Zunyi
Guizhou Province Smaller cityA mountain city in northern Guizhou famous for the 1935 Zunyi Conference of the Long March — and to international students for Zunyi Medical University, whose English-taught MBBS has enrolled South Asian and African cohorts for years. Maotai, China's most famous liquor town, is nearby.
- Zunyi Medical University's long-running MBBS
- Long March history sites around the city
- Maotai liquor town and Guizhou mountain scenery
- Mountain-city costs among China's lowest
Living here
Monthly budget
CNY 1,600–3,200 (USD 220–450) / month incl. dorm or shared flat
Very low costs — one of the cheapest study cities in China.
Getting around
No metro yet — buses, taxis and shared bikes. Xinzhou (ZYI) is domestic; international travel connects via Guiyang, about an hour by high-speed rail.
Halal food
Campus halal kitchens for the MBBS cohorts plus Lanzhou chains in town; Guizhou's Hui communities keep a few established restaurants.
Healthcare
Zunyi Medical University's affiliated hospitals provide care and clinical training.
Climate
Mild highland-subtropical — warm summers, damp winters around 3–10°C.
No metro — buses and e-bikes across the hilly grid; mobile payments are standard, and English is scarce outside campus. The medical university is the international hub.
Factual fields as of 2026-09-21 — editorial estimate, not official figures.
Universities in Zunyi (1)
0 English-taught programs tracked in this city — see them.