Change of https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/china-country-policy-and-information-notes

Change description : 2025-11-26 16:55:00: Published the country policy and information note: Falun Gong, China, November 2025. [Guidance and regulation]

Showing diff : 2025-08-07 16:22:52.601853462 +00:00..2025-11-26 16:55:50.733727071 +00:00

Guidance

China: country policy and information notes

Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration to make decisions in asylum and human rights applications.

Documents

Details

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.

Updates to this page

Published 9 December 2016
Last updated 2326 JulyNovember 2025 + show all updates
  1. Updated information Muslims (including Uyghurs in Xinjiang) published.

Sign up for emails or print this page

Update history

2025-11-26 16:55
Published the country policy and information note: Falun Gong, China, November 2025.

2025-07-23 15:11
Updated information Muslims (including Uyghurs in Xinjiang) published.

2025-06-27 17:29
Information on ‘Contravention of the population and family planning law and single and unmarried mothers’ updated.

2025-05-15 09:22
Added the country policy and information note: China: non-Christian religious groups, December 2024.

2025-05-08 14:16
Published the country policy and information note: Hong Kong national security legislation, China, April 2025.

2024-10-16 15:36
Updated the country and policy information note on modern slavery.

2024-04-04 16:44
Published the Country information and guidance: Christians, China, March 2024 document.

2024-03-27 11:47
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and information note: background information including actors of protection and relocation, China, March 2018 as it is no longer valid and will not be replaced.

2024-03-12 14:04
Accessible version of information about Christians added.

2023-12-20 11:12
Updated information on opposition to the state published.

2023-12-06 17:33
Updated the information on Falun Gong.

2023-10-04 11:59
Reinstated the country policy and information notes on ‘opposition to the state’ and ‘background information including actors of protection and internal relocation’.

2022-12-07 11:32
Removed outdated guidance on Opposition to the state and Background information, including actors of protection and internal relocation.

2022-08-23 15:47
Added note on medical treatment and healthcare.

2022-07-12 14:55
Updated information on Muslims (including Uyghurs in Xinjiang) published.

2022-07-06 09:04
Information on Hong Kong national security law updated following review by the Independent Advisory Group on Country Information.

2022-06-28 16:33
Removed out of date guidance: “Country policy and information note: Hong Kong protests, China, February 2020”.

2022-05-19 16:56
Updated information on ‘contravention of the population and family planning law’ published.