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How China’s healthcare system works for foreigners
Understand community care, hospital levels, public and international routes, passport registration, payment, insurance and follow-up.
Read the guideCommunity health & family doctors
Build a local primary-care route before you need it
Find the responsible community health institution, separate an ordinary visit from a family-doctor contract, and follow the current implementation for the city where you live or work.
9practical source-linked guides
Use this collection to prepare
Verify the exact institution
A community health service center, station or Shenzhen shekang can have different hours, departments, passport handling, languages and insurance functions.
Read the agreement
A family-doctor contract should identify the team, service package, term, fees, contact route and renewal or change process; it is not a private-doctor guarantee.
Keep every route separate
Ordinary appointments, resident health records, referrals, long-term prescriptions, insurance settlement and emergency care remain separate decisions.
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9 focused guides
Each guide states its source scope, review date and next scheduled check. Local examples are not presented as nationwide promises.
All healthcare guidesUnderstand and enter community care
Use system roles and the exact institution's service information to prepare an ordinary community visit without treating primary care as a compulsory nationwide gate.
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Community clinic, general hospital or specialist hospital?
Compare community clinics, general hospitals and specialist hospitals in China by service, campus, passport access, language, insurance and follow-up.
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Using community health service centers in China as a foreign resident
Find the local center, verify passport registration and services, use outpatient and referral routes, and keep records, insurance and 120 separate.
Read the guideEstablish a continuing local relationship
Confirm eligibility, documents, the signed service package, health-record handling and the handoff to continuing or hospital care.
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Family doctor contract services in China for foreign residents
Check local eligibility, compare the written service package, manage records, referrals, fees and renewal, and keep ordinary care and 120 clearly separate.
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How to continue chronic care after moving to China
A practical handover plan for medical records, prescriptions, appointments, insurance and refills before and after your move.
Read the guideFollow the city implementation
Use the current local route for community institutions, signing channels, service packages, records and referrals instead of applying one city's system elsewhere.
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Using community health and family doctor services in Beijing
Find the community centre serving your address, verify passport and residence-document rules, and connect visits, records, referrals and prescriptions safely.
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Using community health and family doctor services in Shanghai
Understand ordinary community visits, the 1+1+1 contract, identity checks, health records, referrals and the limits for foreign passport holders.
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Using community health and family-doctor services in Guangzhou
Find the right community institution, separate a normal visit from signing and health records, and verify identity, referral, insurance and language routes.
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Using Shekang and family-doctor services in Shenzhen
Use Shenzhen community health services without mixing visits, contracts, health records, referrals, insurance selection or emergency care.
Read the guideScope boundary
This collection explains administrative access to community health institutions and family-doctor contract services. It does not decide whether a person qualifies as a local resident, promise that a foreign passport will be accepted by a particular digital channel, recommend a provider or treatment, interpret symptoms, or replace the responsible community institution, health authority, insurer or emergency service. In a medical emergency in mainland China, call 120 rather than waiting for a community appointment or family-doctor reply.