Guide

Booking a Shanghai hospital with a passport

At the hospital desk, a passport works: Shanghai's own guide says to bring it when you register. Booking ahead is harder: many hospital apps and mini programs are built around the Chinese ID card. Here is where a passport is confirmed to work, and what to do everywhere else.

Facts checked 9 October 2026. Sources at the end of the page.

What the city says

Shanghai government, 2024 to 2026.

Shanghai's guide to seeing a doctor lists the patient's passport among the things to bring when registering at a hospital.
A 2024 city plan asks hospitals to make passports easier to use for medical care, to build foreign-language versions of the city's booking platform, and to accept foreign bank cards.

Hospitals where a passport is confirmed

At least one booking channel where an official source says a passport works.

Everywhere else

18 hospitals with no official answer yet.

No official source we found says whether these hospitals' online channels take a passport. Some say check-in needs a Chinese ID card or a medical insurance card.
We book these through the international department by phone or email, and tell you which desk to go to on the day.

Sources

Each hospital's own sources are listed on its page.

Shanghai government: how to see a doctor at a local hospital, updated 26 May 2026
Shanghai government plan on international medical services (沪府办发〔2024〕32号), 8 January 2025

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