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ASEAN Tourist Group Visa-Free Entry - Xishuangbanna

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For the relevant traveller scope, is a visa, electronic authorisation, visa on arrival or no advance visa normally required?

Ordinary-passport holders from the ten ASEAN states specifically listed by NIA may enter in tourist groups of at least two, organised and received by a China-registered travel agency.

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  • III regional mechanism
    III. Visa-Free Entry Policy for Tourist Groups Entering Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province from ASEAN Member States. Any tourist group (consisting of two or more individuals holding ordinary passports) from a member state of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) may enter and exit China through Xishuangbanna Gasa International Airport, Mohan Railway Port, and Mohan Highway Port visa-free, provided that the tourist group is organized and received by a travel agency registered in China. The tourists concerned shall enter and leave China as part of their tourist group, and can stay within the administrative region of Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture for a maximum of 6 days. The ASEAN member states include Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

What short-visit purposes does this route cover?

The route covers group tourism within Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, with tourists entering and leaving together.

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  • III regional mechanism
    III. Visa-Free Entry Policy for Tourist Groups Entering Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province from ASEAN Member States. Any tourist group (consisting of two or more individuals holding ordinary passports) from a member state of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) may enter and exit China through Xishuangbanna Gasa International Airport, Mohan Railway Port, and Mohan Highway Port visa-free, provided that the tourist group is organized and received by a travel agency registered in China. The tourists concerned shall enter and leave China as part of their tourist group, and can stay within the administrative region of Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture for a maximum of 6 days. The ASEAN member states include Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.

What maximum stay, rolling-period rule, validity and entry rules apply?

Up to six days within Xishuangbanna, using Gasa International Airport, Mohan Railway Port or Mohan Highway Port. Counting starts at midnight after the entry day. Applicable bilateral or unilateral exemption rules take precedence where their conditions are met.

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  • III regional mechanism
    III. Visa-Free Entry Policy for Tourist Groups Entering Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province from ASEAN Member States. Any tourist group (consisting of two or more individuals holding ordinary passports) from a member state of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) may enter and exit China through Xishuangbanna Gasa International Airport, Mohan Railway Port, and Mohan Highway Port visa-free, provided that the tourist group is organized and received by a travel agency registered in China. The tourists concerned shall enter and leave China as part of their tourist group, and can stay within the administrative region of Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture for a maximum of 6 days. The ASEAN member states include Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
  • Final counting paragraph
    The stay period specified in any of the aforementioned policies is calculated from 0:00 on the day after the day of entry. For the individuals who meet the requirements specified in the bilateral visa exemption agreements and the unilateral visa exemption policies of China, the relevant regulations shall prevail.

What important funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance, onward-travel or passport evidence may be required?

The named nationalities are Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam; the agency-organised group must use a permitted port. Non-hotel accommodation must be registered with local police within 24 hours. The official source does not state funds, insurance or onward-travel evidence.

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  • III regional mechanism
    III. Visa-Free Entry Policy for Tourist Groups Entering Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province from ASEAN Member States. Any tourist group (consisting of two or more individuals holding ordinary passports) from a member state of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) may enter and exit China through Xishuangbanna Gasa International Airport, Mohan Railway Port, and Mohan Highway Port visa-free, provided that the tourist group is organized and received by a travel agency registered in China. The tourists concerned shall enter and leave China as part of their tourist group, and can stay within the administrative region of Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture for a maximum of 6 days. The ASEAN member states include Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
  • Article 39(2)
    外国人在旅馆以外的其他住所居住或者住宿的，应当在入住后二十四小时内由本人或者留宿人，向居住地的公安机关办理登记。

Where/how is permission obtained when required, and under what important circumstances can a stay be extended or changed?

No individual visa or permit is obtained: entry is visa-free only as part of a tourist group (two or more ordinary-passport holders from an ASEAN member state) organised and received by a travel agency registered in China, through Xishuangbanna Gasa International Airport, Mohan Railway Port or Mohan Highway Port. The tourists must enter and leave China as part of their tourist group. The policy text states no individual extension or change route.

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Limits of the record
  • The NIA regional visa-free policy text describes no individual extension or change route for this group scheme; it requires entry and exit as part of the group.
  • The NIA stay-permit guide (fba655cd4a095d56) allows stay permits for visa-free entrants generally, but no official text reconciles that with this scheme's group entry/exit condition; not applied here.
  • https://en.nia.gov.cn/n147418/n147463/c180637/content.html
    Any tourist group (consisting of two or more individuals holding ordinary passports) from a member state of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) may enter and exit China through Xishuangbanna Gasa International Airport, Mohan Railway Port, and Mohan Highway Port visa-free, provided that the tourist group is organized and received by a travel agency registered in China
  • https://en.nia.gov.cn/n147418/n147463/c180637/content.html
    The tourists concerned shall enter and leave China as part of their tourist group

These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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