Answered by Borut | Dec. 11, 2023 00:46
The first and the most important detail is that your itinerary is eligible for 24 hour visa free transit and you do not need any kind of visa. If you want to leave the airport you will approach 24/144 hour visa free transit counter, immediately upon your landing, where you will apply for a temporary entry permit in order to be allowed to leave the airport. This application is for free. Here I have to tell you that the issuing of this permit is not a passenger right, but a bonus that can be granted or not based on the length of layover and similar. You have to be aware that Beijing airport authorities are the strictest in China and the rejections of issuing of permits is higher compared to other airports. Your layover is exactly somewhere between short and middle long layover, so you can expect both outcomes. The only thing that could guarantee that you will be allowed to leave the airport is the Chinese visa obtained in advance, a transit one.