Chinese Visa is not required for Qataris
Stay Duration: 30 days
Entry Requirements
- Qatar visitors intending to visit China can do so without applying for a visa if they intend to stay for a duration of 30 days.
- The passports of visitors entering the People’s Republic of China must have a validity of six months.
- Visitors are advised to make available two blank pages of their passports for entry stamps
- Travellers are not required to pay any airport tax upon their departure from the airport.
- There are no certificates of vaccination required from Qataris visiting the Republic of China.
- Travellers may import cats and dogs (only one pet per each traveller) either as luggage or as cargo. Pets must be accompanied by a veterinary certificate of good health as well as a certificate of vaccination against rabies issued by the government veterinary authority in the home country.
- Visitors are limited to be in possession of the local currency or its equivalent of above Max RMB 20,000 upon entry and exit.
- The transport system in China is characterised mainly by railway followed by road and sea transport.
- Standard Mandarin, a variety of Mandarin of a Beijing dialect, is the official national language of China and is used as a lingua franca in the country between people of different linguistic backgrounds.
- Approximately 74% of the population in China are either non-religious or practise Chinese folk belief, 16% are Buddhists, 2% are Christians, 1% are Muslims, and 8% adhere to other religions including Taoists and folk salvationism.
- China is known and popularly visited because of its mountains, lakes, valleys, caves and waterfalls some of which include Mount Tai (Tai Shan) in the east, Mount Hengshan in the south, Mount Hua in the west, Mount Hengshan in the north and Mount Song in the centre of China have been called the Five Sacred Mountains since antiquity.
- The estimated flight time from Doha, Qatar to Beijing, China is 8 hours, 10 minutes.
- China adopts China Standard Time and this places China 5 hours ahead of Qatar.
- In China, there are three types of plugs used this include three-pronged angled pins, two flat pins which is the most common one or two narrow round pins. Electricity is 220 volts, 50 cycles AC.