The 2016 ZS-Sports China International Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 1st edition of the tournament which was part of the 2016 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Qingdao, China between 8 and 14 August 2016.
| Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Russian Federation | Konstantin Kravchuk | 96 | 1 | |
 China | Wu Di | 177 | 2 | |
 Spain | Enrique López Pérez | 184 | 3 | |
| China | Zhang Ze | 187 | 4 | |
 Korea, Republic of | Lee Duck-hee | 189 | 5 | |
| Spain | Pere Riba | 201 | 6 | |
| Spain | Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo | 206 | 7 | |
| China | Li Zhe | 261 | 8 |
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
The following players entered as an alternate:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
See main article: 2016 ZS-Sports China International Challenger – Singles.
Janko Tipsarević def. Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo, 1–6, 7–5, 6–1See main article: 2016 ZS-Sports China International Challenger – Doubles.
Danilo Petrović / 
Tak Khunn Wang def. Gong Maoxin / Zhang Ze, 6–2, 4–6, [10–5]