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Foreign per diem (Department of State)

China per diem rates

China has 31 per diem locations. The highest daily maximum is $572 in Shanghai ($401 lodging + $171 M&IE); anywhere not listed ("Other") gets $176 + $102. For foreign areas, lodging taxes are already included in the rate and are not claimed separately (FTR §301-11.16(b)).

Lodging, Shanghai
$401/night
All year
Meals & incidentals
$171/day
First/last day: $128.25
Maximum per diem, one full day$572

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All China rates

Season dates are month/day; rates are maximums in U.S. dollars.

LocationLodgingM&IEMax/dayEffective
BeijingAll year$263$147$41011/01/2026
ChangchunAll year$167$100$26704/01/2013
ChengduAll year$191$130$32111/01/2026
ChongqingAll year$254$138$39211/01/2026
DalianAll year$166$108$27404/01/2013
FuzhouAll year$169$117$28603/01/2024
Guangzhou see footnoteAll year$259$157$41607/01/2026
GuilinAll year$165$92$25702/01/2024
HaikouAll year$191$117$30806/01/2026
HangzhouAll year$191$139$33008/01/2026
HarbinAll year$187$101$28804/01/2013
JinanAll year$240$124$36410/01/2026
LhasaAll year$210$111$32101/01/2018
LijiangAll year$153$133$28607/01/2015
NanjingAll year$170$106$27607/01/2026
NanningAll year$167$127$29403/01/2024
NingboAll year$131$95$22611/01/2026
QingdaoJun 12 – Aug 31$251$120$37111/01/2026
QingdaoSep 1 – Jun 11$201$115$31611/01/2026
SanyaAll year$235$136$37106/01/2026
ShanghaiAll year$401$171$57206/01/2026
ShantouAll year$137$101$23802/01/2024
ShenyangAll year$179$100$27911/01/2026
Shenzhen see footnoteAll year$267$151$41811/01/2026
SuzhouAll year$144$104$24811/01/2026
TianjinAll year$226$134$36001/01/2025
UrumqiAll year$146$79$22511/01/2026
WuhanAll year$138$108$24611/01/2026
Xi'anAll year$199$127$32610/01/2026
XiamenAll year$203$118$32102/01/2024
ZhuhaiAll year$191$128$31906/01/2026
OtherAll year$176$102$27806/01/2026

M&IE breakdown for Shanghai

Allocation from GSA's OCONUS M&IE breakdown table (rates over $265: 15% breakfast, 25% lunch, 40% dinner, remainder incidentals). How deductions work

Breakfast$26
Lunch$43
Dinner$68
Incidental expenses$34
M&IE, full day$171
First and last day of travel (75%)$128.25

