How to attend the Perfect World Major without a Chinese Visa

As the first-ever Chinese Major, the Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024, approaches, Chinese content creator baselineJ shares some valuable insights on attending the Major without going through the hassle of getting a visa. He compiled a list of countries whose residents can stay in China visa-free for a set number of days.

In the past, numerous players have taken advantage of these exemptions to travel to the Red Dragon. French legend kennyS traveled to China multiple times this year under the 15-day visa-free allowance, while s1mple traveled under the 144 hour exemption in August.

The 144-hour visa-free entry comes with specific conditions: travelers are restricted to Shanghai and the nearby Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. They must also first depart to a third country outside Mainland China and leave before 11:59 PM after the sixth day.

30 days

Armenia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dominica, Fiji, Grenada, The Maldives, Mauritius, San Marino, Serbia, Seychelles, Suriname, UAE

15 days

Brunei, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Spain, Malaysia, Switzerland, Ireland, Hungary, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg, New Zealand, Australia, Poland, Norway

144 hours

Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, The Netherland, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, The Republic of Korea, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, UAE, UK, US.