Czech Embassy in Beijing

The Czech embassy in Beijing is listed as open Monday to Friday, 08:00–16:30.

Chinese citizens must obtain a visa before travelling to the Czech Republic. Whether the Czech embassy in Beijing takes applications itself or through a visa centre is set out on its official website.

In 2025, the Czech Republic’s embassy in Beijing received 11,186 applications for short-stay Schengen visas and issued 10,820. 366 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 3.3%. In 2024 the rate was much the same, 3.9%. Applications rose by 27% compared with 2024 (8,798).

Over 2023–2025 the rate ranged from 3.3% (2025) to 9.3% (2023).

The Czech Republic issues Schengen visas at 2 locations in China; this office handled 63% of their 17,872 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: Shanghai 2.0%, which makes Beijing the highest of the group. Each office serves the applicants who live in its own consular district, so the rates also reflect who applies where, not only how strictly files are assessed.

Across all Schengen consulates in China, 4.0% of applications were refused in 2025; the Czech Republic’s rate worldwide was 14.2%. The Czech Republic received the 17th largest number of applications of the 27 Schengen states represented here.

Multiple-entry visas made up 22.6% of those issued. The statistics count applications, not people, and include every nationality that applies here, not only citizens of China.

The Czech embassy in Beijing is one of 3 missions of the Czech Republic in China. Consulates: Shanghai and Chengdu. China in turn has an embassy in Prague.

About the Czech embassy in Beijing

It appears in official lists as Embassy of Czech Republic in Beijing.

Address and contact

Address: Ritan Lu 2, 100600 Beijing. The record for the Czech embassy in Beijing includes a phone number, an e-mail address and an official website.

Czech citizens travelling to China

Czech citizens must obtain a visa before travelling to China.

When the Czech embassy in Beijing is closed

The Czech embassy in Beijing closes on China’s public holidays, the next being New Year's Day on Friday 1 January 2027 and Chinese New Year (Spring Festival) on Saturday 6 February 2027, and usually on holidays of the Czech Republic such as Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day on Tuesday 17 November 2026.

Before visiting the Czech embassy in Beijing

Current procedures for the Czech embassy in Beijing, including any appointment system, are on its official website, linked on this page.

Near the Czech embassy in Beijing

The Czech embassy in Beijing has 26 other foreign missions within 1 km, in a diplomatic quarter.