China eSIM.
Beijing's Great Wall to Shanghai's Bund — online past the firewall, everywhere.
Every plan: QR by email in minutes · data-only, keep your number · days start on first connection · top up anytime · the total shown is the whole bill. What's included →
Unlimited plans run at full speed up to a daily fair-use allowance, then at reduced speed until the allowance resets the next day — you're never cut off. Every plan is prepaid: the checkout total is the whole bill, and we never add overage charges.
Hotspot support varies by plan and destination — where it's available for your plan in China, it's shown in the plan details before you pay.
The China eSIM guide.
China rewards the connected traveller more than almost anywhere: Google Maps, WhatsApp, Instagram and Gmail are all blocked behind the Great Firewall, while everyday life runs on WeChat and Alipay. A roaming eSIM keeps your usual apps and QR payments working from the Beijing hutongs to Shanghai's skyline.
How it works on the day
Here's the part that surprises people: a roaming eSIM usually routes around the Great Firewall, so Google Maps, WhatsApp and Gmail keep working with no VPN scramble on arrival. Scan it at home, switch on as you land at Beijing, Daxing or Shanghai Pudong, and your own number stays reachable for texts.
Choosing your days
Most China trips run 8 to 14 days to fit the Beijing–Xi'an–Shanghai loop, so a two-week plan is the natural choice and eases the daily rate. A shorter 5-to-7-day break suits Shanghai on its own, or Shanghai with a Hong Kong add-on.
Discover China.
The short version.
A travel eSIM is data only. It sits next to your home SIM, so your number, texts and WhatsApp carry on as normal. Pick unlimited, priced per day, or a fixed bundle of GB if it's mostly maps and messages. Install it on Wi-Fi before you fly — the days only start once it first connects in China, and it finds a partner network on its own.
Made for your kind of trip.
Coverage in China.
- China Mobile
- China Unicom
- China Telecom
China eSIM, city by city.
Heading somewhere specific in China? Each city guide covers the local airport, the areas you'll lean on data, and the same national China eSIM — one plan, wherever you land.
