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School for children of foreign personnel

Aschool for children of foreign personnel^[1] (外籍人员子女学校) is a type of non-public K–12 school in mainland China. This type of school can only admit the children of people with foreign nationality and legal Chinese long-term residence visas, and their children are also required to have foreign nationality.^[2][3][4][1]

Foreign institutions, foreign-invested enterprises, offices of international organizations legally established or registered in China, and foreign citizens legally residing in China can apply to open schools for the children of foreign personnel. Opening this type of school requires approval from the Ministry of Education of China. This type of school is not allowed to engage in industrial and commercial activities and other profit-making activities in China. This type of school is not allowed to admit students with Chinese nationality.^[2][3][4][5]

Foreign-nationality children legally residing in China are eligible to enroll in normal public and private K–12 schools. They may but are not required to enroll in the special-designated schools for children of foreign personnel.^[6]

There were, as of 28 March 2017, in total 116 schools for children of foreign personnel officially approved by the Ministry of Education of China. The school list is ordered in accordance with the official document from the Ministry of Education.^[7]

• Yew Chung International School of Chongqing (重庆耀中国际学校)

• Cangzhou Zhenhua Korean International School (沧州振华韩国国际学校)

• Kunming International School (昆明国际学校)

• Changsha WES Academy (长沙玮希国际学校; 'Changsha Weixi International School')

• Xining International Academy (西宁外籍人员子女学校; 'Xining School for Children of Foreign Personnel')

• Nanchang International School (南昌国际学校)

• Shanghai Rego International School (上海瑞金国际学校; 'Shanghai Ruijin International School'^[9])

• List of international schools in China

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