Dorian Murray's story went viral online in the country after his father posted the boy's dying wish online.
The Rhode Island youngster was diagnosed with the paediatric soft tissue cancer rhabdomyosarcoma at the age of four.
His family decided to stop treatment last month after discovering the disease had spread to his spinal cord and brain.
Dorian had told his father Chris that before he "goes to heaven" he "would like to be famous in China".
He said he was interested in the country "because they have that bridge", referring to the Great Wall.
The family posted the story on Monday on their public Facebook page Praying for Dorian, urging support under the hashtag #DStrong.
It was translated and reposted on Chinese sites, despite access to Facebook being heavily restricted in the country.
Dorian's story has since gone viral, with thousands of people uploading selfies at the Great Wall, many with signs using the hashtag.
DStrong was the top trending topic online on Friday morning on Weibo, the country's Twitter-like service, with tens of millions of views.
He even ended up on the state-run China Daily newspaper's front page on Thursday.
"Wish granted," the paper said.
The state-run Xinhua news agency also wrote: "Love has magic power.
"A boy's imagination has turned the anti-invasion wall into a bridge that connects hearts oceans away.
"Language barrier, thousands of miles of distance, East to the West ... all are nothing with this bridge."
One Weibo poster wrote: "I'm so sorry if you can't see how many people are responding in China."
"It's not that the Chinese people are indifferent - it's that we can't log onto Facebook."
Dorian's family said they were "completely in awe" at the response.
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