APEC Business Travel Card from 1 November 2026: Up to 90 Days in China, What the One-Sentence Announcement Leaves Open, Which Day to Plan On If You Entered Before November, and Factory Visits After the Canton Fair

Checked on 3 November 2026. We are an interpreting and translation company in Guangzhou (Guangzhou GuanRi Translation Service Co., Ltd.). We are not a law firm, not an immigration agency, not a government office and not the organizer of the Canton Fair. The service this article ends up recommending, interpreters for factory visits, is one we sell ourselves. This is not legal advice. Every rule below comes from an official text linked in the sources; how long a given entry lets you stay, and whether a stay permit is issued, is decided by the border inspection authorities and the public security exit-entry offices, not by us. The dates in section 4 are our own arithmetic, and the interpreter counts in section 7 come from our interpreter profiles, not from any official document.

On 30 October 2026 China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that holders of the APEC Business Travel Card may stay in China for up to 90 days instead of 60, starting on 1 November. For the Canton Fair this is not a side issue: according to China Daily's report of 29 October, the Guangzhou General Station of Immigration Inspection said that visitors from APEC economies made up 60.54 percent of the overseas business visitors entering through Guangzhou's ports in the two weeks up to its statement of 29 October. The third phase closes on 4 November. If you hold the card and want to stay on to visit the factories you met at the booths, this article sets out what the announcement says, what it leaves open, and the older official texts that still describe how the card works in China.

