144 hour visa free entry for foreign groups entering Guangdong

The General Office of the State Council of China recently issued the "Several Measures on Releasing the Potential of Tourism Consumption and Promoting the High Quality Development of the Tourism Industry", which explicitly mentions the need to strengthen inbound tourism work, optimize visa and customs clearance policies, and improve inbound tourism services. In order to expand opening up to the outside world and facilitate travel, business and other personnel exchanges, the Ministry of Public Security and the National Immigration Administration attach great importance to it, actively studying and implementing regional entry visa free policies, and providing convenience for foreigners coming to China. Among them, there is a 144 hour visa free policy for foreign groups from Hong Kong and Macao in Guangdong Province. Foreign citizens from countries that have established diplomatic relations with China are allowed to enter the Greater Bay Area through legally registered travel agencies in Hong Kong and Macau (with a tour group of 2 or more people) to travel from Hong Kong and Macau to 9 cities in the mainland and the Shantou area. They are allowed to enter without a visa and stay for 144 hours with a regular passport. The scope of activities is limited to 9 cities including Guangzhou, Foshan, Zhaoqing, Shenzhen, Dongguan, Huizhou, Zhuhai, Zhongshan, Jiangmen, and Shantou. The entry and exit ports are open to the outside world ports of the 10 cities mentioned above, with a stay time of 144 hours (6 days) and a group entry and exit method. At the same time, some countries are open to visa free transit. It is worth noting that different transit cities will also have different visa free times.