A tourist visa, issued to aliens who come to china
for sightseeing and visiting relatives, is marked with
L in the many kinds of Chinese visas.
Visa L is characterized by a short duration of
stay, usually 30 days, no more than 90 days, and could not
be extended upon expiration.
Group visa,
another kind of tourist visa, is applied by foreigner
traveling in tour groups. Group visa is not issued on the
passports, but on a separate paper, which requires the group
members enter and exit the Chinese border
together.
From Nov. 15th 2000, aliens traveling
to Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions(SAR)
in tour groups organized by travel agencies registered in
the above-mentioned SARs are exempted from visa requirements
for a period of not exceeding 6 days when entering into the
following Chinese mainland cities: Guangzhong, Shenzhen,
zhuhai, Foshan, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Jinangmen, Zhaoqing,
Huizhou,etc. The premise is that the traveler shall have the
citizenship of a country having diplomatic relations with
the Peoples Republic of China and carrying an ordinary passport.
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