1. Which line is yours

Your situation	What applies	What to do	Who decides
You enter China on or after 1 November 2026 with an APEC Business Travel Card, physical or virtual, that has "CHN" on the back, together with a valid passport, and show the card at the border (if you did not, see the row on not showing it)	Up to 90 days in China (the announcement, section 2)	Plan your factory visits inside the 90 days and, if it comes first, before the expiry date on your card. If you are not sure which day is your last, ask the immigration hotline, +86 12367 (24 hours)	At the border, the border inspection authority; the 90-day figure is in the Ministry's announcement
You entered on the card before 1 November, for example for one of the fair's phases, and you are still in China	The announcement does not say whether a stay that began before 1 November gets 90 days; the texts written before it say 60 days for each entry (sections 2 and 3)	To be safe (this is our suggestion, not a rule in any text), treat day 60 as your last day until +86 12367 or an exit-entry office answers for your own entry date (section 4 lists the dates). If you will need to stay past day 60 and have no clear answer, go to an exit-entry office at least 7 days before day 60 (section 5)	The border inspection authority and the public security exit-entry office
You carry the card but did not show it at the border, for example because you used the ordinary lane	You may have been admitted under another arrangement, such as the 30-day visa-free policy or a mutual visa-exemption agreement, with its own limit	Before you count any day, ask +86 12367 which arrangement your entry was recorded under. The other clocks are in our article on visa-free stays after the fair	The border inspection authority admitted you under one arrangement
Fewer than 7 days are left before your last day (if you entered before 1 November, count to day 60), or it is today	The regulation asks for a stay permit application 7 days before the stay ends; none of the texts we read says what happens to a later application (section 5). If you entered before 1 November, the announcement does not say whether your last day is day 60 or day 90 (section 2)	Today: call +86 12367, give your entry date and ask which day is your last. If a medical emergency or an urgent business matter means you cannot leave by then, go to the exit-entry office of the city you are staying in as soon as it opens and ask whether it will still take your application (Guangzhou: 155 Jiefang South Road, Yuexiu District, Monday to Friday 9:00–12:00 and 13:00–17:00; Saturdays at the same times for urgent cases; public holidays arranged separately). If you have neither an answer nor an application in, leave by your last day; if you entered before 1 November, treat that as day 60, to be safe, as in the row on entries before 1 November	The exit-entry office decides whether to accept and issue; at departure, the border inspection authority
Your last day has already passed	If you entered before 1 November and your day 60 fell before 1 November (an entry on or before 2 September, counting the day of entry as day 1 as in section 4), by our reading the 90 days do not help you: the announcement takes effect from 1 November and does not say it reaches back. If your day 60 fell on or after 1 November, the announcement does not say whether you get 90 days. Staying past your limit without a stay permit is illegal residence (Regulations, Article 25), unless you applied in time and hold the receipt of acceptance (section 5): a warning, or where circumstances are serious a fine of RMB 500 a day up to RMB 10,000, or 5 to 15 days' detention; it is also a ground for repatriation, with a ban on entering China for one to five years (section 6)	Today, before you go to the airport: call +86 12367, give your entry date, and ask whether your stay is still lawful and, if not, where your case is handled (border inspection at departure, or an exit-entry office first) and what to bring. If you want legal advice, contact a practising lawyer at the same time, but do not delay for it	Penalties: public security organs at county level or above, or the border inspection authority; warnings and fines up to RMB 5,000 may be decided by the exit-entry office (Exit and Entry Administration Law, Article 70)
"CHN" is not on the back of your card	The card does not let you enter China without a visa; the regulation says you must still apply for a Chinese visa in advance, unless another visa exemption applies (section 3)	Count the clock of whatever you actually entered on: the stay printed on your visa (our article on extending an M visa in Guangzhou), a mutual visa-exemption agreement, the 30-day visa-free policy or the 240-hour transit policy (our article on visa-free stays after the fair). Not sure which: +86 12367	A Chinese embassy or consulate issues visas; at the border, the border inspection authority
Your card was issued by Hong Kong, China or by Chinese Taipei	The Guangzhou Public Security Bureau's questions and answers say the card does not apply between the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and Chinese Taipei, and travel between them follows the existing arrangements (section 3)	Enter the mainland on the travel document you normally use for it, not on the card. Questions: +86 12367	The border inspection authority
You have to stay longer than your limit because of a medical emergency or an urgent business matter	The regulation, written for the 60-day limit (by our reading it also applies to the 90-day limit): apply for a stay permit at the local exit-entry office 7 days before your stay ends; a permit of up to 30 days if the application is found reasonable; if refused, leave "before the due date" (section 5)	Apply at least 7 days before your last day at the exit-entry office of the city you are staying in (if that day is a weekend or public holiday, go on the working day before), in principle in person; if illness makes going in person unduly difficult, the inviting entity or individual, a relative or a specialized service agency may apply for you (section 5). In Guangzhou, bring the documents on the Guangzhou checklist and something that shows the reason; in another city, ask +86 12367 which office and which documents. The office may keep your passport while it decides (section 5). Ask at the counter by when you must leave if it is refused	The public security exit-entry office decides whether to issue it and for how long; its refusal is final (Exit and Entry Administration Law, Article 36)
You leave the mainland during your stay, for example for Hong Kong or Macao, and come back on the card	The regulation sets the limit "for each entry" and lets cardholders enter and leave "within the validity period" of the card. By our reading, the Guangzhou sentence that the card "does not apply between" the mainland, Hong Kong and Chinese Taipei is about cards issued by those three (section 3), not about a card from another economy used to come back from Hong Kong; and a new entry starts a new count, with an entry on or after 1 November falling under the 90 days (sections 2 and 3)	Leave by the last day of your current entry. Count again from the date of the new entry, and check that your card is still valid on that day. Before you plan around it: +86 12367	Whether you are admitted, and on what terms: the border inspection authority
You lost the card in China	The regulation: you may leave on your valid passport; the border inspection authority checks that you entered on the card and lets you leave; an overstay is punished (a warning, a fine or detention, and possible repatriation with a ban of one to five years; section 6)	Keep your passport safe and leave by your last day. A new card is a matter for the economy that issued yours. If your passport is lost too, see our article on a lost passport in Guangzhou. Questions: +86 12367	The border inspection authority; penalties as in Article 70 (section 6)
Your card expires before your 90 (or 60) days are up	The regulation allows cardholders to enter and leave China visa-free "within the validity period" of the card; by our reading you leave before the card expires (section 6)	Plan to leave before the expiry date on the card. If you need to stay on, call +86 12367 now, not close to that date: the regulation's stay permit deadline is 7 days before your stay ends (section 5), and asking on the last day leaves no time to apply. If the card expires within 7 days, see the row on fewer than 7 days	The border inspection authority and the public security exit-entry office
Colleagues or family travel with you without a card of their own	The card's rules are about its holder (section 3)	Each person counts their own clock under their own way in: a visa, the 30-day visa-free policy, the 240-hour transit policy, or a card of their own (our visa-free article). Not sure which applies to each person: +86 12367	The border inspection authority
You have been offered a job in China	Work needs a work permit and a work-type residence permit (Exit and Entry Administration Law, Article 41); working without them is unlawful employment: a fine of RMB 5,000 to 20,000, and where circumstances are serious 5 to 15 days' detention as well; it is also a ground for repatriation, with a ban on entering China for one to five years (section 6)	Do not start work on the card. How Guangzhou decides work permits: our article on 12 approved cases. Questions about residence permits: +86 12367. If you want legal advice, ask a practising lawyer	The foreigner work permit authority; for the residence permit, the exit-entry office; penalties: public security organs at county level or above or the border inspection authority (Article 70)
You plan to come back to a later Canton Fair on the card	For the 140th session the buyer badge was issued on one of four kinds of ID, the first being a foreign passport; the card was not one of them (section 6)	Bring your passport to collect the badge, and read the badge notice for the session you attend	The Canton Fair

