China Travel Readiness
Know what to fix before you fly to China.
Practical, privacy-aware tools to help you confirm entry, prepare payments and internet, save Chinese address cards, and keep arrival backups ready.
Readiness Priorities
- Confirm visa pathCheck tourist visa, visa-free entry, or 240-hour transit rules before booking.
- Prepare mobile paymentsInstall Alipay or WeChat Pay and link an international card before departure.
- Save address cardsKeep hotel names and addresses in Chinese for taxis and check-in.
Start Here
Confirm, prepare, save, and recover.
Start with the failure points most likely to affect your trip: entry rules, mobile payments, internet access, local transport, address cards, and the first 24 hours in each city.
1. Confirm entry
Check visa, visa-free entry, or 240-hour transit assumptions before booking.
2. Set up payments
Prepare Alipay, WeChat Pay, cash backup, and card expectations.
3. Install apps
Cover maps, translation, connectivity, rides, and train booking basics.
4. Save arrival backups
Prepare airport transfers, address cards, trains, metro, taxis, and DiDi.
Tools
Use the tools before you book, fly, or hail a taxi.
Each tool creates a result you can act on or save, without registration or sensitive ID details.
Tool
China Entry Readiness Wizard
Check whether your foreign passport, purpose, stay length, and route may fit ordinary visa-free entry, mutual visa exemption, 24-hour direct transit, or 240-hour visa-free transit.
Use copied results offline; fresh policy checks and official source links need internet.
Tool
China Travel Setup Checklist
Track visa, payment, internet, app, transport, and first-day setup tasks with local saving and copy actions.
Checklist progress is saved in this browser; guide links and fresh verification still need internet.
Tool
Arrival Recovery Cards
Open copyable recovery cards for payment, network, transport, hotel check-in, booking, address, and language problems after landing.
Open cards before travel for better PWA caching; fixed phrases and printed cards are the safest offline fallback.
Tool
Chinese Address Card Generator
Save confirmed Chinese names, addresses, and phone numbers in a large card you can show to drivers and staff.
Saved cards stay in this browser on this device; use copy or print before switching devices.
City Guides
First-arrival guidance for core China cities.
City Guide
Beijing Travel Survival Guide
A practical Beijing arrival and first-day guide to help you handle PEK, PKX, metro, ride-hailing, payment backup, Palace Museum booking, Great Wall logistics, and Chinese address cards.
City Guide
Shanghai Travel Survival Guide
A Shanghai arrival and first-day guide to help you handle PVG, SHA, metro, Maglev, foreign-card transport payment, 240-hour transit planning, museum reservations, and Chinese address cards.
City Guide
Xi'an Travel Survival Guide
A Xi'an arrival and first-day guide to help you handle XIY airport, Xi'an North Railway Station, metro or taxi decisions, payment setup, Terracotta Army ticket rules, and Chinese address cards.