Apps

This is the practical app chapter for the city guides on this site. It assumes that you are using a foreign phone number and an international bank card, and that you have never used Chinese travel apps before. Screenshot note: the pictures below are genuine developer-supplied App Store screenshots or an official government-published Weixin Pay guide, checked on 17 September 2026. They are not screenshots from your own phone. Menus can still differ by iOS/Android, app version, language, region, account eligibility, and verification status. Read the written path as well as the picture, and never scan a QR code copied from an untrusted guide. ...

China is straightforward to travel around once a few systems are set up before departure. The most important preparation is not packing; it is making sure that your passport, phone connection, payment methods, maps, and attraction reservations will work together. This is the reusable “common chapter” for the city guides on this site. It is written for independent travelers from North America and Europe, but the same workflow is useful for visitors from many other countries. ...