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 TOPFreeProxyList.com?

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 TOPFreeProxyList.com log or monitor traffic sent through these proxies?

No. TOPFreeProxyList.com 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)

346 free China proxies (HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS4 & SOCKS5), averaging 47.7% uptime, refreshed automatically every 15 minutes.

Total 346 proxies Updated 3 min ago

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IP : Port	Country	City	Protocol	Anonymity	Org : ASN	Speed	Uptime
47.95.206.224:45168	CN	Beijing	HTTP	Elite	Hangzhou Alibaba Advertising Co.,Ltd. : AS37963	6317 ms	23.0%
120.133.82.62:44031	CN	—	SOCKS5	Elite	Abitcool(China) Inc. : AS9308	6389 ms	22.7%
120.133.82.62:44059	CN	—	SOCKS5	Elite	Abitcool(China) Inc. : AS9308	6489 ms	15.6%
120.133.82.62:44029	CN	—	SOCKS5	Elite	Abitcool(China) Inc. : AS9308	6668 ms	16.3%
120.133.82.62:44012	CN	—	SOCKS5	Elite	Abitcool(China) Inc. : AS9308	6720 ms	19.8%
47.95.206.224:45019	CN	Beijing	HTTP HTTPS	Elite	Hangzhou Alibaba Advertising Co.,Ltd. : AS37963	6738 ms	25.1%
120.133.82.62:44089	CN	—	SOCKS5	Elite	Abitcool(China) Inc. : AS9308	6750 ms	20.1%
120.133.82.62:44147	CN	—	SOCKS5	Elite	Abitcool(China) Inc. : AS9308	6753 ms	15.6%
120.133.82.62:44103	CN	—	SOCKS5	Elite	Abitcool(China) Inc. : AS9308	6882 ms	14.2%
120.133.82.62:44155	CN	—	SOCKS5	Elite	Abitcool(China) Inc. : AS9308	6991 ms	16.3%
120.133.82.62:44228	CN	Kunming	SOCKS5	Elite	Abitcool(China) Inc. : AS9308	7043 ms	17.6%
120.133.82.62:44223	CN	—	SOCKS5	Elite	Abitcool(China) Inc. : AS9308	7137 ms	16.4%
47.95.206.224:45175	CN	Beijing	HTTP	Elite	Hangzhou Alibaba Advertising Co.,Ltd. : AS37963	7206 ms	25.5%
120.133.82.62:44195	CN	—	SOCKS5	Elite	Abitcool(China) Inc. : AS9308	7267 ms	22.4%
8.137.127.197:9080	CN	Chengdu	SOCKS4 SOCKS5	Elite	Hangzhou Alibaba Advertising Co.,Ltd. : AS37963	7299 ms	25.8%
120.133.82.62:44115	CN	Chengdu	SOCKS5	Elite	Abitcool(China) Inc. : AS9308	7420 ms	20.9%
120.133.82.62:44097	CN	—	SOCKS5	Elite	Abitcool(China) Inc. : AS9308	7486 ms	23.4%
120.133.82.62:44166	CN	—	SOCKS5	Elite	Abitcool(China) Inc. : AS9308	7787 ms	16.3%
58.56.25.108:8118	CN	Liaocheng	HTTP	Elite	Chinanet SD : AS4134	7894 ms	21.5%
120.133.82.62:44207	CN	—	SOCKS5	Elite	Abitcool(China) Inc. : AS9308	8106 ms	18.4%
106.75.133.108:8080	CN	—	HTTPS	Elite	CHINANET Guangdong province network : AS58466	8285 ms	27.6%
218.90.167.205:1080	CN	Wuxi	SOCKS4	Elite	Chinanet : AS4134	8377 ms	16.5%
120.133.82.62:44136	CN	—	SOCKS5	Elite	Abitcool(China) Inc. : AS9308	8645 ms	14.7%
120.133.82.62:44190	CN	—	SOCKS5	Elite	Abitcool(China) Inc. : AS9308	8873 ms	25.8%
120.133.82.62:44044	CN	—	SOCKS5	Elite	Abitcool(China) Inc. : AS9308	8940 ms	21.6%
