Originally Posted by bocastephen

Looking for advise on arriving into Hongqiao/SHA vs PVG as a TWOV passenger with APEC. I can arrive PVG, but my friend is meeting me after coming into Shanghai via high speed rail from the hinterlands, and it would be more convenient to meet at Hongqiao airport since the train station is adjacent to the airport terminal vs needing to arrive downtown and then transfer out to PVG to meet me, then come back downtown together.

My ticket is US-HKG and PVG-NRT-US, and I will have a separate ticket HKG-SHA.

So in summary, to confirm:

TWOV rules allow me to arrive one airport (SHA) and depart from another (PVG), and I have 144 hrs in transit.

SHA airport can process international arrivals without any known issues or odd things to look out for

I can use my APEC card at SHA to keep my waiting time down (and I can use APEC while in transit)

I assume HKG airline agents are familiar with China TWOV rules and won't give me a hassle about the separate tickets or airport switch.