It depends on different universities. Most of China universities can only accept payment in cash or Union Pay Card if you pay on arrival. If you pay before arrive to China, you may use credit card or other international payment method.

For Chinese Government Scholarship (CSC Scholarship), applicants can apply from each January to March. For Confucius Institute Scholarship, applicants can apply from each March to April. For Provincial or University Scholarships, the application deadline varies on each university.

For Chinese Government Scholarship (CSC Scholarship), please visit http://en.csc.edu.cn. For other scholarship, you can get details after get admission.

Usually, a student staying in China longer than 6 months is required to hold Student Visa(X visa) to enter a university.