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About China Entry Toolkit

China Entry Toolkit is a public decision-support site for foreigners planning travel to China. The goal is simple: turn policy language into practical screening tools that are easier to use than generic articles.

The site focuses on entry questions with real planning consequences, especially visa-free eligibility, transit route logic, and stay-window timing. It is not an official government site, and it should not be treated as legal advice or an immigration ruling.

Every first-release policy page on this site is tied back to official public sources reviewed on . Even so, admission decisions are always made by the relevant authorities and carriers, and policies can change after publication.

The site may be supported by advertising, partnerships, or future premium travel-planning utilities. That funding should not change the editorial rule: if a page does not help a traveler make a better decision, it should not be published.

What the site is built to do

The tools translate common traveler questions into visible checks: passport nationality, visit purpose, ordinary-passport status, onward route, stay length, designated ports, and practical arrival tasks. A good page should help a traveler decide which rule family to investigate next and what evidence to confirm before booking.

What the site is not

China Entry Toolkit is not affiliated with a government, airline, consulate, visa center, or immigration authority. It does not issue visas, guarantee admission, replace official notices, or settle edge cases involving work, study, journalism, criminal history, unusual documents, or emergency travel.

Editorial standard

Pages are maintained around practical decision value. The site avoids doorway-style pages that merely repeat keywords, and favors calculators, route examples, bilingual cards, checklists, source notes, and clear next steps. When a rule has limits, the page should make those limits visible instead of hiding uncertainty.

Correction policy

Policy pages can become outdated when official notices, airport coverage, stay-area rules, or carrier interpretation changes. Corrections are reviewed against public official sources where possible, and pages should show the latest review date so readers know when the current wording was checked.