At the border边检

Have a valid passport (and a visa if you need one), the arrival card, your hotel address in Chinese, and proof that matches your purpose.

带有效护照（需要签证就带签证）、入境卡、酒店中文地址，以及与来华目的相符的证明。

The law allows refusal if you cannot guarantee expected expenditures. No official visitor cash amount was found.

法律规定无法保证预期费用的可以拒入。没有查到官方游客现金数额。

Fingerprints at the visa office are waived until 31 December 2026 for short-term visas (stay ≤180 days). That waiver does not cancel biometrics at the border. A long-standing NIA booklet covers ages 14–70.

签证中心指纹采集对短期签证（停留不超过 180 天）减免到 2026 年 12 月 31 日。这项减免不取消口岸生物识别。长期文件写的是 14–70 岁。

The health declaration was abolished on 1 November 2023. Volunteer symptoms if you are ill.

健康申明 2023 年 11 月 1 日取消。生病请主动说明。

NIA hotline 12367, from abroad +86-10-12367.

国家移民管理局热线 12367，境外 +86-10-12367。