Return to your saved China setup: readiness score, action lanes, source freshness, Arrival Kit, and verification triggers in one place.
Example trip profile
United States traveler, 8-14 day trip band, entering through Shanghai, visiting Shanghai, Beijing.
Personalized score
Days to departure
Add date
Do-now actions
1
Recheck before departure
0
Next timeline item
Add date
Add trip dates in the planner to turn generic timing into actual due dates and source recheck warnings.
30 days out
Due Add date
Entry path, trip purpose, medicine legality, and business wording should be settled before the itinerary becomes expensive to change.
7 days out
Due Add date
One successful app install is not enough. The week before departure is when payment, network, rail, and MFA failures should be surfaced.
48 hours out
Due Add date
The last two days should produce the material that still works when data, battery, language, or wallet setup fails.
Landing day
Due Add date
Use the lowest-friction airport-to-hotel path and handle payment/data tests while airport or hotel support is nearby.
Tasks stay grouped by consequence and timing, so the traveler can return and keep working from the same board.
High-cost failures to resolve before bookings harden.
entry - medium
Confirm whether the trip is ordinary China tourism or a true transit to a third country or region.
Can fail: Round-trip routes back to the same country or region are usually the wrong shape for transit without visa.
Backup: Use an ordinary visa path when the itinerary is not a clean third-country transit.
Setup tasks that should be finished before airport day.
payments - high
Install Alipay and WeChat before departure when possible.
Can fail: A card can bind successfully but still fail at a specific merchant or mini-program.
Backup: Try the second wallet, then a different card, then cash.
internet - medium
Decide whether your primary path is roaming, travel eSIM, local SIM, or a mixed backup.
Can fail: A local mainland SIM may not support the same app access behavior as roaming or some travel eSIM routes.
Backup: Keep one alternate network path available for arrival day.
arrival - high
Use the NIA official arrival-card page, NIA 12367 channels, official mini-programs, or the QR code provided by immigration authorities.
Can fail: Search ads or copied websites can imitate an official arrival-card portal.
Backup: Use official smart devices or paper arrival cards at the port if online submission fails.
arrival - high
Save the first-night hotel name, Chinese address, and phone number offline.
Can fail: The English hotel name may not match the Chinese map or driver search result.
Backup: Use the staffed airport transport counter or official taxi queue with the Chinese address card.
emergency - medium
Save your first-night hotel name, address, and phone number in Chinese.
Can fail: Translation apps may need data when you need them most.
Backup: Ask hotel staff to write destination names and special needs in Chinese.
emergency - high
Add a home emergency contact and first-night hotel phone to the profile.
Can fail: A caller may not know the exact address or nearest landmark.
Backup: Keep one paper card in the passport wallet and one screenshot in phone photos.
Actions to handle while support is nearby.
No current item in this lane from the saved profile.
Items to keep visible as policies, routes, or bookings change.
transport - high
Use the exact passport name and passport number when booking train tickets.
Can fail: Third-party booking data can be mismatched if passport details were entered loosely.
Backup: Keep the booking reference, passport, and app receipt together.
1 item needs attention before this module is travel-ready.
1 item needs attention before this module is travel-ready.
1 item needs attention before this module is travel-ready.
2 items need attention before this module is travel-ready.
1 item needs attention before this module is travel-ready.
No urgent setup gap detected from your current profile.
No urgent setup gap detected from your current profile.
No urgent setup gap detected from your current profile.
No urgent setup gap detected from your current profile.
2 items need attention before this module is travel-ready.
These are the claims currently affecting the saved profile. If a recheck date passes before departure, reopen the planner or generate a paid PDF before relying on the old assumption.
entry - medium
Entry is the highest-cost failure point: a wrong assumption can stop the trip at airline check-in or border inspection.
payments - high
China payment friction is rarely one single problem. The usual failure chain is wallet setup, card binding, merchant acceptance, issuer risk control, data connection, or dead battery.
internet - medium
Travelers often prepare apps but forget the network path. A payment, map, translation, or hotel check-in flow can fail if the phone cannot receive data or messages.
arrival - high
Arrival-card confusion is a perfect pre-flight failure point: travelers can waste money on fake sites, enter personal data into the wrong form, or arrive without knowing the paper fallback still exists.
arrival - high
The first ride happens when the traveler is tired, carrying luggage, and most likely to have payment or data friction.
transport - high
A passport spelling, number, or document mismatch can turn a simple train day into a station-service problem.
emergency - medium
When mobile data, translation apps, or wallet login fails, a simple offline Chinese card can be more useful than a long English explanation.
emergency - high
Emergency preparation has to work when the traveler is stressed, offline, or unable to explain the situation in Chinese.