Chengdu, the provincial capital of Sichuan Province in southwest China, is one of the most important economic, transportation, and Communication centers in China.

Chengdu was inhabited over four thousand years ago as an important center of a unique ancient culture. You could touch the ancient culture relic when doing the tour to Sanxingdui and Jinsha sites.

Due to its fertile Chengdu Plain, Chengdu is known as the “Country of Heaven”(also translated as The Land of Abundance).

As we know, the giant pandas are Chinese national treasure and one of the rarest animals in the world. Now the total number of pandas living around the world is around 1500. 80% of giant pandas live in Sichuan Province and Chengdu is home of the giant pandas. A breeding center for giant pandas was founded in the north suburbs of Chengdu.

Chengdu is an officially recognised UNESCO City of Gastronomy. Culinary art and tea culture are both withdistinct characteristic of Sichuan. Especially, it will be unqiue and unforgettable experience when you try to taste authentic Sichuan cuisine like hot pot which always make the most use of the use of spicy chilies and peppercorns.

With over a thousand years of history, tea culture and tea trade are very properous in Chengdu.

Nearly in every city corner, you could find tea house and local people sit there and enjoy tea drink in the bamboo chairs.

If you want to have leisure and enjoyable life, please do not miss this city – Chengdu. 

Chengdu 72-hour visa-free transit policy tips:

1. Chengdu 72-hour visa-free transit policy: from September 1^st, 2013, foreigners who don’t have China visas could stay within Chengdu administrative areas for 72 hours under the circumstances as below: holding a third country/region visa as well as a joint ticket to this third country/region, enter and leave China via Chengdu Shuangliu Airport.

2. International arrivals and departures area of Terminal 1, Chengdu Airport, has set up special boot flags and dedicated channel for 72-hour transit entry guests. There are also tips cards to remind travelers the stay period as well as the scope of activities to comply with Chinese laws and regulations. Before passing customs, it is easy for guests to find entry cards and tips cards by signs written in both English and Chinese.

3. When flights arrive in Chengdu, airline staff would guide passengers to designate area, where there are two specified border officers providing this service for them. 

4. Foreigners who choose Chengdu 72-hour visa-free transit stay in Chengdu, should not exceed the permitted length of stay, neither go out Chengdu administrative regions. In case of force majeure and other reasons, guests need to stay in Chengdu for more than 72 hours, or beyond the city limits of permitted stay, they should go to Exit-Entry Administration of Chengdu Public Security Bureau for appropriate visas.

5. 45 applicable countries of Chengdu 72-hour visa-free transit policy in Chengdu port: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Russia, UK, Ireland, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, USA, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Brunei, United Arab Emirates, Qatar.

6. The Chengdu 72-hour visa-free transit policy is only suitable for foreigners who entering Chengdu directly from other countries. For instance, if a foreign tourist arrived in Chengdu from Seoul via Hefei, he/she cannot enjoy this policy.

7. The Chengdu 72-hour visa-free transit policy would start to count the stay hours from the day after entry. So theoretically expatriates could stay in Chengdu for 4 days.