Maltese Embassy in Beijing

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

In 2025, Malta’s embassy in Beijing received 1,723 applications for short-stay Schengen visas and issued 1,276. 445 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 25.9%. In 2024 it had been 35.9%: the rate fell by 10.0 points, a clear improvement for applicants. Applications fell by 45% compared with 2024 (3,156).

Over 2023–2025 the rate ranged from 16.0% (2023) to 35.9% (2024).

Malta issues Schengen visas at 2 locations in China; this office handled 56% of their 3,060 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: Shanghai 10.8%, 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; Malta’s rate worldwide was 38.4%. Malta received the 21st largest number of applications of the 27 Schengen states represented here.

Multiple-entry visas made up 12.2% of those issued. The statistics count applications, not people, and include every nationality that applies here, not only citizens of China.

The Maltese embassy in Beijing is the only mission of Malta in China on record. China in turn has an embassy in Valletta.

About the Maltese embassy in Beijing

It appears in official lists as Embassy of Malta in Beijing.

Address and contact

Address: Gong Ti Bei Lu, Chaoyang District 1-51, San Lit Tun Diplomatic office building, Beijing. The record for the Maltese embassy in Beijing includes a phone number, an e-mail address and an official website.

Maltese citizens travelling to China

Maltese citizens do not need a visa for China: stays of up to 30 days are visa-free.

When the Maltese embassy in Beijing is closed

The Maltese 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 Malta such as Feast of the Immaculate Conception (L-Immakulata Kunċizzjoni) on Tuesday 8 December 2026.

Before visiting the Maltese embassy in Beijing

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

Near the Maltese embassy in Beijing

Within 1 km of the Maltese embassy in Beijing there are 37 other foreign missions.