# China travel advisory: Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution

> Official levels only. Not travel or medical advice. The advisory may assign different levels to regions inside the destination.

- State Department level: Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
- Advisory date: 2026-10-19
- Source note: Not stated
- CDC travel health notices naming this destination: 0
- Observed level changes recorded by CiteFacts: 0
- Retrieved: 2026-10-28T06:20:58+00:00

## State Department summary

in mainland China due to the arbitrary enforcement of local laws, the use of exit bans without a fair and transparent process under the law, and the risk of wrongful detention. Some areas have specific risks.

## CDC travel health notices

- No current CDC travel health notice names this destination in its title. This is not a statement that no health risk exists.

## Observed level history

- 2026-09-26T02:38:14+00:00 — Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution — baseline

## Sources and formats

- [Official State Department advisory](https://travel.state.gov/content/tsg_aem/us/en/home/international-travel/travel-advisories/destination.chn.html)
- [State Department advisory feed](https://travel.state.gov/_res/rss/TAsTWs.xml)
- [CDC travel notice feed](https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/rss/notices.xml)
- [Canonical HTML](https://citefacts.com/travel/china)
- [JSON record](https://citefacts.com/travel/china.json)