Originally Posted by
whackyjacky
Just went through the PVG transit nightmare again a couple days ago. It's a confusing, unfriendly, and downright stupid set of procedures. You still have to get you're luggage and go through customs. Then you go upstairs, wait in line for your ticket, go through security a couple times more, and then they'll go through your carry-on on the gangway. Total time - 80 mins. Lounge - who knows ! I barely made my flight to SFO. wj
The two points I bolded are more a function of your airline being up to speed with the times than they are to do with PVG. As for the rest of the procedure, it's the same pretty much everywhere in China.