The Visa Liberalisation Plan for Chinese visitors has been extended for another five years, as the initiative has shown immediate positive impact on the country’s economy, said Home Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.

He said the decision to extend was part of a series of memoranda of understanding and documents signed during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s recent state visit to Malaysia, covering various sectors of cooperation.

Among them was a joint visa exemption agreement for...