Overview
- The Chinese embassy confirmed on Wednesday that Peruvian citizens with ordinary passports may enter China without a visa for stays up to 30 days for tourism, business, family visits, exchanges and transit.
- The exemption is unilateral and valid until December 31, 2026, and does not remove routine border inspections or immigration officers' authority to admit or deny entry.
- Travelers must carry a valid passport and supporting documents such as hotel reservations, invitation letters or return tickets, and the measure explicitly excludes work, study, press assignments and permanent residence.
- The embassy paired the announcement with a critique of a 'certain country's' stringent visa checks, language Peruvian media read as aimed at the United States and timed just before U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio's visit to Peru.
- China framed the move on economic grounds, citing more than US$30 billion in Chinese investment in Peru and an accumulated trade surplus for Peru since the 2010 free trade agreement, a link officials say could boost tourism and trade ties.