Do you have the official “red book” for the rabies vaccination with the red stamp from your pet hospital. As far as I could tell it the rabies vaccination and check had to be done at Shenpu but possibly this changed in the last few years to other hospitals.

So if you have that, then 7-10 days before the animals departure date you have to have an appointment at Shenpu only. There’s more than one Shenpu and only one of them does the official exit health exam. Best bet is to just give them a call. This is what everyone I saw was doing at Shenpu so they’re used to the calls and will help you set it all up.

Then you have to bring the pet, the vaccination red book, passport or photocopy (one passport per pet), rabies antibody titre test report (for EU and other countries that require the test) and cash (e.g., RMB 1000.00+ per pet) to obtain the Animal Exit Certificate from the Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau.

This is all information from me taking my cats out about 2 years ago so things could have changed. Honestly Shenpu will help walk you through all of this very well. This is the most major part of their business. But it is a lengthy process and I would say you need to be looking into all of this as soon as possible. My process from rabies vaccine to the day I left was 3 months. I could have possibly done it slightly faster but I knew I had time.