240-hour transit calculator

Enter your passport and when you land: you get the latest time you can leave China on 240-hour visa-free transit, whether your route qualifies, and where you may go.

Rules checked 23 October 2026. Full rules: Visas and entry. The immigration officer decides at the border.

Passport Landing in mainland China Flying in from (country or region) Flying on to (country or region) Your onward departure (optional)

Where you may go

24 provinces and municipalities, and you may travel between them: Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shanxi (Taiyuan and Datong), Liaoning, Heilongjiang (Harbin), Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Jiangxi (Nanchang and Jingdezhen), Shandong, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Chongqing, Sichuan (Chengdu, Leshan, Deyang, Suining, Meishan, Ya'an, Ziyang, Neijiang, Zigong, Luzhou, Yibin), Shaanxi, Guizhou, Yunnan (listed cities), Guangdong, Guangxi (listed cities), Hainan.

Arrive from one country or region and leave for a different third country or region. Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan count as separate regions, so US to Beijing to Seoul qualifies but US to Beijing to US does not.
Hold a confirmed onward ticket departing within 240 hours, and a passport valid for at least 3 more months.
Enter and leave through one of the 65 designated ports (47 airports, 14 seaports, 2 rail and 2 land crossings), including Beijing Capital and Daxing, Shanghai Pudong and Hongqiao, Xi'an Xianyang, and Chengdu Shuangliu and Tianfu.
Stay within the 24 permitted provinces and municipalities; you may cross between them. Some provinces are limited to listed cities (in Sichuan, Chengdu, Leshan and nine other cities).
The 240 hours usually start at 00:00 on the day after arrival. Tell the airline at check-in and use the visa-free transit lane at immigration.

Planning the days: a visa-free transit stopover in Beijing or Shanghai.

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