How to apply for a visa for foreigners to travel to China
Visitors to China need to apply for a visa. The "L" visa is a Chinese entry visa for tourism purposes and is the most commonly applied for visa type by foreigners. The application materials for a Chinese tourist visa generally include the following:

General materials

• Visa application form filled online
• Passport and its first page copy
• Legal stay or residence certificate is applicable to non-citizenship applicants
• Original Chinese passport and naturalization certificate or original Chinese visa (applicable to those who have previously held Chinese nationality and later joined a foreign nationality)
• One recent passport photo, taken without a crown and with a light-colored background

Core materials

• Round-trip air tickets and hotel reservations
• Invitation letter issued by a unit or individual within China
• Individuals issuing invitations need to provide copies of the inviter's identity documents

The process of applying for a Chinese tourist visa

• The applicant fills in the travel application form online
• The applicant can make an online appointment for the processing time of the tourist visa
• After making an appointment, please print out the confirmation page and form and sign on the confirmation page
• The applicant should bring the passport and other visa application materials to the China Visa Application Service Center in the country where the visa is applied for according to the scheduled time
• Retain ten fingerprints
• The applicant pays the relevant visa processing fees
• If an interview is required, please bring the necessary materials to the embassy for the interview within the specified time
• Retrieve your passport (the expected date of collection is indicated on the collection form, and you need to bring the collection form to the visa center on that date to pay and retrieve your passport