Researchers, e-commerce sellers, ad-verification teams, and developers who need accurate data from the local internet all benefit from a reliable China proxy.
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Quick answer
Geonode provides 84,210 residential proxies with China IP addresses across 12 cities, from $0.79/GB ($0.27/GB at scale) China proxies let you access China-only content, local SERP results and region-specific pricing — rotating or sticky, no credit system.
Live China proxy availability
Real-time pool data by city, updated continuously
| City | IPs Available | Protocol | Latency | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guangzhou | 22,000 | HTTP / SOCKS5 | 0.3s | Live |
| Shanghai | 18,860 | HTTP / SOCKS5 | 0.2s | Live |
| Beijing | 12,570 | HTTP / SOCKS5 | 0.3s | Live |
| Hangzhou | 9,430 | HTTP / SOCKS5 | 0.2s | Live |
| Chengdu | 6,290 | HTTP / SOCKS5 | 0.3s | Live |
| Nanjing | 6,290 | HTTP / SOCKS5 | 0.3s | Live |
Quick answer: what is a Chinese proxy and who needs one
A Chinese proxy routes your traffic through a real IP address located inside China, making websites and APIs treat you as a local user.
Free China proxy list: how our China IPs are sourced and updated
Our free list is built from ethically sourced residential and datacenter nodes distributed across major Chinese cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen.
The list refreshes every 10–15 minutes so dead entries are flushed automatically, and the typical live rate stays above 90% during peak hours. Before committing to any IP, run a quick health check.
- Ping each IP and confirm round-trip latency is below 300 ms for reliable use.
- Test against a geo-detection API to verify the IP resolves inside the target region.
- Check the proxy port for response status codes—anything other than 200 signals a problem.
- Rotate the IP after a failed request rather than retrying the same address repeatedly.
China proxy types: residential, ISP, datacenter and mobile
Choosing the right proxy type depends on your target site, required speed, and budget.
Here is a breakdown of each option.
Residential
Our Chinese residential proxies use IPs assigned by real consumer ISPs. They carry the highest trust score with local platforms and are the hardest to detect, making them ideal for sensitive scraping tasks.
ISP
ISP proxies blend datacenter speeds with residential registration. They sit on static IPs tied to providers like China Telecom or China Unicom, offering a stable address that rarely triggers CAPTCHAs.
Datacenter
Datacenter proxies deliver the fastest raw throughput and suit tasks where sheer volume matters more than stealth—bulk availability checks or internal API testing, for example.
Mobile
Mobile proxies use IPs from China Mobile's cellular network. Because millions of real users share the same mobile IP ranges, these addresses are almost never blocked by aggressive anti-bot systems.
- Choose residential when scraping login-protected platforms or price-sensitive storefronts.
- Choose ISP proxies when you need a long-lived static IP with residential trust levels.
- Choose datacenter proxies for high-throughput tasks where stealth is a secondary concern.
- Choose mobile proxies when facing the strictest bot-detection layers on consumer apps.
- Mix types with IP rotation to balance cost and reliability across large crawls.
How to get a Chinese IP address in 4 steps
Getting a working Chinese proxy IP—also called a Chinese IP proxy—takes only a few minutes with Geonode.
- Create a free Geonode account and navigate to the residential proxy dashboard to confirm your plan.
- Select China as your target country and choose a city or ISP filter such as China Telecom or China Unicom.
- Copy the generated endpoint credentials—host, port, username, and password—into your tool or script.
- Run a geo-check request to verify your external IP resolves inside the country before starting your real task.
Chinese proxy pricing: buy China proxies from $0.27/GB
Entry-level access to our China proxy network starts at just $0.27/GB —one of the lowest per-gigabyte rates available for genuine residential traffic.
Volume tiers reduce the cost further as your data needs grow, so high-frequency scrapers and enterprise teams both get fair value. See the full breakdown on our pricing page.
- Unlimited concurrent connections included on all paid plans with no hidden throttling.
- Automatic IP rotation built in so you never manage a proxy list manually.
- Pay only for bandwidth consumed—unused gigabytes on monthly plans roll over or are credited.
- Priority support and SLA uptime guarantees available on business and enterprise tiers.
Why target China specifically
The numbers alone justify a dedicated China proxy strategy.
The local internet ecosystem is vast, fast-moving, and largely inaccessible without a local IP address.
- About 1.1 billion internet users are online—roughly 78% of the entire population.
- Chinese e-commerce exceeded US$1.5 trillion in 2024, making it the world's largest market.
- Over 900 million people shop online locally—more than any other country on earth.
- Mobile drives over 85% of all online shopping, the highest share recorded globally.
- China Mobile alone serves close to 1 billion subscribers across its cellular network.
- Local ISPs including China Telecom and China Unicom enforce strict regional routing rules.
Top use cases for Chinese proxies
A fast China proxy unlocks a wide range of professional workflows that require authentic local IP addresses.
E-commerce price monitoring
Track real-time pricing shifts on major marketplaces without triggering rate limits or region blocks.
Ad verification
Confirm that campaign creatives and landing pages render correctly for users browsing from within the country.
SEO and SERP tracking
Monitor localized search rankings on Baidu and other engines using genuine residential IP signals.
Market research
Gather competitor intelligence and consumer-sentiment data from local forums, apps, and review platforms.
Streaming and content access
Use an online proxy for China to access geo-restricted video and audio content licensed only for the local market.
App and localization testing
QA teams use a web proxy in China to simulate real user sessions and catch region-specific rendering bugs before launch.
- Taobao — scrape product listings, seller ratings, and promotional pricing at scale.