2. What changed on 1 November

The Ministry published the notice in Chinese on its government service platform and, at 09:23 on 30 October, on the China Consular Services website. The Chinese text is one sentence:

为持续便利亚太区域商务人员往来，中方决定将APEC商务旅行卡持卡人在华最长停留期由60天延长至90天，自2026年11月1日起实施。

The Ministry's English version, time-stamped 30 October 2026 at 10:15, is also one sentence (official English):

To further facilitate business mobility within the Asia-Pacific region, China decides to, starting from November 1, 2026, extend the maximum period of stay for APEC Business Travel Card holders from 60 days to 90 days.

That is the whole announcement. Four things are not in it:

Who counts as covered. The Chinese "自2026年11月1日起实施" (in our translation, "takes effect from 1 November 2026") and the English "starting from November 1, 2026" give a start date. Neither says whether someone who entered on 20 October and is still in China on 1 November moves to 90 days.
"For each entry". The texts in section 3 state the old 60 days as a limit for each entry. The announcement changes the number and does not repeat those words, and it mentions no limit over a year or any longer period. We read the new 90 days as replacing the old 60 for each entry; that reading is ours.
How the days are counted. For the 30-day visa-free policy, the National Immigration Administration's English list says the stay "is calculated from 00:00 on the day following the date of entry", and the Regulations on the Administration of the Entry and Exit of Foreigners count the duration of stay on a visa from the day after entry (Regulations, Article 36). The Administration's English page calls the card "a multilateral long-term visa", but none of the card texts in our sources says how the card's days are counted, and we do not carry either rule across.
Everything else about the card. Which cards are accepted, how to ask for more time and what happens if the card is lost are in older texts, which we go through next.

3. The older texts, which still say 60 days

We read three official texts that describe how the card works for foreigners coming to China. When we read them on 3 November 2026, all three still gave 60 days. They still matter, because the announcement changed only the number.

The National Immigration Administration's "Regulations on Border Inspection for APEC Business Travel Card Holders". The English page is dated 1 April 2021 and has four numbered items. It ends with a notice that the English version is only for reference and that the Chinese version is authoritative. We did not find the Chinese version in five Chinese-language searches on 2 and 3 November (records kept). Item 1 has three sentences, quoted in full:

1. APEC Business Travel Card is a multilateral long-term visa. Foreigners with APEC Business Travel Cards (with "CHN" listed on the back of the card as one of the visa-free APEC economies) and their valid passports are allowed to enter and leave China visa-free within the validity period of the APEC Business Travel Card, and stay in China for no more than 60 days for each entry. If "CHN" is not listed on the back of the card as one of the visa-free APEC economies, unless other visa exemption conditions apply, the card holder shall still apply for Chinese visa in advance.

So you need the card and a valid passport together, and without "CHN" on the back the card is not a visa for China. Item 2 says all cardholders may use the "special passage" at the border. Items 3 and 4 are in sections 6 and 5.

