What is a free proxy and how does it work?

A proxy server sits between your device and the internet. When you connect through one, the site you visit sees the proxy's IP address instead of yours, and traffic is relayed back and forth through that server. The proxies listed here are aggregated automatically from public sources — free to use, with no account or payment required.

Is it safe to use the free proxies listed here?

The list is compiled automatically from public sources and not independently vetted for who operates each server. It's fine for low-risk tasks like checking geo-specific content or testing, but avoid using any free proxy — from this list or elsewhere — for logging into important accounts or entering payment details, since an unencrypted (HTTP) proxy operator can potentially see that traffic.

How often is the proxy list updated?

The system automatically syncs new proxy data every 15 minutes from multiple public sources, merges and de-duplicates them, and replaces the list — so what you see is always close to current.

What's the difference between HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS4, and SOCKS5 proxies?

HTTP proxies handle plain web traffic; HTTPS proxies add TLS encryption for the connection to the proxy, useful when that leg needs to stay private. SOCKS4/SOCKS5 work at a lower level and can relay almost any TCP connection, not just web traffic — SOCKS5 additionally supports authentication and UDP. Filter by protocol above to match what your task needs.

What do "elite," "anonymous," and "transparent" anonymity levels mean?

Elite proxies hide both your IP and the fact that a proxy is being used at all. Anonymous proxies identify themselves as a proxy but withhold your real IP. Transparent proxies pass your original IP along to the destination, so they don't hide your identity — pick the level that matches what the task actually requires.

Why do free proxies stop working so quickly?

Free proxies are typically run on shared, unmanaged, or misconfigured servers with no guaranteed uptime, so they can go offline, get overloaded, or be reassigned at any time — sometimes within minutes. That's also why this list refreshes automatically every 15 minutes and why it's worth checking uptime and response time before relying on any one entry.

Can I use these proxies for web scraping?

Yes, rotating through multiple free proxies is a common way to distribute scraping requests and avoid a single IP getting rate-limited or blocked. Keep expectations realistic though — free proxies are slower and less reliable than dedicated scraping infrastructure, so build in retries and don't depend on any single proxy staying alive.

Can a proxy help me access content restricted to another country?

Yes — connecting through a proxy located in a specific country makes your traffic appear to originate there, which is commonly used to check how a site, price, or search result looks from that location. Filter the list by country to find one in the location you need.

Do I need to create an account to use ProxyFree?

No. The proxy list, filters, and every tool on this site — including the Proxy Checker — are free to use with no registration, login, or personal information required.

How do I filter the list by country, protocol, or quality?

Use the filter bar above the proxy table: choose a country, protocol (HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS4/SOCKS5), minimum anonymity level, or minimum uptime, then sort by fastest response, highest uptime, or most recently updated. You can also browse dedicated pages for any country or protocol directly.

What do "uptime" and "response time" mean in the list?

Uptime is the percentage of recent checks where a proxy successfully responded — higher means more reliable. Response time is how long it took to connect, in milliseconds — lower means faster. Proxies with low uptime are sorted toward the bottom of the default "fastest response" view, since a fast proxy that's frequently down isn't actually useful.

Does ProxyFree log or monitor traffic sent through these proxies?

No. ProxyFree only aggregates and republishes proxy server details (IP, port, protocol, and similar metadata) from public sources — it does not operate the proxies themselves and has no visibility into traffic that passes through them. See the Privacy Policy and Disclaimer for more detail.

Can I use a free proxy for streaming video?

Technically yes, but it's rarely a good experience — free proxies typically have limited bandwidth and inconsistent speed, and many streaming services actively detect and block known proxy/datacenter IP ranges. They work better for quick checks (like confirming region-locked availability) than for sustained streaming.

What's the difference between a proxy and a VPN?

Both route your traffic through another server, but a VPN typically encrypts all traffic from your device at the operating-system level and is meant for consistent, ongoing use, while a proxy is usually configured per-application (like a browser) and, unless it's an HTTPS/SOCKS5 proxy, doesn't necessarily encrypt the connection to itself. Proxies are generally lighter-weight and better suited to one-off or task-specific use.

How do I check whether a proxy is actually working before I use it?

Use the free Proxy Checker tool — paste in one or more proxies, pick the protocol and format, and it will connect through each one in real time and report back whether it's alive, its exit IP, country, city, and response time.

Free China Proxy List (CN Proxies) (Updated in Real-Time)

254 free China proxies (HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS4 & SOCKS5), averaging 46.2% uptime, refreshed automatically every 15 minutes.