- Tmall — monitor brand storefronts and track flash-sale inventory changes in real time.
- JD.com — collect logistics ETAs, review counts, and cross-category pricing data.
- Pinduoduo — analyze group-buying deal structures and seasonal discount patterns.
- Xiaohongshu — track influencer post performance and trending product categories.
Free vs paid China proxies: what actually works
Free lists are tempting, but they come with serious drawbacks for anyone doing production-level work on the local market.
Most free IPs are already burned—blacklisted by Taobao, JD.com, and similar platforms before you even try them. Speeds are inconsistent, uptime is unpredictable, and there is zero support when something breaks mid-crawl.
Paid China proxies, by contrast, offer fresh, continuously rotated IPs drawn from a real residential pool. You get guaranteed bandwidth, authenticated endpoints, and monitoring dashboards that show exactly what is happening.
- Free proxies average less than 40% uptime; paid residential IPs hold above 99%.
- Free IPs are shared across thousands of anonymous users, inflating block rates dramatically.
- Paid plans include authenticated endpoints, preventing unauthorized consumption of your bandwidth.
- Support teams can diagnose and swap out flagged IPs within minutes on paid tiers.
Code quick start: China proxy in Python, Node.js and cURL
Swap in your credentials and the examples below will route traffic through a Chinese IP immediately.
Avoid the three mistakes listed after the code blocks.
# Python (requests)
import requests
proxies = {"http": "http://user:pass@gate.geonode.com:10000",
"https": "http://user:pass@gate.geonode.com:10000"}
r = requests.get("https://ipinfo.io/json", proxies=proxies)
print(r.json())// Node.js (axios + https-proxy-agent)
const axios = require("axios");
const { HttpsProxyAgent } = require("https-proxy-agent");
const agent = new HttpsProxyAgent("http://user:pass@gate.geonode.com:10000");
axios.get("https://ipinfo.io/json", { httpsAgent: agent }).then(r => console.log(r.data));# cURL
curl -x http://user:pass@gate.geonode.com:10000 https://ipinfo.io/json- Never hardcode credentials in version-controlled files—use environment variables instead.
- Always specify HTTPS tunneling to avoid leaking request headers through plain HTTP proxies.
- Set a connection timeout of at least 10 seconds to handle higher-latency cross-region hops.
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What China proxies are used for
China e-commerce data
Scrape Amazon.de, Otto, Zalando pricing — local IPs see local prices and EUR/DE-specific deals
Localized ad verification
Check how ads render to China users across Bayern, NRW, Berlin regions
China SERP tracking
Monitor Google.de rankings from real China IPs — track .de SERPs vs .com
Geo-restricted content
Access China-only services (ARD/ZDF Mediathek, RTL+) for testing and research
China real-estate intel
ImmoScout24, Immowelt listings — properties often gated by IP geography
Local news + price-discovery
Spiegel paywall research, Idealo / Geizhals price-tracking with China exit IPs
Code Quick Start
Route any request through a China residential IP using these credentials.
curl -x 203.0.113.10:9000 -U "user:pass" "http://ip-api.com"Here's how we offer low prices on world-class quality
Most scraping APIs run on rented supply with credit-based pricing. That's why your bill is unpredictable. We chose the opposite path and the math compounds.


Legal use of proxies in China
Using residential proxies may be lawful for legitimate purposes, including market research, ad verification, SEO monitoring, fraud prevention and competitive intelligence on lawfully accessible public data.
Extraterritorial privacy laws like GDPR and CCPA require that any personal-data collection through proxies comply with applicable privacy and data-protection requirements. Scraping behind authentication walls, circumventing technical access controls, accessing non-public data, or copying protected content may be restricted under unauthorized-access, intellectual-property, database-rights and contract rules — stay on lawfully accessible public endpoints.
Geonode IPs are ethically sourced via opt-in consumer apps, including Repocket and Zenshield, with source-side consent and compliance controls.
Not legal advice — consult local counsel for your jurisdiction and specific use case.
China proxy FAQ
Open your Geonode proxy configuration and select China when it is available for your product. Copy the generated host, port, full username and password into your client. Keep credentials private and use the setup instructions for your selected product.
Check the locations currently offered in your product dashboard. Country, region and city options depend on the product and available inventory. A location page does not guarantee that every targeting option or a specific number of IP addresses is available.
Use rotation for independent requests and a sticky session when a multi-step workflow needs continuity. Check the supported session settings in your product dashboard. A sticky residential session is not a guarantee of a permanently assigned IP address.
Review the current residential proxy pricing for traffic allowances, billing options and the conditions of your selected plan. Check availability for your required location before purchase. The pricing page is the source for current rates and offers.
Review the evaluation options currently displayed on the product and pricing pages. Eligibility, price, duration and included traffic depend on the offer. Confirm those conditions before signing up or starting an evaluation.
Use the protocol and port generated for your selected product in the dashboard, and confirm that your client supports them. Follow the product documentation rather than copying an endpoint or port from an unrelated proxy example.
Make a permitted test request through the configured proxy and compare the reported exit IP and country with your selected settings. IP-geolocation databases can disagree or lag behind network changes. Check the result in your actual workflow; a location match does not guarantee access to a particular website.
Check your permission to access and use the target data, the target’s access conditions, and Geonode’s Acceptable Use Policy. Do not bypass authentication, paywalls or access restrictions. A proxy connection does not grant rights to content or guarantee anonymity.
Proxies in other locations
Same network, same pricing, different exit country. Every location below runs on Geonode's own IP pool with per-GB billing and no credit system.
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