China Travel Pulse
Guide category
Accommodation rules, registration, booking, and neighborhood selection.
What hotels register, what visitors and hosts must do at private addresses, and how the seven-region online pilot introduced on 20 March 2026 works in practice.
Foreign travelers should not be told that they may stay only in hotels with a special blanket qualification to receive foreign guests. A 2024 central-government circular said local authorities and booking platforms should not restrict accommodation operators from receiving foreign guests on that basis, and operators should not advertise illegally that they refuse foreign guests.
There is no single “best area” in a large Chinese city. Choose by the places you will actually visit, the exact transport connections, and the time you arrive—not by a generic city-center label.
Plan with your actual itinerary
Answer one question at a time and compare the published options that may fit your passport, dates and route.