Free eligibility checkers for visiting China
China's entry and tax-refund rules are generous but full of fine print - named cities, third-country tickets, a clock that starts the day after you land. These two free tools apply the rules to your exact plans and show you, rule by rule, whether you are in the clear.
240-Hour Transit Checker
Enter your nationality, entry and exit ports, the cities you want to visit and your flight times. The checker verifies your route against the 57 eligible nationalities, the 65 designated ports, the permitted areas of the 24 covered regions and the 240-hour clock - and tells you exactly what to fix if something breaks the rules.
Departure Tax Refund Calculator
Shopping in China? Visitors can claim back roughly 9% of what they spend at tax-refund stores. Enter your purchases and refund method to get an estimate, the handling fee, and the three steps to actually collect the money.
Popular transit gateways
Entering through one of the big hubs? Each guide covers its ports, its permitted area and the mistakes that break trips there:
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