An agreement on mutual1 visa exemption2 between China and Qatar will take effect from Friday.
中国与卡塔尔签署的互免签证协议将于本周五开始生效。
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Qatar.
Last Saturday, a visa exemption agreement between China and Niger came into effect.
A China-Botswana agreement on visa-free travel will also come into effect starting on Saturday, and it will be followed the next day with the start of the China-Rwanda visa-free travel agreement.
According to the latest data released by China's
Ministry3 of Foreign Affairs, China's ordinary passport
holders4 can travel to more than 70 countries thanks to mutual visa
exemptions5, visa-free destinations, and visa-on-arrival arrangements. This includes 13 countries where no visa is required thanks to
bilateral6 visa-free travel agreements, including the United Arab Emirates, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Sao Tome and Principe.