Skip to content
China Scholarships Index

Unofficial index. Applications are made only through the official channels linked on each page.

Health verification after arrival in China: when the physical examination is checked or redone

Sources checked · Unofficial summary

Your home-country medical report opens the process; it does not close it. The two Campus China pages say that scholarship students who will stay in China for more than six months submit their passport, Admission Letter, Foreigner Physical Examination Form and Blood Test Report to the local health quarantine office to have the report verified, and that students who do not meet that office's requirements must take the physical examination again.

So the practical answer is: the form you filled in at home is what gets checked, not what gets waved through.

What you hand in, and to whom

What Where it goes Stated in
Admission Letter, JW201 form, Foreigner Physical Examination Form Host university, at registration, before the deadline in the Admission Letter Guidebook to the ASEAN-China Young Leaders Scholarship; Chinese Trade Unions Silk Road Scholarship page
Passport, Admission Letter, Foreigner Physical Examination Form, Blood Test Report Local health quarantine office, for verification (more than six months only) Both pages above
Verified health report, passport, Admission Letter, JW201 form, photograph Local police authority, for the residence permit Both pages above

The Silk Road page asks for the original documents at the health quarantine office; the ASEAN-China Young Leaders Scholarship guidebook lists the same four items without that word. The two pages also name the JW201 slightly differently — "Confirmation Form for Study in China (JW201)" in the guidebook, "Visa Application for Study in China (JW201)" on the Silk Road page. Both are Campus China texts and the wording is as printed.

When the examination is done again

Both Campus China pages set one trigger: you do not meet the requirements of the health quarantine office. Neither page lists what those requirements are, so this article cannot add them.

Order No. 42 of the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Public Security covers the same step in law. Article 39 reads, in translation: at the time of enrolment, international students shall, in accordance with the provisions of the Chinese health administrative department, go to the Chinese health quarantine department to complete the confirmation formalities for the Foreigner Physical Examination Record or to undergo a physical examination; where the examination confirms a severe mental disorder, infectious tuberculosis, or another infectious disease that may cause major harm to public health as prescribed by the Exit and Entry Administration Law of the People's Republic of China, the public security department handles the matter according to law. Article 39 names the record in Chinese as 《外国人体格检查记录》; the Campus China pages call it the Foreigner Physical Examination Form. The Measures have been in force since 1 July 2017 (Article 48).

What the notices say happens next

The consequence is stated plainly in both Campus China pages. Students who refuse to take the physical examination again, or who are diagnosed with diseases that are not permitted to stay in China under Chinese laws and regulations, will be required to leave China.

The Center for Language Education and Cooperation states its own line in the Application Guidelines for the International Chinese Language Teachers Scholarship 2025: students who fail to pass the pre-enrollment medical examination, withdraw before completing the programme, fail to register without prior permission, or suspend their studies will be disqualified for the scholarship. Those guidelines are dated January 2025 and written for programmes starting between July 2025 and March 2026, so those dates belong to that cycle. The document gives the disqualification ground but does not describe where or how the pre-enrollment medical examination is carried out; this article does not fill that in.

Two more consequences sit in the same Campus China sections. Registering late without the host institution's prior consent is treated as voluntarily giving up the scholarship, and the scholarship is then terminated automatically. And the residence permit application — due before the deadline set by the visa-issuing authority — needs the verified health report, not the one you brought.

Before you travel: the form itself

The Application Guide for Chinese Government Scholarship describes the form at the application stage. An applicant planning to study in China for more than six months submits a photocopy of the Foreigner Physical Examination Form; the original document is printed by Chinese quarantine authorities, is filled in in English, and is kept by the applicant. The medical examinations must cover all the items listed on the form. Records that are incomplete, or that lack the attending physician's signature, the hospital's official stamp, or a sealed photograph of the applicant, are invalid. Medical examination results are valid for only six months.

That six-month validity is worth planning around: a form completed long before you travel can expire before it is verified.

The Chinese Government Scholarship guide is about application documents. It says nothing about arrival verification, the health quarantine office, or a blood test report, and this article does not borrow those from the other programmes.

Stays of six months or less

Both Campus China pages tie the X1 visa to stays longer than six months and the X2 visa to stays of six months or less, and both address health verification only to students staying more than six months. Neither page says what a student staying six months or less must do about the physical examination after arrival, and Order No. 42 Article 39 refers to international students at enrolment without setting a length-of-stay threshold. Where a document does not say, this article says so.

Questions people ask

Is my home-country medical report accepted in China?

It is the document that gets checked. The Campus China pages have scholarship students staying more than six months submit the Foreigner Physical Examination Form and a Blood Test Report to the local health quarantine office for verification, and students who do not meet that office's requirements take the examination again. None of the official texts uses the word "accepted", so this article does not either.

How long are medical examination results valid?

Six months, according to the Application Guide for Chinese Government Scholarship. The other documents consulted do not state a validity period for the results, and none of them states how soon after arrival verification must happen.

What if I refuse to take the examination again?

Both Campus China pages say you will be required to leave China. Refusal is listed alongside being diagnosed with a disease that is not permitted to stay in China under Chinese laws and regulations.

Is a re-examination the same as disqualification from the scholarship?

They are separate consequences in separate documents. The Campus China pages say a student who does not meet the requirements has to re-take the examination, and that refusal or a disqualifying diagnosis means leaving China. The CLEC guidelines for the International Chinese Language Teachers Scholarship 2025 say failing the pre-enrollment medical examination disqualifies the student from that scholarship. The documents do not cross-reference each other's terms.

Who pays for the health verification or a re-examination?

None of the official texts consulted says. The Campus China pages state one cost only: the visa application cost is at the student's own expense.

Sources

Checked 10 October 2026.

This page is an unofficial summary, is not published by the China Scholarship Council, the Ministry of Education or the Center for Language Education and Cooperation, and the official notice prevails if the two differ.

Scholarship Desk