MNI BRIEF: China Announces Visa Free Policy For South America

May-15 10:47By: Lewis Porylo
China

China has announced a 30 day visa free policy for ordinary passport holders from Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru and Uruguay, the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced Thursday.

The new measures aim to improve people-to-people exchanges and will begin on June 1, 2025 until May 31, 2026, the Ministry added. 

Earlier this week, the Chinese and Brazillian central banks signed a currency swap agreement (see MNI BRIEF: Brazil And China To Sign BRL157BIn Swap Agreement )