Source hierarchy
Entry rules, holiday arrangements, transport policy, and other volatile facts begin with government or official operator sources. Destination context may also use established reference sources, but it cannot override an official rule.
How AI is used
AI can organize source notes, draft structure, improve American English, and check consistency across templates. It cannot invent prices, opening hours, availability, transport times, policies, or first-hand experience.
Human review
Every published page receives a structural and editorial review by the China Trip Planner Editorial Team. The reviewer checks route coherence, cross-references, source IDs, visible dates, and whether the page answers a distinct traveler question rather than repeating another page.
Route coherence checks
A route is rejected when it requires unrealistic backtracking, treats a transfer as a sightseeing day, or depends on an unverified live schedule. Published variants reuse approved day modules and keep the same geographic logic at seven, ten, and fourteen days.
Update cadence
Entry and public-holiday guidance is reviewed after official announcements. Payment, app, internet, and rail guidance is checked on its stated cadence. Stable route inspiration is revisited when transport or access assumptions materially change.
Corrections
Material errors are corrected in the shared content source first so every affected page receives the same fix. Review dates change only when the content has actually been reviewed.