• Update: April 21, 2021

China accepts US Travelers inoculated with American-made vaccines. The Chinese Embassy in the United States issued a notice on April 21, 2021, allowing US passengers vaccinated with American-made non-inactivated vaccines to depart from Dallas and enter the Chinese mainland. The accepted American-made non-inactivated vaccines include vaccines made by Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson. The Notice required that passengers must get all the required shots before their trip to China. China-bound passengers are also required to provide positive IgM antibody test results as well as negative nucleic acid test results. 

• Update: March 17, 2021

Several Chinese embassies overseas have now published details of visa applications on their websites. These include Belarus, Belgium, Denmark, Gabon, Germany, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Israel, Japan, Norway, Pakistan, the Philippines, Slovakia, Spain, Sri Lanka, South Korea, Switzerland, Thailand, the United States, the United Kingdom, Vietnam, as well as the Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China in Hong Kong SAR. Others may shortly follow. Specific facilitation and requirements may vary from one country to another. Please check the China embassy website in your current country of domicile for exact details.