Letter of invitation to Focal Points and Ministries of Foreign Affairs (December 9, 2024)
Letter of invitation to International and other Organizations (December 9, 2024)
Please note that WMO/IPCC shall not be held responsible for any health problems or accidents that the participants may have. Participants are responsible for making all necessary arrangements for life, health and other forms of insurance as they consider appropriate.
List of agreements on mutual visa exemption between the People’s Republic of China and foreign countries can be checked here.
As of November 30, China has expanded its unilateral visa-free policy to 38 countries. Nationals of 38 countries including Brunei, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Holland, Malaysia, Switzerland, Ireland, Hungary, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Australia, Poland, Portugal, Greece, Cyprus, Slovenia, Slovakia, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Andorra, Monaco, Liechtenstein, Korea, Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Malta, Estonia, Latvia, Japan holding valid ordinary passports can be exempted from visa requirement if entering into China for the purpose of business, tourism, family or friends visits, exchange and transit. They can stay in China for no more than 30 days without visa.
Please follow the link for detailed information on required travel documents, visa issue and application forms: https://cova.mfa.gov.cn/qzCoCommonController.do?show&pageId=index&locale=en_US
If you need an invitation letter from the organizer to apply for visa, please fill in the visa application form available here and send the:
to Ms. Han Guolin at the Department of International Cooperation of China Meteorological Administration via email <intcma@163.com and cc liyt@cma.gov.cn>.
It is the delegate’s own responsibility to obtain a visa for China. The information provided herein acts only as guidance. A list of Chinese diplomatic and consular missions abroad is also on the Information for Participants Note above.
This system is to facilitate the pre-registration of delegates through the IPCC government Focal Points and IPCC accredited Observer Organizations.
As IPCC Focal Point and/or IPCC Observer Organization you should pre-register delegates using your unique credentials. The deadline for registration is Tuesday 11 February 2025 [CET] after which new registrations will not be possible.