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Foreigner Physical Examination Form for a China scholarship: who needs it and what makes it invalid

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If you will study in China for more than six months, you must submit the Foreigner Physical Examination Form with your scholarship application: a photocopy goes in with the application, while the original — printed by Chinese quarantine authorities and filled in in English — stays with you and is needed later for the visa and arrival checks. A form is invalid if it is incomplete, or if it is missing any one of three things: the attending physician’s signature, the hospital’s official stamp, or a sealed photograph of you. Medical examination results are valid for only six months, so the examination has to be timed to fall inside that window.

Who must submit the form

The rule is tied to the length of stay, and it appears in the Chinese Government Scholarship guide and in two of the scholarship guidebooks published on Campus China.

Official page What it says about who must submit
Application Guide for Chinese Government Scholarship — China Scholarship Council An applicant to study in China for more than six months shall submit a photocopy of the Foreigner Physical Examination Form. The original document, printed by Chinese quarantine authorities, shall be filled in in English and kept by the applicant.
ASEAN-China Young Leaders Scholarship guidebook The form is written in English and is only required for applicants planning to stay in China for more than 6 months.
Chinese Trade Unions Silk Road Scholarship page The form is written in English and is only required for applicants planning to stay in China for more than 6 months.
MOFCOM Scholarship-CSC Program enrollment guide The document list requires a photocopy of the Foreigner Physical Examination Form, and the eligibility section requires a physical examination report issued by a local public hospital. The supplied MOFCOM text does not state a six-month threshold for the form.

The ASEAN-China Young Leaders Scholarship page says the form can be downloaded from http://www.campuschina.org. The Silk Road page gives two download addresses: http://www.csc.edu.cn/studyinchina and http://www.campuschina.org. The Application Guide for Chinese Government Scholarship does not name a download address in the supplied text.

Dates and cycles: the Application Guide for Chinese Government Scholarship page carries no publication date and no academic year. The ASEAN-China Young Leaders Scholarship page’s focal point list is headed ‘As of 2026’, but the page gives no application deadline date. The Chinese Trade Unions Silk Road Scholarship page gives no academic year and no deadline date. The MOFCOM page gives no academic year and no deadline date; it says applicants should consult the application receiving authority for the deadline of each year.

What makes the form invalid

A form is invalid if the medical examinations do not cover all the items listed in the Foreigner Physical Examination Form, or if the record is incomplete. The pages then name three specific items; the absence of any one of them makes the form invalid:

  1. The signature of the attending physician.
  2. The official stamp of the hospital.
  3. A sealed photograph of the applicant.

The Application Guide for Chinese Government Scholarship states: “Incomplete records or those without the signature of the attending physician, the official stamp of the hospital, or a sealed photograph of the applicant are invalid.” The ASEAN-China Young Leaders Scholarship and Silk Road pages use the same three items and add that incomplete forms are invalid. The supplied texts do not list the examination items printed on the form, so this page cannot say what those items are; follow the form itself.

Language, original copy and six-month validity

Language: the Application Guide for Chinese Government Scholarship says the original document shall be filled in in English. The ASEAN-China Young Leaders Scholarship and Silk Road pages say the form is written in English. The MOFCOM page requires all documents to be in Chinese or English, with a notarized Chinese or English copy required otherwise.

Original copy: the Chinese Government Scholarship guide says the original, printed by Chinese quarantine authorities, is kept by the applicant, and only a photocopy is submitted. The ASEAN-China Young Leaders Scholarship “Tips for Coming to China” say the original document of the Foreigner Physical Examination Form is among the documents required for the X1 visa application, and it is also used at registration. For MOFCOM, the reminders say an original copy of the Foreigner Physical Examination Form must be presented for on-site verification; applicants get back the hard-copy materials from the Economic and Commercial Counsellor’s Office of the Chinese Embassy, and if admitted, students must take the documents to China and submit them to the university for verification and archive.

Six-month validity: the Application Guide for Chinese Government Scholarship says medical examination results are valid for only six months. The ASEAN-China Young Leaders Scholarship and Silk Road pages say the result is valid for only 6 months and advise applicants to plan the physical examination schedule carefully. The supplied texts do not state the exact start date of the six-month period; they say only that the result is valid for that period.

