China Offers 10-year Free Visa to Top Talent

The roll-out began on Tuesday with the Beijing bureau of the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs issuing the country’s first Certificate for Foreign High-end Talent, state-run Xinhua reported on Thursday without identifying the recipient.

The certificate is necessary to apply for one of the new five- or 10-year multiple-entry visas.

The report said the visas took as little as one day to process, were free and were valid for stays of 180 days.