The visa can be used for an online beginning from July 24, 2025 and obtained after a meeting at the Indian Embassy in Beijing (in the picture) and Consulates in Shanghai and Guangzhou. Photo: eoibeijing.gov.in
India will begin to issue tourist visas to Chinese nationals after five years, the Indian embassy in Beijing announced on Wednesday. The announcement, called the “positive” Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, represents another step in normalizing the links in India by China by a cracked military distance on the line of real control and Galwan clashes in 2020.
According to an official announcement published online and on Chinese social media, visas may be asked for an online start from Thursday (July 24, 2025) and after a meeting at the Indian Embassy in Beijing and Consulates in Shanghai and Guangzhou.
In the middle of Bonhomy, Beijing rejected Delhi and Dhace concerns about the latest Chinese dam project on Yarlung Sangpo or Brahmaputra in Tibet and said he had communicated with both governments.
On Wednesday, the Chinese MFA spokesman answered the question of issuing a visa on Wednesday and stated that Beijing took note of a “positive step”.
“The moderation of cross -border travel is widely beneficial. China will maintain communication and consultation with India to further facilitate traveling between the two countries,” said Guo spokesman Jiakun in Beijing.
After the Covid pandemic and then violence between two militants after China gathered units on LAC, both countries canceled all flights and most of the visa services between them. China renewed visas for Indian students in 2022 and subsequently for business and tourism purposes. From January to June 2025, it issued an estimated 85,000 visas. India has released visas in the categories of business and students, but not yet for tourism. According to the Ministry of Tourism in 2019, before locking, more than 3.00,000 Chinese tourists visited India and about 8,69,000 Indian tourists went to China.
After the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Chinese President Xi Jinping met in Kazan last October and agreed to renew the custody, a number of high -level meetings, including Kailash Manasarovar Yatra, discussed other steps. Last time the Minister of External Affairs S. Jaishankar traveled to China 14-16. July and met his counterpart Wang Yi and also called on Chinese President Xi Jinping and Vice -President Hang Zheng before attending the Council of SCO for Foreign Ministers.
In an interview with the Hindus, the Chinese Ambassador XU Feihong said that the continuation of the pilgrimage pilgrimage Kailash is “an important China initiative to improve relations between the two countries”, indicating that it is a turn to India to take another positive step. Both parties are also working soon to restore direct flights between the two countries, it is understood that they are announced before the visit of PM Modi in China at the SCO Summit, which is expected 31 August-1. September, the officials said.
Asked by reporters about a project of water energy designed at Yarlung Sangpo, Mr. Guo said it was “fully in Chinese sovereignty”.
“China is involved in cooperation with countries following the sharing of hydrological data, prevention of floods and disasters,” he said, adding that Beijing has “necessary communication” with India and Bangladesh.
The construction of a massive 60,000 MW Medog Hydropower Station, which became the largest, began last week and was marked by Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang. In response in the parliament, the government said that India “registered her concern” with China regarding the environmental and catastrophic risks of the project in December 2024, while the Bangladesh Ministry of Water Resources also applied for Beijing in March this March.
Published – 23 July 2025 20:47
