KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysians heading to China for short trips in the next 12 months will be spared from applying for travel visas.
The Embassy of China here has announced a 15-day visa-free policy for Malaysian citizens holding ordinary passports, who enter China for business, tourism, family visit and transit purposes between December 1, 2023 and November 30, 2024.
Those who do not meet the purposes of visit and time limit for the 15-day visa-free policy are still required to apply for visas to China.
“To further promote people-to-people exchanges between China and Malaysia starting December 1, 2023 to November 30, 2024, the Chinese government will implement a 15-day visa-free policy for Malaysian citizens holding ordinary passports who enter China for business, tourism, family visits and transit purposes,” it announced on Facebook.
Visas already issued to Malaysian citizens are still valid, and applications submitted before the announcement today will still be processed, it added.
Meanwhile, China Central Television reported that Malaysia is one of six countries that China is allowing visa-free entry for the one-year period.
Other countries are France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain, the state broadcaster reported the republic’s foreign ministry spokesman Mao Ning as saying. – November 24, 2023