In order to further facilitate visa application for foreigners, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China has streamlined visa application forms for foreigners traveling to China. The new version of visa application forms has been launched on September 20, 2023.

The streamlining involves 7 major items and 15 sub-items, which are mainly related to the applicant's educational background, family members’ information, past travel experience, etc. Texts filling of the application forms will be considerably reduced. Applicants will save time in filling out the forms for a more simplified procedure.