Shanghai proxies, made simple
Shanghai is on China's east coast. Google and many other foreign services are blocked in mainland China, so a Shanghai IP shows the Chinese web as residents use it.
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Not quite the right city? Other pages in China:
Before a move to Shanghai: city-first property pages, local news and a quick start
Before a move to Shanghai for a job or a course, it helps to see the city's websites the way residents do. Chinese rental, restaurant and news sites look at your IP address, the number your device presents to every site it visits, and use it to pick which city's pages to open. A Shanghai IP lands you on Shanghai's versions rather than Beijing's or a national front page.
Pages that pick the city for you
Property sites such as Lianjia and Anjuke keep a separate section for each Chinese city. With a Shanghai IP you usually land on Shanghai flats straight away, listed by districts such as Xuhui, Jing'an or Pudong, without hunting for a city menu in Chinese.
City news in Chinese and English
The Paper, a Chinese-language news site from a Shanghai media group, covers the city closely, and Sixth Tone, from the same group, publishes in English. Many Chinese news portals also have a local tab that fills with Shanghai stories when your IP is in the city.
Three steps to start
Pick China and then Shanghai when you set up the proxy, paste the host, port, username and password into your browser's proxy settings, and open an IP-check page. If it reads Shanghai, you're ready; your home town instead means the settings didn't save.
Shanghai at a glance
Good first projects
Beginner guides: Price checks · Search checks · Advert checks · Testing tips
Local broadband and mobile networks
Which type should I pick?
You buy data by the gigabyte (GB). Unsure? Residential covers most local checks.
Residential Premium
Selected residential IPs. For stricter sites.
Quick start in three steps
- 1 Buy a little data first
- 2 Choose the location
- 3 Connect, then test it
First time? The setup guide walks through each step, and our IP checker shows when it's working.
Good to know first
- Types. Residential and mobile IPs come from home broadband and phone networks; datacenter IPs come from servers. Residential, explained →
- Connections. Every type works over HTTP, HTTPS and SOCKS5. What those are →
- Sessions. A sticky session keeps one IP for a while, which suits logins. A rotating one changes it on every request, which suits long lists of public pages. Which do I need? → Static proxies →
- Limits. Only your IP changes, not your language settings, your clock or who you are when signed in.
- The rules. Stay within the law that applies to you and each site's terms of service. Acceptable use policy →
Beginner questions about Shanghai proxies
🇨🇳Beyond Shanghai
City doesn't matter? Start with the China page.
Try Shanghai proxies on a small budget
Start small, test it with our free tools, and top up only if you need more.
