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Beijing Landing Manual 2026
Beijing
Landing
Manual
A practical operating handbook for foreign solo founders and independent founders evaluating a lawful Beijing business and life base.
Q3 Edition · Free PDF
What this manual is
Decision support for a real Beijing landing.
The manual is a practical field guide for foreign independent professionals, founders, researchers, creators and small international teams deciding whether and how to build a Beijing operating base.
It connects legal tracks, first-month actions, founder checks, operating geography, official sources and practical templates. It is designed to remain useful as a self-service resource.
This is independent informational material, not individual legal, tax, immigration, medical, insurance, banking or investment advice. Verify high-consequence decisions with the responsible authority and, where useful, an appropriately qualified professional.
What's inside
Twelve chapters, grouped for action.
Prepare and operate
Build the pre-flight file, test the Founder Track, sequence the first 72 hours through 30 days, and separate payment from tax myths.
Land and live
Compare urban and outer-district bases, build a micro-community, and assess rural opportunity and rural-house due diligence without romanticism.
Act and verify
Use bilingual templates, one-page checklists, the Source Register and Update Log, and review triggers at the point of action.
How to use it
Self-service first. Verification before commitment.
Start with the route that matches what you will actually do: freelancer or remote earner, employee of a Chinese entity, or small founder. Use Chapters 1–2 as filters, Chapters 3–6 as the operating sequence, Chapters 7–10 to choose the landing environment, and Chapter 11 at the point of action.
Chapter 12 is the Source Register and Update Log. Recheck the decisive facts for your address, activity and eligibility before filing, signing or paying. When a real founder case remains, use the Free Founder Fit Check to structure the next questions.
Evidence and limits
Useful because the boundaries are visible.
Official sources are listed in the chapter source lists and in the Source Register, with URLs and review triggers.
Field notes help founders ask better questions; they are not legal guarantees or address-level certification.
Rules, administrative practice, services and case outcomes can change. The Q3 edition has a data freeze of 27 July 2026.
Q3 2026 · 47-page PDF · Free
Keep the complete operating handbook with you.
Next step
Use a case-specific route only when the facts justify it.
The Manual remains free and useful on its own. The browser-only Fit Check screens the structure; How Landing Works explains what can be coordinated when a founder-specific problem justifies an agreed scope.