It generally needs a visa for a foreigner to enter China. If you need an invitation letter for visa application, please read this page carefully.

We may provide two kinds of invitation letters.

The first kind of invitation letter (Private Invitation Letter) is signed by the Conference Organizing Committee. Such an invitation letter is enough for applying for a visa in Chinese Embassy in some countries.

The second kind of invitation letter (Official Invitation Letter) is signed by the Government with a red stamp. In some countries, this kind of invitation letter is necessary for applying for visa in Chinese Embassy.

In general, the private invitation letter may be prepared within one week upon request; but it usually needs more than 15 days to prepare the official invitation letter.

We suggest that, once you decide to attend the conference held in China and receive the private invitation letter from us, you have better to contact the Chinese Embassy immediately to check its suitability for visa application. If the official invitation letter is needed, please contact us as soon as possible.

To ask for an official invitation letter, you should fill in a Personal Data Sheet and return it, together with a scanned copy of your passport, to us via e-mail as early as possible. Then we will prepare the official invitation letter and send the letter to the applicant, mainly by fax or e-mail. If you need a hard copy of the official invitation letter, you should pay a postage of RMB200 when making the on-site registration.

Please make sure that we can receive your Personal Data Sheet two months before the Conference, in order that we may have enough time to prepare the Official Invitation Letter and send it to you.

Please note that the official invitation letter is only used for inviting you to attend the Conference and, in principle, allows you to apply for a visa for staying in China for only 10 days. If you plan to stay in China for more than 10 days, please ask other persons who will host you before or after the Conference to prepare another invitation letter for you.