The MOFCOM health conditions

The MOFCOM Scholarship-CSC Program enrollment guide sets health conditions in its eligibility section. To be eligible, an applicant must be healthy physically and mentally with a physical examination report issued by a local public hospital, and must not have any of the following:

  • a) Diseases prohibited by Chinese Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Laws and Regulations;
  • b) Other severe chronic diseases like high blood pressure, cardio-cerebrovascular disease, diabetes; psychological diseases; or other infectious diseases which may harm public health;
  • c) In recovery period after major surgery or acute disease attacks;
  • d) Severe physically challenged;
  • e) Pregnancy.

Verification after arrival

The ASEAN-China Young Leaders Scholarship page is the only supplied page that describes arrival steps in detail.

Visa: ACYLS winners should apply for an “X1” visa to study in China. Those who will study in China for less than 6 months (including 6 months) can apply for an “X2” visa. The documents required for the visa application include a valid ordinary passport, photocopies of the Admission Letter, the Confirmation Form for Study in China (JW201), and the original document of the Foreigner Physical Examination Form. The visa application cost is at the student’s own expense. Students who come with other types of passports or visas, or without the requested documents, will not be able to register with the universities nor apply for the residence permit.

Registration: scholarship students must register with the host university before the deadline specified in the Admission Letter, using the Admission Letter, the Confirmation Form for Study in China (JW201) and the Foreigner Physical Examination Form. Those unable to register on time must get permission from the host institution directly. Those who fail to register without prior consent are considered to have voluntarily given up the scholarship, and it is automatically terminated.

Health verification: scholarship students who are to stay in China for more than 6 months are requested to submit their passport, Admission Letter, Foreigner Physical Examination Form and Blood Test Report to the local health quarantine office so that the physical examination report can be verified. Those who do not meet the requirements of that authority will be required to re-take the physical examination. Those who refuse to re-take it, or are diagnosed with diseases that are not permitted to stay in China according to Chinese laws and regulations, will be required to leave China.

Residence permit: after the health report is verified, students apply to the local police authority for a residence permit before the deadline set by the visa-issuing authority, using their passport, Admission Letter, JW201, verified health report, and a photograph that meets the authority’s image requirements.

The broader rule is in Article 39 of the Administrative Measures for the Enrolment and Education of International Students by Schools (Order No. 42 of the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Public Security), in force from 1 July 2017 (Article 48). The regulation is published in Chinese; the English here is a translation, not an official version. It provides that, on enrolment, international students shall, under the rules of the Chinese health administration department, go to the Chinese health quarantine department to complete the confirmation procedures for the “Foreigner Physical Examination Record” (《外国人体格检查记录》) or to undergo a physical examination. Those confirmed by the examination to have severe mental disorders, infectious tuberculosis, or other infectious diseases that may cause major harm to public health, as stipulated in the Exit and Entry Administration Law of the People’s Republic of China, shall be handled by the public security department according to law.

Questions people ask

Is the form required if my programme lasts exactly six months?

The Application Guide for Chinese Government Scholarship requires it for study in China for more than six months. The ASEAN-China Young Leaders Scholarship and Silk Road pages say it is only required for applicants planning to stay for more than 6 months. The ASEAN-China Young Leaders Scholarship visa tips say those who will study in China for less than 6 months (including 6 months) can apply for an X2 visa. So, on those pages, a stay of six months or less does not trigger the requirement.

Can the form be filled in another language?

The Chinese Government Scholarship guide says the original shall be filled in in English, and the ASEAN-China Young Leaders Scholarship and Silk Road pages say the form is written in English. The MOFCOM page requires all documents to be in Chinese or English, with a notarized Chinese or English copy required otherwise; the scholarship guides for the other programmes specify English for this form.

How long is the medical examination result valid?

Six months. The Chinese Government Scholarship guide says results are valid for only six months; the ASEAN-China Young Leaders Scholarship and Silk Road pages say the result is valid for only 6 months and advise planning the schedule carefully.

What happens if the health verification after arrival finds a problem?

Under the ASEAN-China Young Leaders Scholarship page, students who do not meet the requirements of the local health quarantine authority must re-take the physical examination; those who refuse to re-take it, or are diagnosed with diseases not permitted to stay in China under Chinese laws and regulations, will be required to leave China. Article 39 of Order No. 42 provides that students confirmed with severe mental disorders, infectious tuberculosis, or other infectious diseases that may cause major harm to public health are handled by the public security department according to law.

Sources

Checked 10 October 2026.

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