"The European Union's delegation to China recently announced that Schengen nations will require Chinese visa applicants to provide biometric data beginning Oct 12." See: Chinese to Schengen countries to submit biometric data (Xinhua, link) And
“The European Union’s delegation to China recently announced that Schengen nations will require Chinese visa applicants to provide biometric data beginning Oct 12.”
See: Chinese to Schengen countries to submit biometric data (Xinhua, link)
And see: Visa Information System to start operations in China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea and Taiwan on 12 October 2015 (Statewatch News Online, June 2015)