Italian Consulate General in Guangzhou

Chinese citizens need a visa for Italy, obtained before travel. Whether the Italian consulate general in Guangzhou takes applications itself or through a visa centre is set out on its official website.

In 2025, Italy’s consulate general in Guangzhou received 57,160 applications for short-stay Schengen visas and issued 54,200. 2,960 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 5.2%. In 2024 the rate was much the same, 5.5%. Applications fell by 3% compared with 2024 (58,639).

Over 2023–2025 the rate ranged from 5.2% (2025) to 8.4% (2023).

Italy issues Schengen visas at 4 locations in China; this office handled 21% of their 277,993 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: Beijing 2.4%, Shanghai 2.4% and Chongqing 3.5%, which makes Guangzhou 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; Italy’s rate worldwide was 10.8%. Italy received the 4th largest number of applications of the 27 Schengen states represented here.

Multiple-entry visas made up 7.1% of those issued. The statistics count applications, not people, and include every nationality that applies here, not only citizens of China.

For matters it cannot handle, the Italian embassy in Beijing is responsible. Besides the Italian consulate general in Guangzhou, Italy has 3 other missions in China. Consulates: Shanghai and Chongqing. China in turn has 4 missions in Italy, its embassy being in Rome.

About the Italian consulate general in Guangzhou

It appears in official lists as Consulate General of Italy in Guangzhou. It is headed by Sanfilippo Carlo Gino, according to the records. A consulate does consular work for a region: passports, certificates and help for nationals in difficulty.

Address and contact

Address: Unit 1403, International Finance Place (IFP) No.8 Huaxia Road, Zhujiang New Town, 510623, Guangzhou, Canton. The record for the Italian consulate general in Guangzhou includes a phone number, an e-mail address and an official website. Its exact position is not recorded, so the map marks the town; use the street address.

Italian citizens travelling to China

No visa is needed by Italian citizens for China, for stays of up to 30 days.

When the Italian consulate general in Guangzhou is closed

The next closures of the Italian consulate general in Guangzhou for public holidays in China are New Year's Day on Friday 1 January 2027 and Chinese New Year (Spring Festival) on Saturday 6 February 2027; it may also close for Immaculate Conception (Immacolata Concezione) on Tuesday 8 December 2026.

Before visiting the Italian consulate general in Guangzhou

Current procedures for the Italian consulate general in Guangzhou, including any appointment system, are on its official website, linked on this page.