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Last updated: 26 July 2026
This Policy explains how China Health Journey creates, reviews, labels, corrects and removes content. It applies to articles, guides, hospital and service information, patient stories, newsletters, translations, images and contributed material.
1. Our editorial purpose
Our purpose is to help international patients understand medical care and practical planning in China. We aim for content that is useful, evidence-aware, respectful and clear about uncertainty. We do not publish personalised diagnoses or guarantee admission, price, treatment success or travel outcomes.
2. Medical accuracy and evidence
Medical statements should be based on appropriate sources such as health authorities, recognised clinical guidance, peer-reviewed research and official provider information. The strength, date and limits of evidence must be represented fairly. A single study, press release, traditional-use claim or patient experience must not be presented as proof of safety or effectiveness.
Content involving diagnosis, treatment, material risk or clinical comparison should be reviewed by a suitably qualified professional or clearly attributed to a reliable clinical source. Editorial review does not create a doctor-patient relationship.
3. Sources, dates and comparisons
We identify material sources and relevant dates where practical. Statistics must retain their population, period and definition. Comparisons of prices, waiting times or outcomes must explain important differences and must not imply an apples-to-apples comparison when methods differ. Estimates are labelled and are not quotations.
4. Hospitals, clinicians and services
Profiles should use verifiable information about the relevant department, qualifications, facilities, language support and international-patient process. Reputation alone is not enough. Inclusion or ranking must not imply endorsement or a guaranteed result. Material commercial relationships, referral arrangements or paid placement must be clearly disclosed near the content.
5. Patient stories, reviews and testimonials
Patient stories are individual experiences, not medical evidence and not a promise of typical results. We seek a genuine first-hand account, informed publication permission and disclosure of material relationships or incentives. We do not knowingly publish fabricated reviews, impersonation, undisclosed paid testimonials or incentives conditioned on positive sentiment.
Editing and translation may improve length, grammar, privacy and clarity but must preserve the speaker's material meaning. We remove unnecessary identifiers and require permission for identifiable people, records and images. We may ask for private verification without publishing the verification material.
6. Health and treatment claims
Content must not promise a cure, guaranteed success, risk-free treatment or superiority without reliable substantiation. Benefits and risks must not be presented selectively. Emerging, experimental, off-label or traditional approaches must be identified as such, with uncertainty and regulatory status explained where relevant.
7. Images, video and illustrative material
To protect patient privacy, all photographs on this website use virtual images and do not depict real patients. Images must be licensed or used with permission and must respect patient dignity and privacy. Stock, staged or AI-generated images may be used for illustration, but they do not depict an actual clinician, hospital or result unless expressly identified as authentic. We do not use illustrative imagery to fabricate a testimonial or clinical outcome. Materially altered media should be labelled when omission would mislead.
8. AI-assisted content and translation
AI tools may assist with drafting, organisation, translation or image creation. A human editor remains responsible for checking medical meaning, factual claims, sources, privacy and cultural context before publication. AI must not invent sources, credentials, quotations, patients or outcomes. We disclose AI use when it is material to understanding the content.
9. Sponsored and affiliate content
Advertising, sponsorship, affiliate links, free services and other material benefits must be clearly and prominently disclosed. Commercial partners may not purchase a favourable clinical conclusion or suppress a material correction. Editorial and commercial responsibilities should remain separated.
10. Prohibited content
We do not permit content that is unlawful; materially false or deceptive; dangerously misleading about health; discriminatory, hateful, threatening or harassing; exploitative; invasive of privacy; in breach of confidentiality; infringing of intellectual property; malicious or technically harmful; or designed to manipulate reviews, identity or engagement. We may also reject content that creates an unreasonable safety or verification risk.
11. Privacy and sensitive information
Only the minimum personal and medical detail needed for the editorial purpose should be published. Authors must not disclose another person's diagnosis, records, contact details or identity without authority. Requests involving a child's information require heightened review and appropriate guardian authority; we do not accept patient stories directly from minors.
12. Corrections and updates
We review time-sensitive content and correct material errors reasonably promptly. A correction may update the text, date, source or editor's note. Material changes should not silently reverse the original meaning. Outdated content may be updated, archived, redirected or removed when leaving it online would mislead or create harm.
13. Reporting and review process
To report an error, rights violation, privacy concern, undisclosed conflict or potentially unlawful content, email info@chinamedicaljourney.com with the page URL, the specific issue and supporting information. We will assess credible notices, may temporarily limit content during review, and may correct, label, restrict or remove it. We may request identity or authority evidence where necessary and will protect it appropriately.
14. Editorial decisions and enforcement
Publication is not guaranteed. We may reject, edit, label, restrict distribution, suspend or remove content that does not meet this Policy. Decisions consider evidence, context, public interest, patient safety, privacy, law and the feasibility of correction. Repeated or serious violations may end a contributor relationship.
15. Language versions and contact
We aim for faithful translations, but medical terminology and law can vary by jurisdiction. The English text is the editorial reference version where legally permitted. Translation concerns and policy questions may be sent to info@chinamedicaljourney.com.
