Visa-free group exchange between Russia and China was launched on August 1. The visa-free regime allows citizens of both countries to visit another country without visas for tourism purposes in groups of 5 to 50 people for a maximum period of 15 days.
"The Russian Ministry of Economic Development and Chinese partners are working to agree on the text of a new agreement, which provides for reducing the minimum size of tourist groups to 3 people, increasing the duration of their stay to 21 days and introducing electronic document management," Klimov said.