FREE ARRIVAL CHECKLIST · VERIFIED 30 AUGUST 2026
Land ready for your first 24 hours in China. Connect. Pay with a backup. Reach the right hotel. Then test tomorrow's first movement before you sleep.
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✓ Confirm the entry permission that applies to your passport and trip. Visa-free entry, transit permission, and visa requirements are not interchangeable. Check the official rule for your nationality and itinerary. National Immigration Administration guidance ↗ ✓ Complete China's Arrival Card online, or plan to complete it at the port. Official online filing has been available since 20 November 2025. Some travelers are exempt. Official Arrival Card information ↗ ✓ Save offline copies of your passport identity page, entry document, flight, and hotel confirmation. Keep the originals secure. A saved image is a backup, not a substitute for a required original. ✓ Save the hotel's Chinese name, full Chinese address, phone number, and correct branch. Keep the details in both your photo album and notes app. Do not rely on an English name alone. ✓ Confirm your arrival airport or railway station and the exact terminal. Large cities may have multiple airports, stations, terminals, and hotel branches with similar names. ✓ Save this checklist and your first route offline. Download the PDF and screenshot the driver card below before departure. ✓ Install your travel eSIM before departure, or confirm where you will obtain a local SIM. Save the provider's installation and troubleshooting instructions offline. ✓ Keep your home SIM available if your bank or apps send verification texts. Check roaming charges and turn off home-SIM mobile data if necessary. ✓ Install Alipay and/or Weixin Pay and follow the in-app registration steps. Supported foreign cards can be linked, but acceptance, limits, verification, and fees may vary by product and card issuer. China government payment guide ↗ ✓ Complete any identity or card verification requested by the app or your card issuer. If card binding fails, contact the payment product or issuing bank before departure. ✓ Bring a second bank card and some RMB cash. Mobile payment is convenient, but it should not be your only payment route. ✓ Install one ride-hailing route. Use DiDi Greater China or ride-hailing inside Alipay or WeChat. Register before departure and save the hotel in Chinese. ✓ If you will use trains, create your official 12306 account and complete passport verification early. Official 12306 English service ↗ ✓ Carry power banks in hand luggage and check your airline's current rules. For domestic flights within China, power banks without a clear CCC mark, with an unclear mark, or from recalled batches are prohibited. Capacity, quantity, storage, and onboard-use rules can change. Recheck before every flight. Civil Aviation Administration notice ↗ ✓ Present your passport or valid travel document at hotel reception. Hotels register foreign guests and submit the required accommodation information. ✓ If you are staying outside a hotel, complete accommodation registration within 24 hours. You or your host can use the official online service or follow local public-security instructions. Official accommodation registration guidance ↗ ✓ Run one small payment test in a low-pressure place. Buy water or another inexpensive item. Confirm completion in the app; if it fails, use your backup and troubleshoot away from a queue. ✓ Confirm that mobile data works away from hotel Wi-Fi. ✓ Save tomorrow's first destination in Chinese and check the route tonight. ✓ Confirm opening times and any ticket, reservation, or passport requirement. Opening times and booking rules can change. Check the venue or operator directly. ✓ Charge your phone and power bank, place backup cash or card within reach, and stop troubleshooting. If data, payment, destination, and tomorrow's route work, your first day is operational. HOUR 25 · BUILD THE REST OF YOUR TRIP
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Rules can change. This checklist is practical travel guidance, not legal, immigration, medical, or emergency advice. Recheck entry, airline, battery, app, payment, transport, opening-time, and booking rules before departure.
