5. (NEW) Supporting documents:

....The following doeuments in required:

....(1) An Invitation Letter of Duly Authorized Unit(referring to the form of visa notification
. . .. issued by the Chinese governmental departments, companies and social
. . .. organizations authorized by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs); or a
. . .. Confirmation Letter of Invitation issued by an authorized Chinese agency;

....(2) Invitation cards of various kinds of trade fairs

....(3) An invitation Letter issued by a state-owned enterprise, collectively-owned enterprise,
... ... joint venture, solely-owned or private enterprise and educational, cultural and
... ...scientific institutions, and conference sponsors or hosts (original or copies).

. . . .The invitation letter issued by companies, enterprises, corporations, institutions
. . . . or individuals (i.e. sponsors or hosts as mentioned above) in China shall include
. . . . the following items:

. . . .A: Personal information of the applicant: name, gender, date of birth, passport
. . . . . number, etc.

. . . .B: Information concerning the applicant's visit to China: Purpose of the visit, Type
... ... .of the Visa, Date of arrival and departure, places to visit, relationship between
... . . .the applicant and the inviter, and who will bear the cost of the applicant's
... ... .accommodations in China.

. . . .C: Information of the inviter: name of the unit or individual, phone number, address
... ... .and if applicable, the legal representative or the inviter's seal and signature.

....NOTE:

. . . .(a) Generally, the invitation letter may be submitted as a fax, copy of printout.
.. . . . . If necessary, the consular officer will ask the applicant to submit the original
.. . . . . invitation letter, or to provide some supporting and supplementary documents,
.. . . . . or schedule an interview.

. . . .(b) The applicant with any fake invitation letter or other fraud will be rejected.

. . . .(c) In accordance with the specific application, the consular officer decides to issue
.. . . . .visas with different validity, number of entries and duration of stay in China.

....(4) For citizens of other countries, the original and photocopy of the resident permits,
. . . . or work permit, or student permit are needed.

....(5) Former Chinese citizens applying for Chinese visas for the first time with a newly
. . . . issued foreign passport should provide the original Chinese passport, and the
. . . . photocopy of the data page and extension page of the passport. Shoud the
. . . . applicant's name shown in the above documents are not identical, please
. . . . provide official certificates.

....(6) Former Chinese citizens who obtained Chinese visas before and are going to
. . . . apply for Chinese visas with a renewed foreign passport are required to provide
. . . . the copy of the data page of their previous foreign passports and the issued
. . . . Chinese visas on it. ..

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