China Arrive

About China Arrive

Status: DRAFT — verify in the live app before publish

China Arrive (chinaarrive.com) publishes practical English guides for visitors to mainland China: mobile payments, SIM and travel eSIM setup facts, ride-hailing, train tickets, and street shared bikes.

We focus on setup and troubleshooting—clear steps, official links when available, and notes when sources disagree so you can check the live app.

What we are

  • An independent informational website
  • Written for first-time and short-stay visitors who need day-one logistics

What we are not

  • Not affiliated with Ant Group, Tencent, Alipay, WeChat, DiDi, China Railway, or bike operators
  • Not a government website and not “official”
  • Not a travel agency booking desk (any booking links, if enabled later, will be clearly labeled)
  • We do not publish VPN product guides

How we handle facts

Fees, card limits, and app menus change. Draft pages are marked for live verification. When two official pages list different numbers, we show both and tell you to follow the in-app display and the provider’s Help Center.

Contact

[email protected]

See also Disclaimers, Privacy, and Terms.

Photo credits

Photos are used under their licenses. Credits are listed on this page. If you believe a photo is used incorrectly, the public contact address is [email protected].

Licensed photographs were downloaded from the original hosts on 2026-11-06. They are stored in this site, not hotlinked. GPS data was removed before publish. Photos marked share-alike stay under that license if someone adapts them. Illustrations credited as AI-generated were created for China Arrive. They are not photographs.

  1. East Nanjing Road, the pedestrian shopping street in Shanghai, at night.Hermann Luyken. Wikimedia Commons. CC0 1.0. Source page. Retrieved 2026-11-06. Used on /. Resized to a 2000-pixel long edge. GPS and other EXIF removed.
  2. A clerk scans a customer's phone at a shop counter. AI-generated illustration, not a photograph.AI-generated illustration created for China Arrive. Not a photograph. Used on /, /pay/how-to-pay-in-china/. Resized to a 2000-pixel long edge. No GPS was present. The Chinese AIGC implicit identifier was kept (Label 1, ContentProducer 001191110000802100433B10005, ProduceID 1338239458938009751).
  3. A China Mobile shop in Shenzhen, a carrier counter where visitors register a prepaid SIM.SIENUEM bongeilOW. Wikimedia Commons. CC0 1.0. Source page. Retrieved 2026-11-06. Used on /, /internet/china-tourist-sim-real-name/. Camera clock cropped off the bottom. Resized to a 2000-pixel long edge. GPS and other EXIF removed.
  4. A high-speed train at Tianjin Railway Station. The phone number on the platform display is covered.Baycrest. Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 2.5. Source page. Retrieved 2026-11-06. Used on /, /get-around/12306-foreign-passport/. Share-alike: adaptations of this photo must be shared under the same or a compatible license. Opaque block covers the phone number on the platform display. EXIF removed. Long edge already under 2000 pixels.
  5. Departure waiting hall at Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station. Large stations need real walking time before the gate.颐园居. Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0. Source page. Retrieved 2026-11-06. Used on /get-around/12306-foreign-passport/. Share-alike: adaptations of this photo must be shared under the same or a compatible license. Resized to a 2000-pixel long edge. EXIF removed.
  6. Taxis on a Shanghai street. The fleet phone number and license plates are covered.Jengtingchen. Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0. Source page. Retrieved 2026-11-06. Used on /get-around/didi-for-foreigners/. Share-alike: adaptations of this photo must be shared under the same or a compatible license. Bottom of the frame cropped. Resized to a 2000-pixel long edge. GPS and other EXIF removed. Opaque blocks cover the fleet phone number and license plates.
  7. A row of yellow shared bikes parked along a sidewalk. AI-generated illustration, not a photograph.AI-generated illustration created for China Arrive. Not a photograph. Used on /get-around/shared-bike-china/. Resized to a 2000-pixel long edge. No GPS was present. The Chinese AIGC implicit identifier was kept (Label 1, ContentProducer 001191110000802100433B10005, ProduceID 1338233477104981775).
  8. Dockless shared bikes on a sidewalk in Fuzhou. QR stickers on the frames are covered so they cannot be scanned.Nagae Iku. Wikimedia Commons. CC0 1.0. Source page. Retrieved 2026-11-06. Used on /get-around/shared-bike-common-errors/. Resized to a 2000-pixel long edge. GPS and other EXIF removed. Opaque blocks cover QR stickers on the bikes.
  9. Domestic concourse at Guangzhou Baiyun Airport Terminal 2. Large terminals need real walking time before the gate.Shujianyang. Wikimedia Commons. CC0 1.0. Source page. Retrieved 2026-11-07. Used on /get-around/flying-foreign-passport/. Resized to a 2000-pixel long edge. GPS and other EXIF removed.
  10. Lobby of the Fragrant Hill Hotel in Beijing, with cream sofas under a long glass roof.N509FZ. Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0. Source page. Retrieved 2026-11-07. Used on /, /stay/hotels-for-foreign-guests/. Share-alike: adaptations of this photo must be shared under the same or a compatible license. Resized to a 2000-pixel long edge. GPS and other EXIF removed.
  11. The old building of Peking Union Medical College Hospital in Beijing.N509FZ. Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0. Source page. Retrieved 2026-11-07. Used on /, /health/seeing-a-doctor-in-china/. Share-alike: adaptations of this photo must be shared under the same or a compatible license. Resized to a 2000-pixel long edge. GPS and other EXIF removed.