The Ministry's questions and answers on the China Consular Services website (the page carries no date; we read it on 3 November). The answer on how long cardholders may stay first lists, economy by economy, how long Chinese cardholders may stay abroad, and then ends with one sentence about China:

其他经济体持卡人来中国每次最长可停留60天。

In our translation: "Cardholders from other economies may stay in China for at most 60 days each time they come." The same page calls the United States and Canada "transitional members" of the scheme (过渡成员; our translation). It does not say whether cards issued to American or Canadian citizens list "CHN"; the back of your own card is the answer.

The Guangzhou Public Security Bureau's "What is the APEC Business Travel Card?" (30 April 2026; the end of the text credits the National Immigration Administration as its source). It repeats the same 60-day sentence and makes two further points. On the virtual card, two sentences (our translation follows):

为进一步便利亚太地区商务人员往来，2021年3月亚太经合组织启用APEC商务旅行卡虚拟卡，中国接受持虚拟卡外国人入境。虚拟卡是实体卡的数字版本，享有同等签证效力。

"To further facilitate the movement of business people in the Asia-Pacific region, APEC launched a virtual APEC Business Travel Card in March 2021, and China accepts foreigners holding the virtual card for entry. The virtual card is the digital version of the physical card and has the same visa effect."

On the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and Chinese Taipei, the second half of a longer sentence (our translation follows):

……中国内地、中国香港和中国台北之间人员往来仍按现行办法办理，互不适用该卡。

"Travel between the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, China and Chinese Taipei continues to follow the existing arrangements; the card does not apply between them." By our reading this is about cards issued by those three; it does not say whether a card from another economy can be used to come back to the mainland from Hong Kong.

The page ends by pointing readers with further questions to the 12367 hotline, which it says answers immigration policy questions 24 hours a day.

4. The dates, by day of entry

These dates are our arithmetic, not an official example. We count the day of entry as day 1. If the days are counted from the day after entry, as they are for the 30-day visa-free policy and for a stay on a visa, every date below moves one day later; planning on the earlier date costs you at most one day.

You entered on	You came for	Day 60	Day 90	Plan on	Stay permit: apply by (7 days before the day you plan on)
14 October	Phase 1 (15–19 October)	12 December	11 January 2027	Day 60, to be safe, until you have an answer	5 December (a Saturday)
22 October	Phase 2 (23–27 October)	20 December	19 January 2027	Day 60, to be safe, until you have an answer	13 December (a Sunday)
30 October	Phase 3 (31 October – 4 November)	28 December	27 January 2027	Day 60, to be safe, until you have an answer	21 December
1 November	Phase 3	—	29 January 2027	Day 90	22 January 2027
3 November	Phase 3	—	31 January 2027	Day 90	24 January 2027 (a Sunday)

The Guangzhou reception hall's published hours are Monday to Friday, with Saturdays only for urgent cases and public holidays arranged separately (section 5), so where the last column falls on a weekend or a public holiday, go on the working day before it. If your card expires before the date in the "Plan on" column, plan on leaving before the expiry date instead and count the 7 days back from it.

For the first three rows, the question to put to +86 12367 is simple: "I entered on an APEC Business Travel Card on [date]. Is my last day day 60 or day 90?" Write down the date and time of the call and what you were told. That is a practical habit, not a statement about what counts as proof.

5. Staying longer: the stay permit

Item 4 of the regulation has three sentences:

4. Foreigners entering China visa-free with an APEC Business Travel Card and having to stay in China for more than 60 days due to medical or business emergencies shall apply for stay permit with relevant materials to the local exit-entry departments of China's public security organs 7 days prior to the end date of the duration of stay. Stay permit for no more than 30 days shall be issued for applications that are deemed reasonable upon review. Those who are denied shall leave the country before the due date.

