Travel-rule disclaimer
For reference only. Final eligibility and entry decisions are made by border inspection officers and transport staff.
Policy snapshot: 2026-08-20
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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.
Full itinerary pre-check
This runs every rule at once for planning. The eligibility checker is where you prepare documents — it is the same rule engine, so the two never disagree.
Qualification
ReviewSelect passport, route, ports, arrival, and departure to run the full rule-engine check.
Third-country route
PassOrigin and onward destination are different, so the route has the third-country direction needed for transit.
Region and exit
PassEntry port province: Shanghai. Under the 240-hour policy you may travel across province lines within the permitted activity areas of all 24 provinces and municipalities — your entry port does not confine you to one region. 6 of them open only listed cities rather than the whole province: Heilongjiang, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Shanxi, Jiangxi. Check the city list before booking a stop there.
240-hour clock
ReviewEnter both China-local arrival and departure times to calculate the policy clock.