الصين eSIM
China eSIM for the mainland, Hong Kong and Macao: 1 to 50 GB on one of the three nationwide networks, prepaid, no contract, no registration – online minutes after landing in Beijing or Shanghai.
اختيارك
تبدأ المدة عند أول اتصال للشريحة في وجهتك — يمكنك الشراء اليوم والسفر بعد ثلاثة أسابيع.
كيف تعمل شريحة Simbye eSIM للصين؟
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Set it up before you fly
You buy the eSIM and get an email with a link and a QR code right away. Set it up at home on Wi-Fi – the validity does not start yet, it starts with your first connection on the ground. While you are at it, download the apps you will need in China.
Switch it on after landing
Whether you arrive at Beijing Daxing, Shanghai Pudong, Guangzhou Baiyun, Chengdu Tianfu, Hong Kong International or Macau International: turn the Simbye line on in your settings and enable data roaming for it. You are online shortly after, with nothing to configure by hand.
Change nothing on the road
Shenzhen to Hong Kong, Hong Kong to Macao – the same plan keeps running, you swap nothing. Use the hotspot to bring your laptop and tablet along. When the data or the validity runs out, you simply book again.
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تأكد من أن جهازك يدعم eSIM قبل الشراء
ما الدول التي تغطيها شريحة eSIM المخصصة للصين؟
تعمل شريحة eSIM هذه في 3 دولة. هنا ترى الشبكة التي ستتصل بها في كل دولة.
قائمة الشبكات من مزوّدنا، حتى أغسطس 2026. الشبكة التي تحصل عليها تعتمد على التغطية في مكانك.
شريحة إلكترونية أم شريحة محلية في الصين؟
| المقارنة | شريحة Simbye الإلكترونية | شريحة محلية |
|---|---|---|
| Border mainland → Hong Kong → Macao | You swap nothing, the same plan keeps running | A new card per destination, new credit, new setup |
| When you get online | Right after landing in Beijing or Shanghai, because you set it up at home | Only once you find an open counter in the arrivals hall |
| Registration | Not needed | Anyone buying a SIM card in China signs up at the counter with a passport |
| Language | Buy and set up in your own language | Advice and contract often in Chinese only |
| Phone number | None – data only | Local number included |
| Hotspot | Allowed, laptop and tablet come along | Blocked or charged extra depending on the plan |
| Your usual number | Stays active in your phone, the eSIM runs alongside | You swap the card, your number is offline meanwhile |
| Data allowance | 1 to 50 GB, 7 to 180 days, decided up front | Top up locally; leftover credit stays on the card and is no use to you once you leave |
One plan for mainland, Hong Kong and Macao – instead of three
A trip to China rarely stays in one place. Many people fly into Beijing, take the high-speed train via Xi'an to Shanghai, continue to Guangzhou or Guilin – and finish with a few days in Hong Kong and a side trip to Macao. On that route you cross two borders where your phone switches to a different network.
With single-country eSIMs you buy three plans for that: one for the mainland, one for Hong Kong, one for Macao. Each has a minimum size, and two days in Macao barely use a few hundred megabytes – the rest is wasted. Then there is the effort: three setups, three emails, switching at every border and hoping it works first time.
A regional plan works differently. You pay once, the data travels with you, and whether you spend it in Chengdu or in Kowloon makes no difference. If Hong Kong is your only stop and nothing else, a single-country plan still serves you well – the advantage appears the moment there is more than one destination on the list.
Where coverage gets thin
You will find network where most travellers go: in the mega-cities, along the high-speed rail lines, and almost everywhere in Hong Kong and Macao. It gets thinner in the west – on the Tibetan and Qinghai plateau, across the desert stretches of Xinjiang and in the mountains of Yunnan there are long, sparsely settled stretches between towns; do not expect a continuous connection there. On the high-speed train the connection also drops in tunnels; that is normal and does not mean something is wrong with the eSIM.
The second thin spot has nothing to do with masts and everything to do with the services themselves. In mainland China many services you use at home are not reachable on local connections. So do not count on everything working: if you only start looking at the airport, you are left without maps, without a translator and without a messenger. Download offline maps first, set up WeChat and a payment app, and save your hotel address in Chinese – that saves more evenings than any extra gigabyte.
One practical point at the end: this eSIM comes without a phone number. Anything that wants to verify you by SMS – a ride-hailing app, a bank, a ticket site – sends the code to your usual number. Keep it active in your phone, and check beforehand what your home provider charges for receiving abroad.
Taiwan is not included – and mainland China plays by its own rules
This eSIM is valid in mainland China, Hong Kong and Macao. Taiwan is explicitly not part of it: if Taipei is on your route, you need a separate plan for it. The same goes for neighbours like Japan, South Korea, Vietnam or Mongolia, which many people picture as part of a longer Asia trip.
Two more things worth knowing before you fly: in mainland China many services you use at home are not reachable on local connections – in Hong Kong and Macao they are. And this plan comes without a phone number, so SMS verification codes still go to your usual number.
التطبيقات التي تحتاجها فعلاً في الصين
Daily life in mainland China runs on different apps than at home – WeChat for messages and payments, Alipay at the till, Didi for rides, Amap or Baidu Maps for directions, 12306 for train tickets. Nearly all of them want a phone number or a payment method the first time you open them. This eSIM gives you the data for it, but no phone number of its own: set up anything that needs an SMS code while you are still at home and your usual number is reachable. In Hong Kong and Macao the jump is smaller – English menus and international cards get you a long way.
WeChat (Weixin)
The messenger that runs daily life in mainland China: chatting, paying, tickets, bookings. Without it, hotels, guides and new acquaintances struggle to reach you.
A new account often has to be confirmed by an existing user. Set it up at home while you can still ask someone.
Alipay
Pay by QR code instead of cash, plus metro tickets, taxis and a translator built in. For visitors it is the easiest way into cashless China.
You can add a foreign credit card, but expect an identity check that is not instant. Do it before you fly, not at the airport.
DiDi
The ride-hailing app in mainland China. Uber does not operate there; DiDi has an English interface and lets you type your destination in Chinese.
Signing up sends a code by SMS. This eSIM has no phone number, so keep your usual SIM active to receive it, or register before you travel.
Amap (Gaode)
The maps app people actually use on the ground: walking routes, buses, metro lines and timetables here are the ones people on the ground actually use.
Large parts of the app are Chinese only. Save addresses in Chinese characters beforehand so you can find them again in the search.
Trip.com (Ctrip)
Book trains, flights and hotels in advance – for mainland China, Hong Kong and Macao. The app is available in English and takes foreign credit cards.
Train tickets are tied to the name in your passport. Bring it when you board, or you will not get through at the platform.
Octopus
In Hong Kong you pay for metro, bus, ferry and the corner shop with Octopus; MTR Mobile shows lines, exits and fares.
The Octopus app usually asks for a Hong Kong phone number at sign-up. Without one, pick up the physical card at the airport or any MTR station.
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