Transit route guidance
Check your China transit route
240-hour visa-free transit currently covers 57 passport countries and 65 open ports across 24 provinces. Policy data as of 2026-08-20.
Choose an entry path
Enter your passport to get a route recommendation: visa-free entry or 240-hour transit deep-check.
Continue transit deep check →China 240h Transit · Eligibility Check
Check whether your China transit fits the 240h rule
Answer three route questions first. If the hard route can continue, add ports and times for the final result.
Core route
3 questions · about 15 secondsRoute details
Unlocked after preliminary checkHard eligibility is calculated in your browser from the policy snapshot. Advisory cards do not change eligibility; they surface airline-counter risks.
Check one rule at a time
The check above runs all nine rules at once. These tools go deeper on a single rule — useful when you are comparing ports, regions, or dates before you book.
- Itinerary checker
Run a full pre-check across passport, origin and onward destination, entry and exit ports, regional activity limits, and the 240-hour China-time stay clock.
- Overstay calculator
Enter arrival and planned departure times in China time. The calculator uses the policy clock that starts at 00:00 on the day after entry.
- Permitted activity areas
The 240-hour transit policy opens the permitted activity areas of 24 provinces and municipalities. Your entry port does not decide where you may stay — pick a province to see whether the whole province is open or only certain cities.
- Route compliance checker
Pick where you arrive and where you want to go. This answers one question: does the official table place both ends inside the permitted activity areas? It does not plan your route, sell tickets, or show train times.
- Third-country validator
Check the narrow routing rule: the place before China and the onward destination after China must be different. Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan count as external third territories in the current snapshot.
What this check gives you
Worked example — a US passport flying San Francisco → Shanghai Pudong → Seoul, staying 5 days. Run the check above with your own route to get your result.
9 of 9 checks pass
- Passport is on the 240h eligible listPass · US · 57
- Entry port is a listed 240h portPass · Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) · 65
- Exit port is a listed 240h portPass · Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG)
- Stay is 240 hours or lessPass · 119h / 240h
- A → China → B third-country route shapePass · US → CN → KR
- Neither endpoint is in mainland ChinaPass · US / KR
- Hong Kong / Macau / Taiwan handled as third regionsPass · N/A
- Exit mode (air / rail / sea) is supportedPass · AIR
- Entry port's permitted activity regionPass · shanghai
Stuck on this step?
Scenarios people actually get stuck on, and where to go on this site. Nothing to buy.
- The check says I am not eligible for 240-hour transitEnter China240-hour transit vs 30-day visa-free entry
- The check says it needs review and I do not know what to verifySourcesPermitted activity areas
- The airline desk does not accept that I qualifyAirline desk briefBoarding Kit