Getting Your China Visa Invitation Letter

Recently, the Chinese embassies and consulates began requiring invitation letters to accompany a tourist (type L) visa application forms. There are several ways to get an invitation letter and it depends on how you are traveling: independently as a tourist (i.e. not with a tour group), with a tour group, independently for business reasons.

Click the links below to determine how to go about getting a letter.
Getting a letter for independent tourist travel
Getting a letter for travel within a tour group
Getting a letter for independent travel for business reasons