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IP : Port	Country	City	Protocol	Anonymity	Org : ASN	Speed	Uptime
123.138.24.112:8800	CN	Xi'an	HTTPS	Elite	— : AS4837	158 ms	96.2%
113.250.190.81:32735	CN	Shanghai	SOCKS5	Elite	Chinanet CQ : AS134420	201 ms	90.2%
218.95.39.108:59999	CN	Nanchangshi	SOCKS5	Elite	Chinanet JX : AS139201	203 ms	93.9%
61.191.119.134:10800	CN	Hefei	SOCKS4	Elite	—	207 ms	88.9%
223.111.182.16:1021	CN	Nanjing	SOCKS5	Elite	China Mobile : AS56046	212 ms	100.0%
58.19.233.34:1080	CN	Wuhan	SOCKS5	Elite	— : AS4837	248 ms	100.0%
123.112.120.208:1080	CN	Beijing	SOCKS5	Elite	— : AS4808	414 ms	100.0%
219.148.171.178:9445	CN	Hechi	HTTPS	Transparent	Chinanet NM : AS4134	419 ms	81.8%
58.210.191.173:8816	CN	Suzhou	HTTPS	Transparent	Suzhou Huaxing Yuanchuang ELECTRON Technology Co., ltd : AS4134	427 ms	89.8%
218.90.167.205:1080	CN	Wuxi	SOCKS4	Elite	wuxi yixing jiangnan cable Co., Ltd : AS4134	436 ms	92.6%
54.222.174.194:80	CN	Beijing	HTTP	Elite	Beijing Guanghuan Xinwang Digital : AS55960	667 ms	82.0%
101.66.198.61:8085	CN	—	HTTP	Elite	CHINA UNICOM China169 Backbone : AS4837	854 ms	76.8%
120.26.123.95:8010	CN	Hangzhou	HTTP	Elite	Hangzhou Alibaba Advertising Co.,Ltd. : AS37963	1019 ms	99.7%
120.92.88.147:80	CN	—	HTTP	Elite	Beijing Kingsoft Cloud Internet Technology Co., Ltd : AS59019	1020 ms	99.5%
114.94.148.37:18080	CN	Hangzhou	HTTP HTTPS	Elite	China Telecom (Group) : AS4812	1044 ms	99.7%
218.59.194.94:15010	CN	—	HTTP	Transparent	CHINA UNICOM China169 Backbone : AS4837	1107 ms	89.7%
139.9.101.93:80	CN	Guangzhou	HTTP	Elite	Huawei Cloud Service data center : AS55990	1147 ms	98.3%
113.204.79.230:9091	CN	Jinrongjie	HTTP	Elite	huazhenggongXS com : AS4837	1165 ms	97.8%
183.94.1.22:80	CN	Wuhan	HTTPS	Transparent	— : AS4837	1178 ms	100.0%
139.196.95.28:7890	CN	Shanghai	HTTP HTTPS SOCKS4	Elite	Hangzhou Alibaba Advertising Co.,Ltd. : AS37963	1211 ms	86.1%
119.188.131.55:17981	CN	Jinan	HTTP HTTPS	Elite	— : AS4837	1248 ms	90.1%
61.158.175.38:9002	CN	Zhengzhou	HTTP	Elite	— : AS4837	1273 ms	98.2%
115.231.181.40:8128	CN	—	HTTP	Transparent	NINGBO, ZHEJIANG Province, P.R.China. : AS136188	1273 ms	88.6%
116.196.150.180:17981	CN	Hangzhou	HTTP HTTPS	Elite	Jinhua Weian InfoTech Co., Ltd : AS131516	1297 ms	92.7%
123.119.25.143:8888	CN	Beijing	HTTP HTTPS	Anonymous	China Unicom Beijing Province Network : AS4808	1314 ms	74.5%
106.14.3.170:15818	CN	Shanghai	HTTPS	Transparent	Aliyun Computing Co., LTD : AS37963	1401 ms	88.2%
58.254.153.147:17981	CN	Shanwei	HTTP HTTPS	Elite	— : AS136958	1546 ms	98.4%
116.62.81.204:1081	CN	Hangzhou	HTTP HTTPS	Elite	Hangzhou Alibaba Advertising Co.,Ltd. : AS37963	1660 ms	80.5%
125.122.35.253:8086	CN	Hangzhou	HTTP	Elite	— : AS58461	1688 ms	99.7%
114.236.137.41:21000	CN	Nanjing	HTTP HTTPS	Transparent	Chinanet JS : AS4134	1738 ms	98.1%
123.60.155.1:3128	CN	Shanghai	HTTP HTTPS	Anonymous	Huawei Public Cloud Service : AS55990	1826 ms	59.5%
223.99.197.190:11012	CN	Jinan	SOCKS5	Elite	China Mobile : AS24444	1840 ms	87.9%
27.185.218.213:17981	CN	Shijiazhuang	HTTP HTTPS	Elite	Chinanet HE : AS134760	1863 ms	97.3%
112.28.149.154:8443	CN	Guangzhou	SOCKS5	Elite	China Mobile : AS9808	2033 ms	76.6%
8.138.217.152:21001	CN	Guangzhou	HTTP HTTPS	Elite	Hangzhou Alibaba Advertising Co.,Ltd. : AS37963	2039 ms	97.8%
218.65.6.150:3128	CN	—	HTTP HTTPS	Transparent	Chinanet : AS4134	2143 ms	97.5%
219.142.66.245:9090	CN	Beijing	HTTPS	Transparent	SMS Demag Technology Corporation : AS4847	2193 ms	100.0%
120.232.115.170:17981	CN	Guangzhou	HTTP HTTPS	Elite	China Mobile : AS9808	2236 ms	99.1%
123.7.42.50:7777	CN	Zhengzhou	SOCKS4	Elite	— : AS4837	2260 ms	81.1%
103.210.161.8:1080	CN	Guangzhou	SOCKS5	Elite	Guangdong LITONG Network Technology Limited : AS136958	2266 ms	99.6%
112.64.135.45:8080	CN	Shanghai	HTTP HTTPS	Elite	— : AS17621	2315 ms	98.3%
122.246.3.210:17981	CN	—	HTTP	Elite	NINGBO, ZHEJIANG Province, P.R.China. : AS136188	2336 ms	85.8%
116.62.202.70:17900	CN	Hangzhou	HTTP HTTPS	Elite	Hangzhou Alibaba Advertising Co.,Ltd. : AS37963	2478 ms	83.1%
120.92.140.188:7890	CN	Beijing	HTTP	Elite	Beijing Kingsoft Cloud Internet Technology Co., Ltd. : AS17621	2609 ms	88.9%
111.230.27.213:3128	CN	Guangzhou	HTTP	Transparent	Shenzhen Tencent Computer Systems Company Limited : AS45090	2686 ms	98.3%
153.0.171.163:8085	CN	Haikou	HTTP	Elite	— : AS4837	2835 ms	98.2%
117.50.194.130:7890	CN	Yangpu	SOCKS5	Elite	Shanghai UCloud Information Technology Company Limited : AS23724	2849 ms	88.1%
61.186.243.6:9002	CN	Chongqing	HTTP	Elite	Fuhuayuan : AS4134	2873 ms	62.6%
112.28.149.152:8443	CN	Guangzhou	SOCKS5	Elite	China Mobile : AS9808	3130 ms	82.0%
122.246.3.12:17981	CN	Ningbo	HTTP HTTPS	Elite	— : AS136188	3176 ms	99.3%