What this means in practice:

It was written for the 60-day limit. For entries from 1 November we read "more than 60 days" as "longer than your limit"; none of the texts we read has restated item 4 for 90 days. If your plans depend on this, ask +86 12367.
Two reasons are named: medical emergencies and business emergencies. Whether your reason counts is decided by the office. We do not guess whether more factory visits after the fair would qualify.
Up to 30 days. The Exit and Entry Administration Law, Article 34, caps stay permits in general at 180 days; for cardholders the regulation sets 30.
A deadline: 7 days before your stay ends. For the 30-day visa-free policy, the official texts we read set no such minimum (our visa-free article, section 4); for the card, the regulation does. None of the texts we read says what happens to an application made later.
While it is decided. Under Article 13 of the Regulations on the Administration of the Entry and Exit of Foreigners, the office issues a receipt of acceptance valid for up to 7 days and decides within that time; Article 36 of the same Regulations counts these periods in working days, excluding public holidays, and the Guangzhou checklist gives 7 working days as its processing time. So an application made 7 calendar days before your last day can still be undecided on your last day. While your passport is held for the application, the receipt lets you stay legally (Article 13, third paragraph). Keep it with you, do not plan trips that need your passport for those days, and if you already know you need more time, apply earlier than the deadline.
A refusal is final. Article 36 of the law makes a decision not to issue a stay permit final, and the regulation says those refused "shall leave the country before the due date"; ask at the counter which date that is for you.

Where in Guangzhou. The Guangzhou Public Security Bureau's foreigner exit-entry reception hall is at 155 Jiefang South Road, Yuexiu District. The published hours are Monday to Friday 9:00–12:00 and 13:00–17:00, and Saturdays at the same times for urgent cases, with separate arrangements on public holidays. The bureau's stay permit checklist asks for your passport and visa (originals and copies), the application form, one Guangdong visa photo with its photo check receipt, the Guangzhou accommodation registration form, and material supporting the reason for the stay; our visa-free article goes through it in section 4; as a cardholder, bring the card as well. In principle you apply in person. Under Article 19 of the Regulations, the inviting entity or individual, a relative or a specialized service agency may apply for you in three situations, one being that illness or other reasons would make going in person unduly inconvenient (our article on who can apply on your behalf). Hours and requirements can change, so call +86 12367 before you go.

6. A lost card, an expiring card, an overstay, and what the card does not cover

A lost card. Item 3 of the regulation has three sentences:

3. Foreigners who have lost their travel cards in China after entering the country visa-free may leave China with their valid passports. After verifying their entry with an APEC Business Travel Card, the border inspection authority will allow their exit. For those overstaying 60 days, punishments will be imposed by the border inspection authority in accordance with the law.

You do not need the card to leave; you need your passport. A new card is a matter for the economy that issued yours: the Ministry's questions and answers say citizens of the scheme's full member economies apply to their own economy's authority, and that China's authorities do not accept applications from foreigners.

A card that expires during your stay. Item 1 (section 3) lets cardholders enter and leave China visa-free "within the validity period" of the card. By our reading, your stay ends when the card expires, even if your 90 days are not up. The Ministry's questions and answers give the same rule for Chinese cardholders abroad ("如旅行卡有效期不足60天或90天，需在卡到期前离境", in our translation "if the card is valid for less than 60 or 90 days, leave before the card expires"), but that sentence is written about travel to other economies, not about China. Before the expiry date, ask +86 12367.

An overstay. Item 3 says the border inspection authority punishes overstays "in accordance with the law". The law's Article 78 gives a warning, or where circumstances are serious a fine of RMB 500 a day up to RMB 10,000, or 5 to 15 days' detention. Under Article 62 illegal residence is also a ground for repatriation, and a repatriated person may not enter China for one to five years. Under Article 70, the Article 78 penalties are decided by public security organs at county level or above or by the border inspection authorities; warnings and fines of up to RMB 5,000 may be decided by the exit-entry offices. If your last day has already passed, call +86 12367 before you go to the airport and ask where your case is handled; if you want legal advice, contact a practising lawyer at the same time, but do not delay for it.

Work. Article 41 of the law, first paragraph, two sentences in the official English:

Foreigners who work in China shall obtain work permits and work-type residence permits in accordance with relevant regulations. No entities or individuals shall employ foreigners who have no work permits or work-type residence permits.

