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A current 2026 guide to participating stores, the RMB 200 threshold, purchase documents, instant refund, cross-region departure, electronic processing and customs checks.
Screenshot-ready Chinese language cards for taxis, hotels, food allergies, hospitals, stations, payment trouble, lost passports and politely refusing unwanted sales pressure.
A plain-language compliance checklist for passports, permitted activities, accommodation registration, cameras and drones, medicines, police checks, and consular help.
A separate customs guide to the 2025 declaration rules, personal medicines, food and quarantine, electronics, drone registration and flight controls, and cash thresholds.
The official 2026 holiday and adjusted-workday calendar, plus the practical effects of Spring Festival, Labor Day, Golden Week and the summer season on transport, hotels and attractions.
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.
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