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)

316 free China proxies (HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS4 & SOCKS5), averaging 54.1% uptime, refreshed automatically every 15 minutes.

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IP : Port	Country	City	Protocol	Anonymity	Org : ASN	Speed	Uptime
118.145.141.251:44038	CN	Haidian	SOCKS5	Elite	Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd. : AS137718	11295 ms	82.5%
118.145.141.251:44113	CN	Haidian	SOCKS5	Elite	Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd. : AS137718	11409 ms	79.5%
118.145.141.251:44011	CN	Haidian	SOCKS5	Elite	Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd. : AS137718	11412 ms	82.4%
118.145.141.251:44105	CN	Haidian	SOCKS5	Elite	Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd. : AS137718	11415 ms	79.2%
118.145.141.251:44077	CN	Haidian	SOCKS5	Elite	Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd. : AS137718	11429 ms	79.4%
118.145.141.251:44141	CN	Haidian	SOCKS5	Elite	Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd. : AS137718	11450 ms	79.3%
118.145.141.251:44194	CN	Haidian	SOCKS5	Elite	Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd. : AS137718	11451 ms	78.6%
118.145.141.251:44085	CN	Haidian	SOCKS5	Elite	Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd. : AS137718	11467 ms	79.2%
118.145.141.251:44123	CN	Haidian	SOCKS5	Elite	Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd. : AS137718	11473 ms	78.6%
118.145.141.251:44210	CN	Haidian	SOCKS5	Elite	Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd. : AS137718	11473 ms	78.8%
118.145.141.251:44087	CN	Haidian	SOCKS5	Elite	Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd. : AS137718	11489 ms	82.3%
118.145.141.251:44009	CN	Haidian	SOCKS5	Elite	Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd. : AS137718	11492 ms	82.0%
118.145.141.251:44031	CN	Haidian	SOCKS5	Elite	Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd. : AS137718	11517 ms	78.7%
118.145.141.251:44161	CN	Haidian	SOCKS5	Elite	Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd. : AS137718	11534 ms	79.5%
118.145.141.251:44191	CN	Haidian	SOCKS5	Elite	Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd. : AS137718	11562 ms	78.7%
118.145.141.251:44117	CN	Haidian	SOCKS5	Elite	Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd. : AS137718	11570 ms	79.1%
118.145.141.251:44036	CN	Haidian	SOCKS5	Elite	Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd. : AS137718	11599 ms	82.1%
118.145.141.251:44121	CN	Haidian	SOCKS5	Elite	Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd. : AS137718	11604 ms	79.5%
118.145.141.251:44135	CN	Haidian	SOCKS5	Elite	Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd. : AS137718	11612 ms	78.9%
118.145.141.251:44094	CN	Haidian	SOCKS5	Elite	Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd. : AS137718	11612 ms	80.0%
118.145.141.251:44029	CN	Haidian	SOCKS5	Elite	Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd. : AS137718	11619 ms	82.5%
118.145.141.251:44041	CN	Haidian	SOCKS5	Elite	Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd. : AS137718	11622 ms	82.4%
118.145.141.251:44007	CN	Haidian	SOCKS5	Elite	Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd. : AS137718	11624 ms	82.7%
118.145.141.251:44132	CN	Haidian	SOCKS5	Elite	Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd. : AS137718	11741 ms	78.8%
118.145.141.251:44020	CN	Haidian	SOCKS5	Elite	Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd. : AS137718	11750 ms	82.0%
118.145.141.251:44090	CN	Haidian	SOCKS5	Elite	Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd. : AS137718	11753 ms	79.0%
118.145.141.251:44200	CN	Haidian	SOCKS5	Elite	Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd. : AS137718	11766 ms	77.3%
118.145.141.251:44222	CN	Haidian	SOCKS5	Elite	Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd. : AS137718	11766 ms	76.8%
118.145.141.251:44150	CN	Haidian	SOCKS5	Elite	Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd. : AS137718	11767 ms	78.2%
118.145.141.251:44151	CN	Haidian	SOCKS5	Elite	Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd. : AS137718	11769 ms	78.6%
118.145.141.251:44172	CN	Haidian	SOCKS5	Elite	Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd. : AS137718	11795 ms	80.3%
118.145.141.251:44112	CN	Haidian	SOCKS5	Elite	Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd. : AS137718	11800 ms	80.6%
118.145.141.251:44076	CN	Haidian	SOCKS5	Elite	Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd. : AS137718	11808 ms	82.6%
118.145.141.251:44244	CN	Haidian	SOCKS5	Elite	Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd. : AS137718	11813 ms	78.6%
118.145.141.251:44189	CN	Haidian	SOCKS5	Elite	Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd. : AS137718	11836 ms	76.6%
118.145.141.251:44238	CN	Haidian	SOCKS5	Elite	Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd. : AS137718	11861 ms	79.9%
118.145.141.251:44122	CN	Haidian	SOCKS5	Elite	Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd. : AS137718	11862 ms	79.8%
118.145.141.251:44188	CN	Haidian	SOCKS5	Elite	Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd. : AS137718	11872 ms	80.1%
118.145.141.251:44219	CN	Haidian	SOCKS5	Elite	Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd. : AS137718	11875 ms	79.8%
118.145.141.251:44102	CN	Haidian	SOCKS5	Elite	Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd. : AS137718	11881 ms	78.3%
118.145.141.251:44055	CN	Haidian	SOCKS5	Elite	Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd. : AS137718	11899 ms	80.9%
118.145.141.251:44246	CN	Haidian	SOCKS5	Elite	Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd. : AS137718	11915 ms	79.0%
118.145.141.251:44103	CN	Haidian	SOCKS5	Elite	Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd. : AS137718	11915 ms	80.3%
118.145.141.251:44176	CN	Haidian	SOCKS5	Elite	Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd. : AS137718	11922 ms	81.2%
118.145.141.251:44136	CN	Haidian	SOCKS5	Elite	Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd. : AS137718	11990 ms	78.0%
118.145.141.251:44144	CN	Haidian	SOCKS5	Elite	Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd. : AS137718	12007 ms	79.7%
118.145.141.251:44206	CN	Haidian	SOCKS5	Elite	Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd. : AS137718	12020 ms	79.1%
118.145.141.251:44118	CN	Haidian	SOCKS5	Elite	Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd. : AS137718	12029 ms	78.0%
118.145.141.251:44166	CN	Haidian	SOCKS5	Elite	Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd. : AS137718	12044 ms	79.5%
118.145.141.251:44160	CN	Haidian	SOCKS5	Elite	Beijing Volcano Engine Technology Co., Ltd. : AS137718	12051 ms	79.0%

Below is the current list of 316 free proxies geolocated to China, updated automatically every 15 minutes. It currently ranks #3 of 132 tracked countries by proxy count. Every entry can be filtered by protocol and anonymity level.

In terms of quality, this list averages 8115ms response time and 54.1% uptime. By anonymity level, that breaks down to 284 elite, 8 anonymous, and 23 transparent proxies.

Within China, the current proxies cluster mostly around Haidian, Beijing and Shanghai, 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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