How it compares

Highest daily maximum in China vs every other foreign country

Bermuda: $1,065Iceland: $828Israel: $809United Kingdom: $794Canada: $774Norway: $751Cayman Islands: $735Fiji: $719Aruba: $699Cyprus: $671Italy: $663Seychelles: $662Switzerland: $661Ecuador: $658Oman: $654France: $652Holy See (Vatican City): $638Sint Maarten: $628Ghana: $620Netherlands: $616The Bahamas: $613Colombia: $598Croatia: $597Saudi Arabia: $594Japan: $572Venezuela: $563United Arab Emirates: $556Belize: $544Monaco: $539Angola: $535Hong Kong: $535Spain: $520Turkey: $517Morocco: $509Lithuania: $508Belgium: $507Russia: $507Barbados: $499Curacao: $496Saint Lucia: $488Ireland: $487Antigua and Barbuda: $484Austria: $484Liechtenstein: $482Luxembourg: $481Zimbabwe: $478Guyana: $477Solomon Islands: $477South Korea: $475Syria: $474Turks and Caicos Islands: $469Mauritius: $466Greece: $464Singapore: $464Uruguay: $464Maldives: $463Malta: $461Mali: $458Germany: $456Yemen: $455Dominica: $451Nigeria: $449Greenland: $448Mexico: $448Bulgaria: $444Grenada: $442New Caledonia: $442Tanzania: $442Macau: $441India: $440Sudan: $437Australia: $431Denmark: $430Egypt: $429Brazil: $428Kuwait: $428French Polynesia: $421Kazakhstan: $415Finland: $410Sweden: $410Malawi: $409Malaysia: $406Trinidad and Tobago: $406Qatar: $405Bangladesh: $402Cocos (Keeling) Islands: $402Zambia: $399Saint Kitts and Nevis: $397Hungary: $395Palau: $395Andorra: $393Cuba: $393Estonia: $393Senegal: $393Argentina: $392Bhutan: $392Democratic Republic of the Congo: $392Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba: $389Ethiopia: $384Republic of the Congo: $380Vanuatu: $378Bahrain: $377Anguilla: $374Portugal: $374Sri Lanka: $374Thailand: $374Djibouti: $370Samoa: $366South Sudan: $365Czechia: $364Chile: $363Tunisia: $363Rwanda: $362Vietnam: $362Poland: $359Dominican Republic: $358Libya: $353Peru: $353Brunei: $351Gabon: $351Albania: $349Wallis and Futuna: $349New Zealand: $347Indonesia: $346Jordan: $344Cameroon: $340Georgia: $340Kenya: $339Gibraltar: $338Côte d'Ivoire: $336Chad: $335Kyrgyzstan: $334Cambodia: $333Latvia: $333Slovakia: $333Philippines: $332Uganda: $332Slovenia: $331Nauru: $330Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: $330Iraq: $329Montenegro: $326South Africa: $322Faroe Islands: $320Tajikistan: $320Jamaica: $319Algeria: $318Guinea: $318Ukraine: $315Cabo Verde: $312Nicaragua: $312Botswana: $310Uzbekistan: $310Sao Tome and Principe: $309Burkina Faso: $308Martinique: $305Mozambique: $305Central African Republic: $304Azerbaijan: $303Nepal: $303Costa Rica: $300Liberia: $300Cook Islands: $298Honduras: $297Virgin Islands, British: $297Laos: $296Serbia: $296Romania: $295Taiwan: $294Micronesia: $289Burma: $287Belarus: $283Sierra Leone: $281Paraguay: $280Benin: $279Pakistan: $279Equatorial Guinea: $278Mongolia: $277Bolivia: $276Tonga: $274Panama: $272Papua New Guinea: $272Madagascar: $271Timor-Leste: $270Togo: $268Haiti: $266French Guiana: $262Niger: $261Suriname: $260Armenia: $256North Macedonia: $254Burundi: $251Moldova: $245Guatemala: $241Guinea-Bissau: $240North Korea: $237El Salvador: $237Namibia: $231Comoros: $230Marshall Islands: $229Montserrat: $228Chagos Archipelago: $227Turkmenistan: $225Guadeloupe: $224Bosnia and Herzegovina: $223Reunion: $221Lebanon: $218Niue: $216San Marino: $212The Gambia: $205Eritrea: $200Kiribati: $199Mauritania: $195Tuvalu: $195Lesotho: $194Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): $178Mayotte: $176Somalia: $169Kosovo: $163Eswatini: $162Iran: $155Ascension Island: $151Other Foreign Localities: $98Saint Helena: $59Tokelau: $38Lowest $38Median $363Highest $1,065China$572
