--On Tuesday, August 24, 2010 16:04 -0700 bill manning
<bmanning(_at_)isi(_dot_)edu> wrote:
...
5.Visa Notifications Form from an authorized Chinese Unit,
or invitation letters from the host company, meeting or
exhibition organizers in China, or an introduction letter from
applicant's US company, etc.
[elided]
---- so it would appear that strictly speaking, a business
visa would be in order. Number five seems to suggest an
invitation letter from the local organizers would be prudent.
In the past (as recently as a year ago), some consulates
interpreted #5 (or its predecessor) as requiring both the
invitation letter and that introduction letter _and_ required
that the introduction letter state that the company would accept
responsibility for all expenses, etc.
There have been consular differences in the past; compare
http://www.nyconsulate.prchina.org/eng/lsqz/VisasforChina/t42204.htm
with the material Bill quotes above (and note the very narrow
definition of a Tourist Visa.
john
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