Entering China is written and run by one person. I'm based in Shanghai, and I've spent my career on the China side of international trade — working with Chinese factories and overseas buyers, and dealing with exactly the questions this site covers: who can enter without a visa, how a buyer gets paid for samples, how a first-time visitor gets from the airport to the factory gate.
The site started for a simple reason: most of what a foreigner reads about entering China is either out of date or confidently wrong. The rules changed twice in 2026 alone. Pages written two years ago still tell British travellers they need a visa, when they haven't since February 2026. Lists of "48 countries" circulate when the real number is 50.
How the content is checked
- Every policy fact is checked against official sources — the National Immigration Administration (NIA), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Chinese embassies and consulates, the official visa application portal, 12306 and carrier announcements. Not blogs, not agency marketing pages.
- Numbers that can't be verified don't get published. Where two official sources conflict — which happens, for example with visa fees in some jurisdictions — the page says so instead of picking one.
- The country lists get re-checked monthly against the NIA, because the visa-free lists have been expanded repeatedly and will be again.
- Pages carry their verification date. When a policy has a known expiry — as the current fee reductions do on 31 December 2026 — the page says so.
What this site is not
It is not a travel agency, not a visa agent, and not affiliated with any government body. The guides are free and there is nothing to buy on them. The visa-free policies described here require no payment to anyone — if someone is selling you a "visa-free China" package, you don't need it.
The one paid-adjacent thing, stated plainly
Separate from the guides, I help overseas buyers prepare sourcing trips — making contact with factories, planning visit routes, practical groundwork before and during a visit. I'm based in Shanghai, and the service area covers Shanghai plus roughly 300 km around it — the Yangtze River Delta manufacturing belt: Suzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou, Nanjing, Nantong, Jiaxing, Huzhou, Hangzhou and Ningbo. I can meet you at the airport or station, see you settled, and come along on factory and supplier visits across the delta. Farther afield isn't something I can arrange yet, but I'm happy to advise by email. This is a small, personally run service in its early stages, arranged through people I work with in China. If you're interested, use the form on the Business Trips & Factories page — there's a service-area map there — or email me directly. I'll reply within one business day, tell you honestly what I can and can't arrange, and confirm anything that costs money before you commit to it.
Contact
Email: [email protected]
Found an error? Email me — corrections are welcome and get fixed fast. That's the deal with a one-person site: fewer words, but you can hold one person accountable for them.
How your data is handled: privacy policy.