Can I return to China after my visa and passport expire?

If the visa expires in a few days (tolerance varies from country to country), you can apply for a new passport or pass at the Embassy of China (it will take about 1-2 weeks to get it). With one of these certificates, you can go back to China.

After the tolerance period, it is best to surrender to the Chinese embassy and the foreigners' management agency first, and strive for some understanding before leaving the country.

After returning home, you need to apply for a new passport at the entry-exit administration department, and then apply for a new visa with the old and new passports.

Extended data:

If a person loses his passport abroad, it is generally necessary to apply for a travel permit or reissue his passport according to the following steps:

1. Immediately report the loss to the local police and get a written report on the loss or theft of the passport. Only when you get this certificate can you go to the local embassy or consulate in China for follow-up procedures. You may need to show this lost certificate when you go back to China to reissue your passport and re-apply for a visa.

2. Bring the lost passport certificate to the nearest China embassy or consulate, submit the corresponding documents and materials, and apply for a temporary travel permit or official passport.

However, not all embassies in China can reissue official passports, and the processing time is different. Visitors should call the embassy or consulate of China first. If the embassy or consulate can reissue the official passport, it usually takes 15 working days, and the travel permit takes a short time, so it can generally be processed urgently;

3. If the embassy or consulate can't handle the official passport, the traveler needs to bring a blank travel permit, a copy of the original passport and a certificate of passport loss issued by the local police, and issue a certificate of passport loss to the public security bureau where the household registration is located, so as to apply for visas from other countries in the future.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-American Visa