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[http://www.cnto.org/ '''China'''] (中国; ''Zhōngguó''), officially the '''People's Republic of China''' (中华人民共和国 ''Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó''), is a vast country in [[East Asia]] with about the same land area as the [[United States of America]], and with 1.4 billion inhabitants the country with the world's larges(contracted; show full)

Some of the lower-end hotels are not set up for this and will refuse foreign guests. At one time this was a legal requirement; no hotel could accept foreigners without a license from local police. It is not clear whether this law is still in force, but some hotels still refuse foreigners.

If you are staying in a private residence, you are in theory required to register your abode with the local police within 24 hours (city) to 72 hours (countryside) of arrival, though in practice the law is rarely 
if ever enforced for short-term visitors so long as you don't cause any trouble. The police will ask for a copy of the photograph page of your passport, a copy of your visa, a copy of your immigration entry stamp, a photograph and a copy of the tenancy agreement or other document concerning the place you are staying in. That agreement might not be in your name but it will still be asked for.

This Temporary Residence Permit should be carried with you at all times, especially if you are in larger cities or where control is tight.

You will need to re-register if your visa or residence permit undergoes any changes — extensions, or changes in passport (even here, it is ideal to re-register when you get a new passport, regardless if you've transferred the visa or residence permit to the new passport). Long-term residents are also supposed to re-register every time they re-enter mainland China.

===By plane===
The main international gateways to mainland China are [[Beijing Capital International Airport|Beijing]], [[Shanghai Pudong International Airport|Shanghai]] and [[Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport|Guangzhou]]. Until recently, most other sizable cities, if they even had an international airport, were limited to East Asian and sometimes Southeast Asian destinations. However, the explosive growth of commercial aviation in China has meant that there is a wide choice of alternative gateways (contracted; show full){{related|Golf_in_China}}

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