AQSIQ Decree No. 146 on Quarantining Entry-Exit Passengers' Articles

Chapter 1 General Rules

 

Article 1 These measures are formulated in accordance with the P. R. China's Law On Quarantine Of Entry-Exit Animals & Plants, Law On Frontier Health Quarantine, Administrative Regulations On Safety Of Agricultural Genetically Modified Organisms, Administrative Regulations On Import & Export Of Endangered Wildlife, and so on.

Article 2 Entry-exit passengers herein refer to entry-exit persons (including any diplomats), entry-exit vehicles' employees, and others;

Entry-exit articles herein refer to any articles taken along with entry-exit passengers, carried by entry-exit cars, ships and planes taken by the passengers and carried separately from the passengers.

Article 3 The AQSIQ assumes the quarantine and supervision of the entry-exit articles throughout China.

Local entry-exit inspection and quarantine agencies supervised by the AQSIQ are respectively responsible for local quarantine of the entry-exit articles.

Article 4 Upon carrying the articles as below, entry-exit passengers shall declare to and receive quarantine by the inspection-quarantine agencies:

(1) Entry animals, plants, their products and other quarantine objects;
(2) Entry-exit biological species resources, endangered wildlife and their products;
(3) Exit wildlife under State protection and their products;
(4) Entry-exit microorganisms, human tissues, biological products, blood and blood products (hereinafter referred to as "special articles");
(5) Entry-exit corpse, skeletons, and so on;
(6) Entry-exit articles from epidemic areas, contaminated with infectious diseases, or likely to spread infectious diseases;
(7) Other articles specified by the AQSIQ to be subjected to quarantine.


Article 5 Entry-exit persons shall not carry the articles as follows:

(1) Animal/plant pathogens, pests and other harmful organisms;
(2) Animals, plants, their products and other quarantine objects from any epidemic regions;
(3) Animal corpse;
(4) Soil;
(5) Those listed in China's Catalog Of Animals & Plants Banned From Entry By Mail And Carry;
(6) Banned-from-entry waste and used articles, radioactive substances and others.

Article 6 Where entry-exit articles are found severe quarantine-risking, the inspection-quarantine agencies shall launch risk pre-warning and fast reaction mechanism.
 

Chapter 2 Quarantine Approval

 

Article 7 Where the quarantine approval is required, the entry-exit passengers shall apply in advance to the AQSIQ for quarantine approval procedures.

Article 8 In the case of inability to conduct quarantine approval in advance, the entry-exit passengers shall apply for its conduct at later time.

Article 9 Upon entry with the articles listed by the items (1)-(4) of Article 5 herein, the passengers shall apply in advance to the AQSIQ for quarantine approval procedures.

Article 10 Entry with passengers may be permitted as regards the articles listed in China's Catalog Of Animals & Plants Banned From Entry By Mail And Carry on the strength of approval by China's authorities concerned and of quarantine certificates officially issued by authorities of exporting countries/regions.

Article 11 As regards entry of special articles, the passengers shall in advance undertake quarantine approval procedures with governing inspection-quarantine agencies.

 

Article 12 Where carrying the articles listed in Article 4 herein, the entry passengers shall declare to and receive quarantine by governing inspection-quarantine agencies.

Article 13 The inspection-quarantine agencies may conduct inspection over entry-exit passengers' belongings on the sites such as vehicles, special channels, and luggage offices by using x-ray machines, sniffer dogs and other means.

Article 14 Any entry-exit persons shall receive and cooperate in the inspection and quarantine by governing agencies.

Entry foreigners having diplomatic, consular privileges and immunities shall receive quarantine of their belongings by governing agencies; the governing agencies shall conduct inspection in the presence of diplomatic representatives or authorized personnel.