China’s passport climbs global rankings as economic influence grows, index finds
Chinese travellers are gaining easier access to destinations worldwide, even as they still require visas for more countries than they can enter freely
The strength of a Chinese passport has risen steadily in recent years based on people’s mobility, investments and quality of life, a London-based immigration consultancy said.
The passport climbed to 104th this year from 117th in 2021, in a ranking of 197 countries and territories by the investment migration and relocation consultancy Global Citizen Solutions.
While its status had risen from a “low base” and Chinese travellers still faced more closed borders than open ones, Global Citizen Solutions said the country had moved ahead in “investment”, reflecting its growing “economic gravity”.
Quality of life, historically the weakest metric for China among those considered by Global Citizen Solutions, had also risen.
“What makes the trajectory so striking is its uniformity,” the consultancy said in a statement on Wednesday. “Every pillar moved in the same direction at once.”