China
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Country Information
- AFS Country Code: CHN
- See http://www.usa.afs.org/usa_en/view/8250 for more information on China.
Placement
- Age requirement: 15.0-17.5 for school programs.
- Language requirement: English and Chinese language study background is preferred.
- Health restrictions: Candidates must be in good medical health and meet partner health criteria. Candidates with prior history of psychological or eating disorders must demonstrate one full year of stability prior to the completion of their application. It is hard to find host family or host school for candidates with epilepsy and asthma. Candidates who are carriers of Hepatitis B will not be accepted.
- Graduates:
- Smoking: No smoking during the program.
- Dietary Restrictions: Depend on host family restrictions. It is possible for us to host some vegetarians. However, many Chinese families may eat meat and we hope that the student can understand that it is highly unlikely for us to find a vegetarian host family.
- Dress:
- Vaccinations: China requires all shots listed on form 3B.
- Location: 80% urban, 20% suburban. Most of the AFS students are placed in medium or small cities throughout China. Students can be placed in Cantonese speaking Guangdong Province. However, Madarin is the official language in schools.
Travel Information
- Visa:
- Arrival & Orientation:
- Departure:
Host Families
Information needed.
Support Information
Information needed.
Academics
- Transcript/Diploma:
- School: Strong academic background is preferred as the Chinese education system is paying a lot of attention to academic subjects and AFS schools in China are usually top schools.
- Language: Chinese. 3 Months intensive Chinese class will be provided by the host school for AFS participants.
- Transportation:
- Extracurricular: Cultural trips will be organized for seven to ten days, which will take about $500 or so.
Scholarships & Sponsored Programs
See Scholarships or Sponsored Programs for Sending for more information.
General Country Information
- Religion:
- Population:
- Language: Chinese
- Government:
Program Information
- Year School Program: Imagine all that you can learn and experience by spending a year living and studying in China. Here you will begin to feel that you are a part of one of the most complex societies in the world by living with your host family and attending an academically elite school. You will stay in a typical Chinese home. Sharing meals together and having real man-made steamed bread, dumplings, spring rolls and many other delicious local foods there. To attend a local high school, uniforms are required and classes are lecture-style, with required courses in Mandarin, the primary dialect spoken in china, as well as math, chemistry and physics. In the school, you will join in the group to do exercises and eyes massage. Though the strength of the Chinese student is very heavy, their after-class activities are rich and colorful. Do you want to join the Kong Fu community or the handicraft art community? As you make new friends with your Chinese classmates, you will develop an understanding of today’s Chinese society.
- Summer Intensive Language Program: See China program page on AFS-USA website.
- AFS Germany offers its participants a Roots and Shoots community service program. The program might be interesting for US participants in the future.
Return to the Country Information page.
For information, questions or concerns, contact the Program Information Specialist or countryinfo@afs.org.
