Originally Posted by
YariGuy
So what actually happens and when? Do you provide an address after you land? Do you need to prove you live there (like with a lease) or do they take you at your word? Can you just provide the address of a hotel where you plan on doing your +7, and be assigned to that district?
Yes, after you land. They ask you where you're going, and then partition you off with others accordingly. The initial hotel is determined according to your final destination.
You choose the +7 hotel during your 14 night initial quarantine. In Shanghai there were no restrictions on where in Shanghai the +7 hotel had to be.
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One really needs to differentiate between the first hotel/facility, and what follows afterward.
1) The initial hotel or quarantine facility for the first 14 nights after arrival in China is what is sometimes referred to as ISOLATED QUARANTINE. During this time you will not be allowed to exit your room. You are isolated within that room for 14 nights. The door opens, and you are asked to leave exactly 336 hours after arrival or landing. (This at least was the case with me for a PVG arrival, and Shanghai isolated quarantine hotel).
2) The next steps are completely dictated by your final destination; this varies
a lot depending on where you arrived, and where your final destination is.
For a PVG arrival and a Beijing final destination, for instance, there is an +7 Shanghai hotel stay requirement. This hotel was completely my choice, providing the hotel allows +7 guests. During this +7 time, you're pretty much free to do as you please, although you are asked to stay away from crowds. Restaurants are fine, ferry was fine, shopping is fine, etc.
There's also things called home quarantine and community health monitoring, with various degrees of restrictions/obligations.
Here's decently accurate and mostly up-to-date list for some Chinese cities, and the differences in their respective quarantine requirements:
https://www.ikkyinchina.com/china-tu...ltimate-guide/
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Chose your initial China arrival city carefully: for a Beijing final destination, it is advantageous to not arrive in Beijing for instance, as the 3rd week quarantine has more freedom-of-movement if NOT arriving in Beijing.