Entry right

China, on a Dutch passport

Visa-free entry.

Length of stay — 30 days.

All visa-free countries with a Dutch passport

What changed

Unchanged between the 12 January 2025 and 17 February 2026 datasets: visa-free, 30 days.

The official portal

Applications go through Chinese Visa Application Service Center. It is the only source that counts.

Open the official portal
A layover in China
  • Pékin · PEK — airside connection, nothing to show
  • Pékin · PKX — airside connection, nothing to show
  • Shanghai · PVG — airside connection, nothing to show
  • Canton · CAN — airside connection, nothing to show
  • Shenzhen · SZX — airside connection, nothing to show

International-to-international connection, single booking, same airport. Exemptions for holders of certain visas or residence permits are not assumed.

All 166 layovers for this passport
Staying longer

No dedicated nomad stay scheme is documented in this country.

The other way round

A China passport travelling to Netherlands: visa required.

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Same region, same passport

East Asia: with a Dutch passport, 6 of the 7 other countries in the region open visa-free or with a simple online authorisation.

Visa-free (6)
Hong Kong (90 d), Japan (90 d), Macau (90 d), Mongolia (30 d), South Korea (90 d), Taiwan (90 d)
Consulate visa (1)
North Korea
Once you are there
Cities rated for working there
The same country, on another passport
All 199 passports, in the Trousseau
What this page does not replace

Entry rules change often, sometimes overnight. This record gives the known state, with its source; it does not replace checking with the destination’s embassy or consulate, the only authority on the day you leave.

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