Bermuda: $1,065Iceland: $828Israel: $809United Kingdom: $794Canada: $774Norway: $751Cayman Islands: $735Fiji: $719Aruba: $699Cyprus: $671Italy: $663Seychelles: $662Switzerland: $661Ecuador: $658Oman: $654France: $652Holy See (Vatican City): $638Sint Maarten: $628Ghana: $620Netherlands: $616The Bahamas: $613Colombia: $598Croatia: $597Saudi Arabia: $594Japan: $572Venezuela: $563United Arab Emirates: $556Belize: $544Monaco: $539Angola: $535Hong Kong: $535Spain: $520Turkey: $517Morocco: $509Lithuania: $508Belgium: $507Russia: $507Barbados: $499Curacao: $496Saint Lucia: $488Ireland: $487Antigua and Barbuda: $484Austria: $484Liechtenstein: $482Luxembourg: $481Zimbabwe: $478Guyana: $477Solomon Islands: $477South Korea: $475Syria: $474Turks and Caicos Islands: $469Mauritius: $466Greece: $464Singapore: $464Uruguay: $464Maldives: $463Malta: $461Mali: $458Germany: $456Yemen: $455Dominica: $451Nigeria: $449Greenland: $448Mexico: $448Bulgaria: $444Grenada: $442New Caledonia: $442Tanzania: $442Macau: $441India: $440Sudan: $437Australia: $431Denmark: $430Egypt: $429Brazil: $428Kuwait: $428French Polynesia: $421Kazakhstan: $415Finland: $410Sweden: $410Malawi: $409Malaysia: $406Trinidad and Tobago: $406Qatar: $405Bangladesh: $402Cocos (Keeling) Islands: $402Zambia: $399Saint Kitts and Nevis: $397Hungary: $395Palau: $395Andorra: $393Cuba: $393Estonia: $393Senegal: $393Argentina: $392Bhutan: $392Democratic Republic of the Congo: $392Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba: $389Ethiopia: $384Republic of the Congo: $380Vanuatu: $378Bahrain: $377Anguilla: $374Portugal: $374Sri Lanka: $374Thailand: $374Djibouti: $370Samoa: $366South Sudan: $365Czechia: $364Chile: $363Tunisia: $363Rwanda: $362Vietnam: $362Poland: $359Dominican Republic: $358Libya: $353Peru: $353Brunei: $351Gabon: $351Albania: $349Wallis and Futuna: $349New Zealand: $347Indonesia: $346Jordan: $344Cameroon: $340Georgia: $340Kenya: $339Gibraltar: $338Côte d'Ivoire: $336Chad: $335Kyrgyzstan: $334Cambodia: $333Latvia: $333Slovakia: $333Philippines: $332Uganda: $332Slovenia: $331Nauru: $330Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: $330Iraq: $329Montenegro: $326South Africa: $322Faroe Islands: $320Tajikistan: $320Jamaica: $319Algeria: $318Guinea: $318Ukraine: $315Cabo Verde: $312Nicaragua: $312Botswana: $310Uzbekistan: $310Sao Tome and Principe: $309Burkina Faso: $308Martinique: $305Mozambique: $305Central African Republic: $304Azerbaijan: $303Nepal: $303Costa Rica: $300Liberia: $300Cook Islands: $298Honduras: $297Virgin Islands, British: $297Laos: $296Serbia: $296Romania: $295Taiwan: $294Micronesia: $289Burma: $287Belarus: $283Sierra Leone: $281Paraguay: $280Benin: $279Pakistan: $279Equatorial Guinea: $278Mongolia: $277Bolivia: $276Tonga: $274Panama: $272Papua New Guinea: $272Madagascar: $271Timor-Leste: $270Togo: $268Haiti: $266French Guiana: $262Niger: $261Suriname: $260Armenia: $256North Macedonia: $254Burundi: $251Moldova: $245Guatemala: $241Guinea-Bissau: $240North Korea: $237El Salvador: $237Namibia: $231Comoros: $230Marshall Islands: $229Montserrat: $228Chagos Archipelago: $227Turkmenistan: $225Guadeloupe: $224Bosnia and Herzegovina: $223Reunion: $221Lebanon: $218Niue: $216San Marino: $212The Gambia: $205Eritrea: $200Kiribati: $199Mauritania: $195Tuvalu: $195Lesotho: $194Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): $178Mayotte: $176Somalia: $169Kosovo: $163Eswatini: $162Iran: $155Ascension Island: $151Other Foreign Localities: $98Saint Helena: $59Tokelau: $38Lowest $38Highest $1,065China$572
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Source: U.S. Department of State, Office of Allowances, Foreign Per Diem Rates (DSSR 925), publication date 11/01/2026. M&IE breakdown: U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), M&IE breakdowns. Not affiliated with GSA or the Department of State. All sources