SHANGHAI - Shanghai will allow transit passengers from 45 countries to stay in the city for 72 hours without a visa, following a similar policy announced by Beijing.
The policy will come into effect on Jan 1, the municipal authorities of Shanghai said on Sunday.
Transit passengers holding third country visas and plane tickets can enter Shanghai through the city's two airports - Hongqiao and Pudong.
The 45 countries, for both Beijing and Shanghai, are:
| Austria | the Republic of Malta | Ukraine |
| Belgium | the Netherlands | the United States of America |
| the Czeck Republic | Poland | Canada |
| Denmark | Portugal | Brazil |
| Estonia | the Republic of Slovakia | Mexico |
| Finland | the Republic of Slovenia | Argentina |
|
France |
Spain | Chile |
| Germany | Sweden | Australia |
| Greece | Swiss | New Zealand |
| Hungary | Russia | the Republic of Korea |
| Iceland | the United Kingdom of Britain | Japan |
| Italy | the Republic of Ireland | Singapore |
| Latvia | Cyprus | Brunei |
| the Republic of Lithuania | Bulgaria | the United Arab Emirates |
| Luxembourg | Romania | Qatar |
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