Yiwu Airport
Yiwu Airport is one of China's 65 designated entry ports for 240-hour visa-free transit. After entering here you may stay in the whole of Zhejiang.
- City
- Yiwu
- Province
- Zhejiang
- Port type
- Airport
- Chinese name
- 义乌机场口岸
- NIA port table
- No. 20
- Designated
- 2024-12-17
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Arriving here? See Yiwu Airport in our Zhejiang 240-Hour Visa-Free Ports guide.
Where you may stay after entering here
Zhejiang Province (浙江省)
The whole administrative area of Zhejiang.
Entire administrative area of Zhejiang. Cross-province travel is allowed within the permitted areas of all 24 provinces.
Documents to carry
- Ordinary passport of an eligible country, valid for at least 3 months
- Confirmed onward ticket (air, ship or train) to a third country or region, departing within 240 hours (counted from 00:00 the day after arrival)
- Proof you meet the entry requirements of your next destination (e.g. its visa, if required)
- Arrival Card for Temporary Entry Foreigners (paper at the port, or filled online in advance via NIA channels)
Key conditions
- Must be a national of one of the 57 eligible countries.
- Must hold an ordinary passport (NIA policy page and 2026 announcement say 'ordinary passports'; the Nov 2025 conditions say 'valid international travel document').
- Passport/travel document valid for at least 3 months, and the traveller must meet the entry requirements of the onward third country/region.
- Must hold an interline/onward ticket (air, ship or train) to a third country/region with confirmed date and seat/itinerary, departing within 240 hours, or other proof documents. It must be bought BEFORE entry.
- The country/region you arrive from and the one you depart to must be different (A -> China -> B). Same-country round trips (e.g. Seoul -> Shanghai -> Seoul) do not qualify.
- Fill in the Arrival Card for Temporary Entry Foreigners and accept inspection/questioning by border inspection. Arrival cards can be filled online before travel (since 2025-11-20).
- Enter through one of the 65 designated ports; exit through any designated port (in Guangdong, also any open port of Guangdong).
- Stay only within the permitted areas of the 24 provinces; cross-province travel within those areas is allowed.
- Tourism, business, visits, family visits allowed; work, study, news reporting require a proper visa.
- Hotels register guests; if staying elsewhere, register with local police within 24 hours (online channels nationwide since 2026-09-21).
- If force majeure requires staying longer or outside the area, apply in advance to the local public security exit-entry authority for a stay permit; unauthorised overstay is treated as illegal stay.
- If you are covered by a mutual visa-exemption agreement or China's unilateral visa-free policy, those provisions prevail (often 30 days).
Other ports in Zhejiang
- Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport (Airport)
- Ningbo Lishe International Airport (Airport)
- Wenzhou Longwan International Airport (Airport)
- Wenzhou Port (Passenger) (Seaport (passenger))
- Zhoushan Port (Passenger) (Seaport (passenger))