Foreign visitors, who hold passports issued by the countries on the 72-hour Visa-free Transit Policy List and stay in Shenyang for transit for up to 72 hours, could apply for a visa-free transit stay in China at the immigration inspection authority at Shenyang Taoxian International Airport. This policy is only applicable for foreign visitors who enter into, stay in and leave from Shenyang. The 51 qualified countries are:

European Schengen Visa Member Countries (24)

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland. 

Other European Countries (13) 

Russia, UK, Ireland, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Macedonia, Albania. 

American Countries (6) 

United States (USA), Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Chile. 

Oceanian Countries (2) 

Australia, New Zealand.

Asian Countries (6) 

South Korea, Japan, Singapore, Brunei, United Arab Emirates (U.A.E), Qatar.