. According to the Hunchun border service, in the first half of this year, the total number of passengers entering and leaving China through the Hunchun checkpoint exceeded 260,000 people-times.
In connection with the introduction of a visa-free regime for Russian citizens, the border service of Hunchun City has improved its service scheme, deployed police forces in an orderly manner, and equipped special passages on the border service territory. At the same time, the local police station has selected employees who are fluent in Russian to assist Russian guests in smoothly completing customs clearance, said Zheng Mingya, deputy commander of the first duty squad of the border service.
A Russian tourist named Sergey became a beneficiary of the visa-free regime on the first day of its implementation, he was very pleased with the convenient and unhindered entry into the country. In his opinion, the introduction of the new policy is extremely convenient for Russian tourists. The new visa-free regime will play a major role in the development of tourism, business exchanges and trade cooperation, will strengthen subsequent exchanges and cooperation with Chinese partners, and at the same time will provide Russian tourists with more time to get to know China.
“We will release timely updates on relevant policies, customs clearance procedures, special notices during inspection, etc. through our official WeChat account to help passengers prepare the necessary documents,” said Li Gang, deputy director of the Hunchun Port Authority Service Center. -0-
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