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FROM🇨🇳 ChinaTO🇯🇵 Japan

China Grade 7 / Year 7 to Japan: education route

Compare Grade 7 / Year 7 in China with the corresponding school stage in Japan, then open the official curriculum and placement authorities for both systems.

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Route alignment

China describes this point as 初中 · generally Grades 7–9 / Zhongkao. Japan describes the receiving stage as Lower secondary · Grades 7–9. Use the linked destination framework with the learner’s current subjects and records when confirming the receiving year and placement process.

DEPARTING STAGE初中 · generally Grades 7–9 / ZhongkaoARRIVING STAGELower secondary · Grades 7–9

📚 Side-by-side

What crosses with the learner

Route point🇨🇳 China🇯🇵 Japan
Current stage初中 · generally Grades 7–9 / ZhongkaoLower secondary · Grades 7–9
Education authorityNational curriculum standards operate with provincial and local implementation; upper-secondary entrance and Gaokao arrangements vary by location.MEXT publishes national Courses of Study; local boards and schools administer enrolment and progression.
Application fileCurrent school records and subject historyReceiving authority and school placement requirements

🧳 Preparation file

Bring these into the route

  1. Recent report cards or transcripts and the current subject list
  2. School-attendance and progression records requested by the receiving school
  3. Identity, residence, guardianship, and address documents required locally
  4. Certified translations and language-learning history where requested

🔗 Official links

Open the issuing sources

2022 compulsory-education curriculum and standardsMinistry of Education of the People’s Republic of China ↗National school student-status administration measuresMinistry of Education of the People’s Republic of China ↗National Courses of StudyMinistry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology ↗

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🔎 Also described as

moving from China to Japan for Grade 7 / Year 7China Grade 7 / Year 7 in JapanChina to Japan school transfer requirements