Life in China, made simple

It is an information and life-services platform and community for foreigners living, working or studying in China. Listings can be browsed by category, by home country and by city, covering jobs, housing, second-hand goods, services and language exchange. Business-related content is split into three distinct channels: the Merchant Directory (/merchants) lists approved businesses operating in China; Verified Providers (/resources) is an editorially screened list of official bodies and legitimate service providers; Business posts (/listings?src=merchant) are commercial listings published by those merchants. There is no separate merchant-onboarding section — a business registers as a business member and its profile goes live after credential review.

There are two separate posting systems with separate per-day rates. Individual members get a monthly free quota of 1 listings (valid 3 days after approval) and can also pay $2 (USD) per day, up to 30 days. Business members have NO free quota and pay $6 per day — by default 3x the individual rate (at least 2x), configurable by the admin with one multiplier or per category / per merchant — or use posting credits included in a purchased plan when the plan shop is open. The validity period is counted from publication: on expiry the system takes the listing down and withdraws it from every part of the site, and 30 days after takedown it is permanently purged.

Every listing on this site is valid for up to 30 days. Past that period the system takes it down automatically, and it disappears from listings, search, category pages and recommendations alike; 30 days after takedown it is permanently deleted from the database rather than kept on. This keeps the information on the site current, useful and timely, and stops outdated content from misleading anyone.

All prices are quoted in USD. You can pay in USD, EUR or GBP via PayPal / Payoneer, or in CNY via WeChat Pay / Alipay. Content becomes visible only after content review, confirmed payment and a mandatory final go-live review by an admin.

By default we review content before taking payment. A moderator checks the submitted listing, request or ad creative first; once approved you receive an in-site notification and a "Pay now" button appears in your account. The platform can switch this pre-payment review off, in which case you can pay immediately. Either way, payment never publishes content automatically: a mandatory admin go-live review is still required before anything appears on the site. Requests and free-quota listings have no payment step, but still need admin approval to become public.

All listings are published by users (UGC). The platform does not take part in any transaction, so please verify the other party and the details before paying or meeting.

Contact details are shown in a controlled way: free listings show a masked number and release the full details through a sign-in + human-check relay page, paid listings and merchant plans with the direct-contact perk show them in full, and categories requiring credentials only release them through that relay. Merchant profiles work the same way: approval gives a free basic profile, while full contact display is a paid enhancement. Numbers written inside a description are masked automatically. Every reveal is logged for anti-fraud.

Yes — use the dedicated contact fields (phone / email / WeChat or WhatsApp) in the posting form. Details written inside the description are masked automatically so nobody can reach you that way. Free listings show details partially masked and release them in full through the platform relay page after signing in and passing the human check; paid listings and merchant plans with the direct-contact perk display them in full.

Use the Report button on the listing page (top and bottom), the flag button on every listing card, or the Report link in the site menu. A public report form is also available at /report. Moderators manually review each report and act promptly.

Yes. Whether you are planning to visit, do business, study or relocate to China, you can read our visa guides, city life handbooks and arrival checklists before you come, and plan trips through the travel section. ForeignHub serves both foreigners already in China and those planning to come.

No. Once a merchant submits its credentials and an admin approves them, a free basic profile goes public automatically and can be indexed by search engines and AI assistants — no membership purchase required. Paid merchant plans add enhancements: published business credentials, full contact display, featuring in the merchant directory, priority in listings and posting credits included in the plan (when the plan shop is open). On-site verification by our staff ("on-site verified") is a separate paid add-on. The three are independent of one another.