47.95.206.224:45222	CN	Beijing	HTTP	Elite	Hangzhou Alibaba Advertising Co.,Ltd. : AS37963	8940 ms	22.9%
47.95.206.224:45170	CN	Beijing	HTTP	Elite	Hangzhou Alibaba Advertising Co.,Ltd. : AS37963	9169 ms	24.2%
120.133.82.62:44143	CN	—	SOCKS5	Elite	Abitcool(China) Inc. : AS9308	9235 ms	9.6%
218.91.230.253:1080	CN	Beijing	SOCKS4	Elite	CHINATELECOM JIANGSU province NANTONG MAN network : AS131325	9273 ms	29.7%
120.133.82.62:44180	CN	—	SOCKS5	Elite	Abitcool(China) Inc. : AS9308	9477 ms	13.7%
120.133.82.62:44205	CN	—	SOCKS5	Elite	Abitcool(China) Inc. : AS9308	9648 ms	18.6%
120.133.82.62:44191	CN	—	SOCKS5	Elite	Abitcool(China) Inc. : AS9308	9877 ms	21.4%
120.133.82.62:44079	CN	—	SOCKS5	Elite	Abitcool(China) Inc. : AS9308	10084 ms	15.1%
59.36.239.108:21133	CN	—	HTTP	Anonymous	Chinanet : AS4134	10129 ms	29.3%
120.133.82.62:44093	CN	Changsha	SOCKS5	Elite	Abitcool(China) Inc. : AS9308	10500 ms	17.8%
120.133.82.62:44189	CN	—	SOCKS5	Elite	Abitcool(China) Inc. : AS9308	10568 ms	15.5%
120.133.82.62:44064	CN	—	SOCKS5	Elite	Abitcool(China) Inc. : AS9308	10574 ms	13.4%
120.133.82.62:44090	CN	Zhongshan	SOCKS5	Elite	Abitcool(China) Inc. : AS9308	10663 ms	11.9%
14.103.200.3:3128	CN	Beijing	HTTP HTTPS	Transparent	Beijing Bitone United Networks Technology Service Co., Ltd. : AS137718	10708 ms	33.6%
120.133.82.62:44214	CN	—	SOCKS5	Elite	Abitcool(China) Inc. : AS9308	10734 ms	19.2%
202.141.161.52:10808	CN	—	HTTP SOCKS4	Elite	Chinanet : AS4134	10744 ms	21.1%
120.133.82.62:44039	CN	—	SOCKS5	Elite	Abitcool(China) Inc. : AS9308	11165 ms	17.5%
120.133.82.62:44160	CN	—	SOCKS5	Elite	Abitcool(China) Inc. : AS9308	11226 ms	16.4%
120.133.82.62:44204	CN	—	SOCKS5	Elite	Abitcool(China) Inc. : AS9308	11273 ms	17.8%
47.95.206.224:45109	CN	Beijing	HTTP HTTPS	Elite	Hangzhou Alibaba Advertising Co.,Ltd. : AS37963	11403 ms	23.3%
120.133.82.62:44237	CN	Qujing	SOCKS5	Elite	Abitcool(China) Inc. : AS9308	11435 ms	25.3%
36.112.125.156:3226	CN	Beijing	HTTP	Elite	Chinanet BJ : AS4847	11526 ms	9.5%
120.133.82.62:44128	CN	Wenzhou	SOCKS5	Elite	Abitcool(China) Inc. : AS9308	11556 ms	15.8%
120.133.82.62:44005	CN	—	SOCKS5	Elite	Abitcool(China) Inc. : AS9308	11627 ms	13.1%
120.133.82.62:44208	CN	Hangzhou	SOCKS5	Elite	Abitcool(China) Inc. : AS9308	12238 ms	16.0%

Below is the current list of 346 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 8333ms response time and 47.7% uptime. By anonymity level, that breaks down to 309 elite, 18 anonymous, and 19 transparent proxies.

Within China, the current proxies cluster mostly around Beijing, Guangzhou and Hangzhou, with Hangzhou Alibaba Advertising Co.,Ltd., China Unicom Beijing Province Network and Abitcool(China) Inc. 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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