The types of visas are as follows:

1. C visa, international train crews, international aircraft crews, crews of international voyage ships and their family members who perform crew, aviation, and shipping tasks, and car drivers engaged in international road transport.

2. D visa, persons who go to China to engage in exchanges, visits, inspections and other activities.

3. F visa, persons who go to China to engage in exchanges, visits, inspections and other activities.

4. G visa, for persons transiting through China.

5. J1 visa, resident foreign reporters of foreign news agencies stationed in China; J2 visa, foreign reporters who go to China for short-term interviews (with a stay of no more than 180 days).

6. L visa, for tourists to China. Those who enter the country for tourism in the form of a group can issue a group L visa.

7. M visa, personnel going to China for commercial and trade activities.

8. Q1 visas, family members of Chinese citizens who apply for residence in China due to family reunification, and those who apply for entry and residence due to foster care and other reasons. Q2 visa is a short-term visit to China (no more than 180 days) for relatives of Chinese citizens residing in China and relatives of foreigners with permanent residency in China.

9. R visa, foreign high-level talents that China needs and urgently-needed specialized talents.

10. S1 visa for the spouse, parents, children under the age of 18, parents of spouses of foreigners residing in China for work, study and other reasons who go to China for long-term visits (more than 180 days), and other personal needs Persons residing in China; S2 visa, visiting relatives in China for short-term visits (no more than 180 days). Family members (spouses, parents, children, children’s spouses, brothers) of foreigners staying in China for work, study, etc. Sisters, grandparents, grandparents, grandchildren, grandchildren, and spouse’s parents) and those who need to stay in China for other private affairs.

11. X1 visa, for long-term (more than 180 days) study in China; X2 visa, for short-term (not more than 180 days) study in China.

12. Z visa, personnel working in China.