Mrs.UK, there is a Rush-hour Service (the same day collection)about China visa application at the Center. You need to pay Rupiah 1,205,000 per person (visa fee + expedited visa fee + service fee by the center).

Thank you Mr Elliott,

We will probably use that service then and I willnarrange a flight to Jakarta soon! Appreciate you replying so quickly.

You need a single-entry China visa if you visit Beijing and Shanghai in Novenmber because you enter Mainland China only once. If you go to Beijing, then go to HK/Macau/a foreign country, then go to Shanghai, you need a double-entry visa because you enter Mainland China twice.