Below is the current list of 254 free proxies geolocated to China, updated automatically every 15 minutes. It currently ranks #4 of 132 tracked countries by proxy count. Every entry can be filtered by protocol and anonymity level.

In terms of quality, this list averages 6627ms response time and 46.2% uptime. By anonymity level, that breaks down to 221 elite, 7 anonymous, and 22 transparent proxies.

Within China, the current proxies cluster mostly around Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, with Hangzhou Alibaba Advertising Co.,Ltd., Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd. and Chinanet among the more common hosting providers.

Elite proxies hide the fact that a proxy is being used at all, anonymous proxies identify themselves as a proxy but withhold the original IP, and transparent proxies pass the original IP along — pick the anonymity level that matches what the task actually requires. Since this list is sourced from public, free servers, response times and reliability vary; always test a proxy before relying on it for anything important, and avoid using free proxies for sensitive logins or financial transactions.

The list above reflects the most recent sync and updates automatically every 15 minutes — no need to refresh manually, just revisit this page whenever a fresh batch is needed.

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How to Use China Proxy Free

1

Choose a proxy

Browse the China proxies listed above and pick one based on protocol, uptime, and anonymity level (elite, anonymous, or transparent) that fits what you need it for.
2

Add it to your device

Copy the IP address and port, then enter them into your device's or browser's proxy settings (Windows/macOS network settings, a browser extension, or an app's connection settings both work — the exact steps depend on what you're using it in).
3

Connect and check the status

Save the settings and try loading a page. If it doesn't connect, the proxy may already be offline — free proxies come and go, so pick another from the list and try again.
4

Use it to protect your original IP

Once connected, sites you visit see the proxy's IP address instead of your own — useful for basic anonymity, checking how a site looks from another location, or keeping your real IP address private.

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