If I have a multiple entry visa for China, do I need to provide an itinerary for the second and subsequent entries?

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Once your ten year multiple visa is issued, you do not need to contact the Chinese Embassy again (until the ten years are up and you need to renew). The embassy's only involvement is determining if you are eligible for the visa.

To enter China on the multiple entry visa there is no additional paperwork "required" (other than any arrival forms they give you on the plane), but it never hurts to have a print out of your eTicket showing exit date and hotel vouchers for your stay (or tour itinerary if on package tour). Immigration officials have the right to ask for proof of your trip arrangements, financial ability to support yourself, etc, before granting you entry.

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This mostly depends on your nationality AND ethnicity.

If you're a citizen of US/UK/Western EU, your visa issuance is typically a formality. Nobody at Chinese border crossing is going to care or ask about your itinerary, unless you come in a "Free Tibet" t-shirt or having a Falun Gong brochure in your hand. This is true for the first and all subsequent crossings. Note that you have to fill up the arrival card where you state your purpose of the visit and "intended address in China", so the typical questions the passport control officer could ask are already answered there. This is my typical experience for 6+ visits to China.

However more than once I've seen persons of likely Indian origin being seriously questioned by the Chinese passport control even when they had the US passport, and they had to show some papers (looked like hotel reservation, but I wasn't sure). So if you happen to be one, have the itinerary ready.

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