Why I built China Travel Prep

Who's behind this

Hi — I'm Yingjun Hu (胡英俊). I was born and raised in China, and more than anything I'd love for you to come see it for yourself: the food, the pace, the small everyday details that never make it into a guidebook.

Over the past year I watched a lot of China-travel videos, and the same thing kept jumping out at me: even the most seasoned world-traveling creators showed up with a knot of worries — will my card work, will my phone work, how do I get from the airport at midnight — and still spent their first day adjusting to things nobody had warned them about.

That's why I built China Travel Prep. The idea is simple: help anyone planning a trip get the handful of things that actually matter sorted before they fly — personalized to their own trip — so the worries are handled at home, not discovered on arrival.

Come, have a great time, and come back again. 欢迎来中国。

How we verify

Payment, connectivity and arrival rules for foreign visitors change often, so every answer is written against primary sources — official government and central-bank notices, and the banks', wallets' and carriers' own documentation — not recycled from other blogs. Where a claim depends on an outside source, we link it directly on the page.

Each answer shows a "Reviewed" date: that's when we last checked the page against its sources, not just when it was published. We also flag how settled a topic is:

• Stable — usually steady, though local practice can still vary.
• Changes — moves often; re-check app, card or provider behavior before departure.
• Official check — orientation only; confirm the final answer with an official source.

What changes — and when to re-check

Foreign-card fees and limits, which wallets accept which cards, eSIM and VPN behavior, and visa-free rules all shift from month to month. Treat anything time-sensitive as a snapshot: re-check the pages that matter for your trip in the one to two weeks before you fly, and again the night before you set things up.

Sources we rely on

• Chinese government and central-bank (PBOC) notices on foreign-visitor payments and limits.
• Official documentation from Alipay, WeChat Pay, card networks and banks.
• Carrier and eSIM-provider documentation for connectivity.
• First-hand reports from recent travelers, used to find edge cases — then verified against the sources above before they change a page.

What this is not

China Travel Prep is practical preparation guidance, not legal, financial, immigration or medical advice. We do not guarantee legal, payment, telecom, fare, or app-availability outcomes — always confirm anything critical with the official source before you act on it.

Found something out of date?

If something here is wrong or has changed, please tell us — the feedback box on any answer page reaches us directly, and corrections that hold up against the sources go in fast. That loop is how the site stays accurate.