Originally Posted by maskedmesothorium

There's a big thread on this: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/china...er-thread.html

But in summary, you can't use the transit visa unless you're traveling to a third country. This gets asked in almost every PEK and PVG thread, hah. Sadly the answer hasn't changed. I got a 1 year China visa right before they started giving the 10 year visa to everyone