Article 43 treats work without them as unlawful employment, Article 80 fines it at RMB 5,000 to 20,000 and, where circumstances are serious, adds 5 to 15 days' detention, and Article 62 makes it a ground for repatriation, after which a person may not enter China for one to five years; who decides the Article 80 penalties follows Article 70, as for overstays. The card is for business travel; it does not replace either permit.

The Canton Fair badge. The fair's badge guide for overseas buyers at the 140th session lists the IDs accepted for the overseas buyer badge (one sentence and four items, in the original):

境外采购商需出示以下四类身份证件原件中的一种:

● 外国护照

● 港澳居民来往内地通行证

● 台湾居民来往大陆通行证

● 中国护照+境外永久居留证/境外永久居留签证

In our translation: "Overseas buyers must present the original of one of the following four kinds of ID: a foreign passport; a Mainland Travel Permit for Hong Kong and Macao Residents; a Mainland Travel Permit for Taiwan Residents; a Chinese passport plus an overseas permanent residence permit or overseas permanent residence visa." The card is not on the list, so bring your passport. Rules can change between sessions; read the notice for the session you attend.

Where you stay. The card does not change the registration rule in Article 39 of the law: if you move from a hotel to stay with a friend or in a supplier's staff dormitory, you or your host must register with the local police within 24 hours of moving in (our article on accommodation registration).

7. Planning factory visits inside your stay, and where we come in

If your entry gives you 90 days (an entry on or after 1 November, or an earlier entry once +86 12367 or an exit-entry office has told you it gets 90 days), that is enough to spread factory visits over several weeks instead of packing them into the days after the fair; if you are planning on day 60, plan the visits inside it. If you want an interpreter for those visits, that is what we sell. Our FAQ page says: "For rare language pairs or large conferences, book 4-8 weeks ahead. Common pairs (Chinese↔English/Japanese/Korean) can usually be scheduled 1-2 weeks ahead."

Here are the languages of APEC economies that appear in our interpreter profiles. All 812 profiles are registered in Guangzhou, and one profile can list several languages.

Language	Profiles listing it	Lead time
English	631	Usually 1–2 weeks (common pair on our FAQ page)
Japanese	248	Usually 1–2 weeks (common pair on our FAQ page)
French	100	Ask when you book
Spanish	65	Ask when you book
Russian	56	Ask when you book
Korean	51	Usually 1–2 weeks (common pair on our FAQ page)
Vietnamese	8	Ask when you book
Thai	6	Ask when you book
Indonesian	4	Ask when you book

If the language you need is not in the table, ask before you plan around it. If your factories are outside Guangdong, say so when you ask for a quote.

On price, our FAQ page says: "Business meetings, factory tours, court depositions, small-group settings: consecutive and escort interpreting start at ¥200 per hour or ¥800 per full day, depending on language pair and subject. Half-day rates also available." Each job is quoted separately. The same page says a special VAT invoice adds 6% to the quote and a general invoice 3%, and that new clients typically pay a 30–50% deposit.

You may not need us at all. If the supplier's staff speak your language well enough for what you plan to discuss, you can do without an interpreter; whether you need one is your call.

To see our interpreters' profiles, start with the interpreter directory; for a quote, send your dates, cities and language on WhatsApp / WeChat (WhatsApp +86 139 2416 6640; WeChat ID Saralee93). Other ways to reach us are on our contact page.

Sources

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, notice extending the stay of APEC Business Travel Card holders, 30 October 2026 (in Chinese): https://www.mfa.gov.cn/wjbzwfwpt/kzx/tzgg/202610/t20261030_12049768.html; the same notice on the China Consular Services website: https://cs.mfa.gov.cn/zyxx/202610/t20261030_12049768.html
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, "Announcement on the Extension of Maximum Period of Stay for APEC Business Travel Card Holders", 30 October 2026 (official English): https://www.mfa.gov.cn/eng/wjb/zzjg_663340/lss_665290/xgxw_665292/202610/t20261030_12049846.html
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1. Which line is yours

2. What changed on 1 November

3. The older texts, which still say 60 days

4. The dates, by day of entry

5. Staying longer: the stay permit

6. A lost card, an expiring card, an overstay, and what the card does not cover

7. Planning factory visits inside your stay, and where we come in

Sources

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