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China Visa & Regulation Data

by cnregwatch.com · remote · no sign-in to list tools · v0.2.1 · published by com.cnregwatch

China visa-free eligibility by nationality and latest official regulation changes, with sources.

Changes · 2

5 tools: 2 change things and 3 only read.

Scanned Oct 21, 2026

No check matched anything in the tool definitions. No finding is not a safety guarantee. How the checks work.

claude mcp add --transport http china-data https://cnregwatch.com/mcp

Tools

Open a tool for its reasons and full description. Descriptions are the publisher's own words, shown as they are.

5 tools

Changes things 2Claude Code: ask
  • check_visa_free_eligibilityUse when someone asks whether a passport holder can enter mainland China without a visa, and for how long.No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
    • The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Use when someone asks whether a passport holder can enter mainland China without a visa, and for how long. Inputs: "nationality" (English country name, e.g. "Germany"). Output: JSON with visa_free_for_ordinary_passports, max_days, and every applicable route (30-day unilateral exemption, mutual agreements, 240-hour transit, Hainan 30-day) with conditions, validity dates and official NIA/MFA/embassy source links; dataset last checked 2026-10-18. Not legal advice. Cost: 1 prepaid credit per call with "Authorization: Bearer <key>"; without credits it returns a 402 payment_required result with buy links (see get_pricing).

    Annotations the server declares

    • readOnlyHint: true
    • openWorldHint: false
  • latest_regulation_changesUse to brief a foreign business on recent official Chinese regulations and policy releases (State Council English releases, MOFCOM).No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
    • The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Use to brief a foreign business on recent official Chinese regulations and policy releases (State Council English releases, MOFCOM). Inputs: optional "limit" (1-20, default 5), "topic" (tag/keyword, e.g. "trade", "export control"), "since" (YYYY-MM-DD). Output: JSON list of items with date, source, title, summary, tags and a link to the original. Cost: 1 prepaid credit per call with "Authorization: Bearer <key>"; without credits it returns a 402 payment_required result with buy links (see get_pricing).

    Annotations the server declares

    • readOnlyHint: true
    • openWorldHint: false
Only reads 3Claude Code: allow
  • get_pricingUse when the user asks about cost, hits the free limit, or needs more calls.No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "get_pricing" says "get": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Use when the user asks about cost, hits the free limit, or needs more calls. Inputs: none. Output: JSON with the free-tool limit, prepaid credit packs and their Stripe Payment Links, the USDC-on-Base endpoint and steps, and the cost of each tool. Cost: free, no key, 50 free-tool calls per IP per day in total.

    Annotations the server declares

    • readOnlyHint: true
    • openWorldHint: false
  • list_capabilitiesUse first to see what this server covers and which tools are free.No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The name "list_capabilities" says "list": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Use first to see what this server covers and which tools are free. Inputs: none. Output: JSON with each tool, its cost, data coverage (visa-free routes for mainland China; official regulation releases), dataset dates and auth method. Cost: free, no key, 50 free-tool calls per IP per day in total.

    Annotations the server declares

    • readOnlyHint: true
    • openWorldHint: false
  • sample_eligibilityUse to preview the shape and quality of eligibility data before paying.No findings

    Why it is in this group

    • The description's first verb is "preview": a word for reading.
    Description, as the server wrote it
    Use to preview the shape and quality of eligibility data before paying. Inputs: optional "nationality" (English country name; default "Germany"). Output: a short sample: whether ordinary passports are visa-free, max days, route names and one source link. For full routes, conditions, dates and all sources use check_visa_free_eligibility. Cost: free, no key, 50 free-tool calls per IP per day in total.

    Annotations the server declares

    • readOnlyHint: true
    • openWorldHint: false

This is not a safety rating, and no finding is not a safety guarantee. The groups and findings come from fixed checks of the tool definitions the server returned on the date shown, not from its code or what it does when called. How the checks work.

Install

Pinned to version 0.2.1. Values in angle brackets are yours to fill in.

claude mcp add --transport http china-data https://cnregwatch.com/mcp

Run in a terminal.

Claude Code permissions

Allow the reads, ask before a change, deny the deletes. Paste into .claude/settings.json.

.claude/settings.json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__china-data__list_capabilities",
      "mcp__china-data__get_pricing",
      "mcp__china-data__sample_eligibility"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__china-data__check_visa_free_eligibility",
      "mcp__china-data__latest_regulation_changes"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}

Tools that only read are allowed, tools that change things ask first, tools that delete or cancel are denied. It assumes the server is installed as china-data. Review it before you use it.