For travellers and businesses coming to China
Journeys with a purpose for visitors. Verified partners and hands-on support for businesses. One team from your first message to your last day in China.
Free trip planner · Any question answered free within 24 hours
Muslim-friendly, pop culture, culture and seasonal journeys, plus medical and study trips, planned and booked for you.
Buy safely, enter the Chinese market, and make every trade fair count.
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Journeys with a purpose, not group tours. Each one is planned privately around you.
01Halal meals and prayer every day, plus the Silk Road story of Arab traders and China.
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02C-drama filming locations, hanfu photoshoots and concerts, with real-name tickets and travel handled.
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03Porcelain, tea, kung fu, silk, heritage villages and cooking, learned hands-on from masters.
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04Snow and ice in Harbin, Spring Festival, tea harvest and summer grasslands, timed to the season.
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05Check-ups, specialist care, TCM and Hainan's international medical zone, with interpreters and everything around the appointment arranged.
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06Mandarin courses, university programmes, school study tours, technology visits and live-commerce training.
Explore →Travel support: Tickets & bookings · Visa & entry · Airport & private car · Guides & interpreters · Payments, apps & eSIM set up · 24/7 help in China
Business
Trade fairs and buying trips first, then everything around buying from and selling to China.
For exhibitors and visiting buyers.
For importers and online sellers.
For brands and exporters entering the Chinese market.
China Guide
Everything to know before you go, then city by city: where to go, what to eat, halal food and how to get around.
Tickets & bookings
Entry & visas
Arrival checklist
Money & payments
Phone & internet
Apps to download
Getting around
Hotels & registration
Shopping & tax refunds
Best time to visit
Health & medical care
Halal food
Mosques & prayer
Safety & emergencies
Etiquette & culture
Imperial palaces, the Great Wall and the country's oldest mosques.
The Bund, skyscrapers, water towns, and China's import expo.
The Terracotta Warriors and China's most famous Muslim Quarter.
Giant pandas, tea houses and Western China's business hub.
A mountain city of bridges, night lights and hotpot on the Yangtze, about three hours from Bangkok.
Thousands of sandstone pillars rising out of the forest.
Karst peaks, the Li River and Yangshuo's countryside.
Red roofs, sea air, Mount Laoshan and a great port.
The Canton Fair, wholesale markets and Cantonese food.
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Pick your passport, cities, days and interests. Get a day-by-day plan with visa rules, halal food, mosques and transport, free. Keep it, share it, or ask us to book it.
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New rules, dates and openings that affect your trip or your shipment, checked and dated.
Since 20 November 2025, foreign visitors can submit China's arrival card online before landing, through the NIA website, the NIA 12367 app, or WeChat and Alipay mini-programs. Paper cards are still available at the airport.
How Chinese locals do Chongqing - entering Hongyadong from the top to skip the lift queue, ordering mild hotpot, the apps locals use, and the photo spots tourists miss.
Thai AirAsia, Thai Lion Air, Chongqing Airlines and China West Air fly Bangkok to Chongqing in about three hours, and three central metro stations added Thai announcements on 29 September 2026.
Why clients call us
What goes wrong most often for visitors and buyers in China, and how we solve it for you.
The tickets sold out in minutes.
We book the moment tickets are released, through official channels, and can remind you before release day.
Alipay will not accept my card, and I have no internet.
We set up Alipay, WeChat Pay and an eSIM with you on a video call before you fly.
I lost my passport. Or I need a doctor, now.
Your host is on call day and night: police report, embassy, hospital with an interpreter, or a new hotel if one refuses you.
Is there halal food near here?
City halal lists we check and keep up to date, plus prayer times and the nearest mosque in every day of your plan.
Which hospital or school is right for me?
We shortlist, compare costs and book, so you choose with the full picture.
The waiting list at home is months long.
We book check-ups and specialists at hospitals with international departments, with interpreters and your stay arranged.
Is this company real?
We check official Chinese records before you pay a deposit, and tell you whether it is a factory or a trader.
Am I paying too much?
Send us a product link or quote. We compare similar factories so you know the fair price before you order.
They changed the bank account.
We confirm the receiving account belongs to your contract party and structure payments by milestone.
I can't see my goods before they ship.
Pre-shipment inspection and loading supervision, with photos and video sent to you the same day.
I need someone with me at the fair.
Interpreters and business companions booked by the day, for any fair on our calendar.
Our food got stuck at Chinese customs.
We handle your CIFER registration and check labels and declarations before you ship.
Samples
This is what you receive from us. Names and details in these samples are fictional.
Identity, court records, factory or trader, bank account check, ranked risks and what to do before you pay.
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Route map, budget and hotels, hour-by-hour days with metro directions, halal restaurants and prayer stops.
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Free guides we re-check and date, and answers to the questions we hear most.
Landing China helps visitors and businesses arrive in China with people they can trust. For visitors we plan medical and wellness trips, study programmes, cultural experiences, Muslim-friendly and seasonal journeys. For businesses we verify Chinese suppliers and buyers, manage sourcing, shipping and import, help brands enter the Chinese market, and support trade fairs and business trips.
Yes. Many of China's top sights and museums release real-name tickets days in advance and sell out in minutes, often through Chinese-only apps that need a Chinese phone number. We book for you the moment tickets are released, through official channels and in your name.
No. We plan private journeys with a purpose, such as medical care, study, culture or Muslim-friendly travel. Services inside China are provided by licensed Chinese institutions and partners we have checked, and we remain your single contact.
Yes. Overseas food producers exporting to China must be registered with China's General Administration of Customs (GACC) through the CIFER system. New rules under GACC Decree 280 apply from 1 June 2026, and registrations are generally valid for five years.
Yes. With licensed Chinese partners we register wholly foreign-owned enterprises (WFOEs) and representative offices, open bank accounts, and handle tax registration, accounting and work permits.
Yes. We handle booth applications, stand design and build, exhibit shipping, interpreters and pre-booked buyer meetings. CIIE 2026 runs from 5 to 10 November 2026 in Shanghai, and the Canton Fair has an International Pavilion for overseas exhibitors.
For most visits, yes. Indonesia is not on China's visa-free list, but Indonesian passport holders can use the 240-hour visa-free transit when travelling on to a third country. We help prepare invitation letters and visa documents.
Yes. The Landing China trip planner at landingchina.com/plan-my-trip.html is free. Choose your passport, number of days, month, interests and cities, and it builds a day-by-day plan with the visa rule for your passport, halal meals and mosques, and transport between cities. You can keep the plan, share it, or send it to us and we help you make it happen.
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