Originally Posted by
HarbourGent
You may be thinking about the longer transit without visa programmes. I am talking about the general provision for transit without visa where total time in China is under twenty four hours.
I understand. However, it appears that SZX may be one of the few exceptions where a visa is required, even for a 24-hour transit. There is some anecdotal evidence that this rule may have changed for SZX recently, but officially it appears SZX still requires a visa for transit. See the links I included in my last post.
Under the 24-hour visa-free transit rule, no visa is required for international flight, ship, or train passengers who transit directly through mainland China and will stay for less than 24 hours. This policy is applicable to almost all nationalities. Most airports are eligible, except the airports in Shenzhen, Yanji, Mudanjiang, and Fuzhou. Passengers should hold tickets to a third country or region and have a confirmed seat.
While a majority of Chinese international airports have no extra requirements for the 24-hour TWOV, certain airports place their own restrictions mandated by the local authorities.
The following airports are currently
opting out of the TWOV program as a whole,
meaning all passengers in transit through any of these airports require a visa unless they are of a visa-exempt nationality: