Change description : 2025-11-26 16:55:00: Published the country policy and information note: Falun Gong, China, November 2025. [Guidance and regulation]
Country policy and information notes (previously known as country information and guidance reports) are used by UK Visas and Immigration officials to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.
The notes also give information on asylum seekers’ countries of origin.
Updated information Muslims (including Uyghurs in Xinjiang) published.
27 June 2025
Information on 'Contravention of the population and family planning law and single and unmarried mothers' updated.
15 May 2025
Added the country policy and information note: China: non-Christian religious groups, December 2024.
8 May 2025
Published the country policy and information note: Hong Kong national security legislation, China, April 2025.
16 October 2024
Updated the country and policy information note on modern slavery.
4 April 2024
Published the Country information and guidance: Christians, China, March 2024 document.
27 March 2024
Removed Country policy and information note: background information including actors of protection and relocation, China, March 2018 as it is no longer valid and will not be replaced.
12 March 2024
Accessible version of information about Christians added.
20 December 2023
Updated information on opposition to the state published.
6 December 2023
Updated the information on Falun Gong.
4 October 2023
Reinstated the country policy and information notes on 'opposition to the state' and 'background information including actors of protection and internal relocation'.
7 December 2022
Removed outdated guidance on Opposition to the state and Background information, including actors of protection and internal relocation.
23 August 2022
Added note on medical treatment and healthcare.
12 July 2022
Updated information on Muslims (including Uyghurs in Xinjiang) published.
6 July 2022
Information on Hong Kong national security law updated following review by the Independent Advisory Group on Country Information.
28 June 2022
Removed out of date guidance: “Country policy and information note: Hong Kong protests, China, February 2020”.
19 May 2022
Updated information on 'contravention of the population and family planning law' published.
29 September 2021
Information on Hong Kong national security law updated.
21 September 2021
Removed out of date guidance: "Country information and guidance: non-Christian religious groups, China, August 2016".
31 August 2021
Removed out of date guidance on "fear of punishment on return to China for crimes committed in other countries ('Double Jeopardy'), China, March 2018".
23 August 2021
New country policy and information note on Muslims (including Uyghurs in Xinjiang) for July 2021.
29 July 2021
New country policy and information note on non-Christian religious groups, July 2021.
12 January 2021
Added country policy and information note: China:modern slavery, January 2021.
15 December 2020
Added country policy information note China: Hong Kong national security law and updated Falun Gong document.
11 February 2020
Added the Country policy and information note China: Hong Kong protests document.
25 November 2019
Updated China: Christians guidance document
10 December 2018
Updated country policy and information note on opposition to the state
12 November 2018
Updated country policy and information note on contravention of national population and family-planning laws.
23 May 2018
Guidance on opposition to the state published.
26 March 2018
Updated country policy and information note on double jeopardy.
6 March 2018
Updated country policy and information notes on background information, including actors of protection and internal relocation.
6 November 2017
Updated Country policy and information note on contravention of national population and family-planning laws.