JAKARTA - Brazil has opened visa-free entry to Chinese citizens holding valid ordinary passports, allowing stays of up to 30 days from May 11 until December 31 this year, according to a May 8 Xinhua report carried by the Chinese government website and citing Brazil’s official gazette.
The waiver covers short visits for tourism, business, transit, and participation in artistic or sporting activities. The 30-day stay is non-extendable, the report said. A Brazilian consular notice under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs portal also refers to the visa waiver for China.
China first announced visa-free entry for Brazilian ordinary passport holders in a May 15, 2025 notice, covering stays of up to 30 days from June 1, 2025 to May 31, 2026. In a later November 4, 2025 notice, the Chinese embassy in Brazil said the waiver for Brazil and other countries had been extended until December 31, 2026.
The Ministry of Tourism said in an April 22 release that Brazil received 103,122 Chinese visitors in 2025, up about 35% from 76,524 in 2024. That makes China a growing but still underdeveloped long-haul source market for Brazil.
Brazil has also been working on access and tour-group readiness. The tourism ministry said a Beijing-São Paulo service through Guarulhos had improved connectivity between the two countries, although the route includes a stop in at least one direction.
Separately, the ministry also opened registration on March 30 for agencies seeking to receive Chinese tour groups under ADS China, the bilateral system that regulates outbound Chinese group tourism.
Embratur, Brazil’s state-owned international tourism agency, added another signal of growth in a March 2 release, saying Chinese visitor flow to Brazil rose 74.8% in January 2026 from a year earlier, from about 5,000 to nearly 9,000 visitors. It said China has ranked among Brazil’s top 20 source markets since 2023.
“The initiative represents another step in Brazil’s tourism internationalization strategy,” Tourism Minister Gustavo Feliciano said in the March 31 release, adding that Brazil wants to become better prepared to receive visitors from different parts of the world.
