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Roaming in China

MD211 — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 11:01:51 GMT

Hi EE i am going to China next month and have a full works package with EE that covers world wide ie China. Does that mean when i arrive in China and throughout my tour that i can acces apps like Whatsapp, Facebook, Instagram etc by using my data and it is unaffected by the firewall in China?

Re: Roaming in China

XRaySpeX — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 11:11:59 GMT

You'll receive a Welcome text upon arrival at a country giving your roaming options & the opportunity to buy Roaming Passes.

You may use your usual UK allowances in the EE ROW Zone 1 with up to 50 GB data per billing month as you have an EE Full Works Plan.

Just remember to text ROAMING to 150 before leaving UK to ensure the roaming ability is enabled on your no.

Re: Roaming in China

investigate — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 11:15:30 GMT

I went a few months ago and was on the same package and had no issues with anything being blocked or any charges everything worked perfectly with no fuss.

I did find in places with bad signal using wifi I was not able to access some apps but on data there was no issues. It never applied a cap to my usage so I would just connect to data when the singal improved.

Re: Roaming in China

MD211 — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 11:50:16 GMT

Re: Roaming in China

XRaySpeX — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 11:55:40 GMT

@MD211 : Already answered in your 1st thread. Why repeat?

Re: Roaming in China

MD211 — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 21:57:00 GMT

Ok thank you. So on arrival you are allocated to a local network but turn on data roaming and able to use your full works data plan to access Western social media apps with no problems

Re: Roaming in China

Schockwave — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 10:55:29 GMT

@MD211 , yes, that is how it works, you will receive the welcome message letting you know that you have inclusive roaming and nothing to pay, when making calls to the UK and in China and using your data up to 50 Gig of data, as you are on full works plan, that is for Roaming Zone 1, which is the same for any roaming zone 1 when on full works plan.