{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "Dataset",
  "name": "China Medical Info External Authority Sources",
  "version": "V47",
  "generatedAt": "2026-07-04T23:30:00-04:00",
  "contentReviewDate": "2026-07-04",
  "url": "https://www.chinamedicalinfo.com/external-authority-sources.json",
  "humanReadableUrl": "https://www.chinamedicalinfo.com/official-source-directory",
  "publisher": {
    "@type": "Organization",
    "name": "China Medical Info",
    "url": "https://www.chinamedicalinfo.com/"
  },
  "scopeNote": "Official and high-authority source routing for educational verification only. Not medical advice, diagnosis, treatment guidance, visa advice, insurance advice, emergency guidance, or appointment booking.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "source:nhc",
      "category": "Health policy and hospital verification",
      "name": "National Health Commission of the PRC",
      "url": "https://en.nhc.gov.cn/",
      "sourceType": "government-health",
      "trustRole": "Official English-language national health, public health, health policy, and hospital-service reference path.",
      "recommendedUse": "Use for general health-policy and hospital-service verification before relying on China medical information summaries.",
      "volatility": "medium",
      "verifiedOn": "2026-07-04"
    },
    {
      "id": "source:nia",
      "category": "Entry, stay, and immigration verification",
      "name": "National Immigration Administration",
      "url": "https://en.nia.gov.cn/",
      "sourceType": "government-immigration",
      "trustRole": "Official immigration and entry-stay source for foreigners, visa-free transit, arrival, residence registration, and exit-entry services.",
      "recommendedUse": "Use before acting on visa-free transit, stay, arrival card, registration, or immigration-service claims.",
      "volatility": "high",
      "verifiedOn": "2026-07-04"
    },
    {
      "id": "source:nia-guidelines",
      "category": "Entry, stay, and immigration verification",
      "name": "NIA Guidelines for Foreigners",
      "url": "https://en.nia.gov.cn/n147423/n147478/index.html",
      "sourceType": "government-immigration",
      "trustRole": "Official service entry point for foreigner-facing immigration guidelines.",
      "recommendedUse": "Use when a page discusses practical verification pathways for foreign visitors and residents.",
      "volatility": "high",
      "verifiedOn": "2026-07-04"
    },
    {
      "id": "source:state-council-wlc",
      "category": "Living, payment, emergency, and transit preparation",
      "name": "State Council Guide to Working and Living in China",
      "url": "https://english.www.gov.cn/2025special/bizexpatsinchina2025",
      "sourceType": "government-service-guide",
      "trustRole": "Official English-language public-service guide covering registration, emergency numbers, payment, SIM cards, transportation, and visa-free transit references.",
      "recommendedUse": "Use for public-service orientation that affects medical visitors, expatriates, and families in China.",
      "volatility": "medium",
      "verifiedOn": "2026-07-04"
    },
    {
      "id": "source:visa-for-china",
      "category": "Visa application verification",
      "name": "Chinese Visa Application Service Center",
      "url": "https://www.visaforchina.cn/globle/",
      "sourceType": "official-visa-service",
      "trustRole": "Official visa service-center selector for country and city-specific China visa application procedures.",
      "recommendedUse": "Use before acting on visa form, appointment, service-center, or document-preparation requirements.",
      "volatility": "high",
      "verifiedOn": "2026-07-04"
    },
    {
      "id": "source:mfa-visa",
      "category": "Visa application verification",
      "name": "Ministry of Foreign Affairs Consular Service - About Chinese Visa",
      "url": "https://cs.mfa.gov.cn/wgrlh/lhqz/lhqzjjs/",
      "sourceType": "government-consular",
      "trustRole": "Official consular service path for China visa laws, forms, and foreigner visit-China topics.",
      "recommendedUse": "Use for visa-law and consular-source verification alongside local visa center pages.",
      "volatility": "high",
      "verifiedOn": "2026-07-04"
    },
    {
      "id": "source:payment-guide",
      "category": "Payment and insurance preparation",
      "name": "Guide to Payment Services in China",
      "url": "https://gb.china-embassy.gov.cn/eng/lqfw/202403/t20240317_11261639.htm",
      "sourceType": "government-payment-guide",
      "trustRole": "Official payment-service guidance for international visitors using bank cards, mobile payments, cash, bank accounts, and e-CNY in China.",
      "recommendedUse": "Use before acting on China payment, hospital deposit, mobile wallet, bank-card, or cash-preparation claims.",
      "volatility": "medium",
      "verifiedOn": "2026-07-04"
    },
    {
      "id": "source:pbc-payment",
      "category": "Payment and insurance preparation",
      "name": "People's Bank of China Payment Services Guide",
      "url": "http://www.pbc.gov.cn/en/3688006/5275451/5275454/5274061/index.html",
      "sourceType": "central-bank-payment-guide",
      "trustRole": "Central-bank payment-service guide referenced by official Chinese embassy payment guidance.",
      "recommendedUse": "Use as the primary payment-source handoff when readers need official payment-service details.",
      "volatility": "medium",
      "verifiedOn": "2026-07-04"
    },
    {
      "id": "source:beijing-wechat-pay",
      "category": "Payment and insurance preparation",
      "name": "Beijing municipal guide: How can Foreigners Use WeChat Pay?",
      "url": "https://english.beijing.gov.cn/livinginbeijing/finance/mobilepaymentlist/202005/t20200516_1899230.html",
      "sourceType": "local-government-payment-guide",
      "trustRole": "Local government guide for foreign bank-card binding and WeChat Pay usage notes.",
      "recommendedUse": "Use as a local payment setup reference, with users still checking the current app prompts and bank requirements.",
      "volatility": "medium",
      "verifiedOn": "2026-07-04"
    },
    {
      "id": "source:pumch",
      "category": "Hospital official-source examples",
      "name": "Peking Union Medical College Hospital",
      "url": "https://www.pumch.cn/en.html",
      "sourceType": "official-hospital",
      "trustRole": "Official hospital website for PUMCH locations, patient care, services, departments, and contact paths.",
      "recommendedUse": "Use as the primary verification path for PUMCH profile claims and hospital-specific current details.",
      "volatility": "high",
      "verifiedOn": "2026-07-04"
    },
    {
      "id": "source:fuscc",
      "category": "Hospital official-source examples",
      "name": "Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center",
      "url": "https://www.shca.org.cn/english/",
      "sourceType": "official-hospital",
      "trustRole": "Official hospital website for FUSCC patient, visitor, department, publication, and contact information.",
      "recommendedUse": "Use as the primary verification path for FUSCC and oncology hospital-profile claims.",
      "volatility": "high",
      "verifiedOn": "2026-07-04"
    }
  ],
  "sourceSelectionPolicy": [
    "Prefer official government, hospital, visa, payment, insurer, and qualified professional sources for high-change claims.",
    "Use China Medical Info pages for educational orientation and internal navigation, then hand off to official sources before decisions.",
    "Do not use low-quality directories, anonymous forum posts, or user comments as authority sources for YMYL claims."
  ]
}