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Luggage Instructions for Inbound and Outbound Personnel

(Except from Decree No.243, 20218 of General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China: Administrative Measures for Quarantine of Articles Carried by Entry-Exit Personnel)

Article 4 Entry-exit personnel carrying any of the following articles shall declare to the Customs and accept quarantine:   
(1) entering animals and plants, their products and other quarantine items;
(2) entering or exiting biological species resources, endangered species of wild animals and plants, and their products;
(3) exiting wild animals and plants under special state protection and their products;
(4) entering or exiting microorganisms, human tissues, biological products, blood, blood products and other special articles (hereinafter referred to as "special articles");
(5) entering or exiting corpses and skeletons;
(6) entering or exiting luggage or articles coming from epidemic-stricken areas, polluted by contagious diseases or probably spreading contagious diseases; and
(7) other articles that shall be declared to the Customs and be subject to quarantine. 

Article 5 Entry-exit personnel are prohibited to carry any of the following articles into China:    
(1)pathogens of animals and plants (including bacterial strains and virus strains), pests and other harmful organisms; 
(2)animals and plants, their products and other quarantine items coming from countries or regions with prevalent epidemic animal or plant diseases; 
(3)animal corpses;
(4)soil;  
(5)articles listed in the Directory of the People's Republic of China of Animals, Plants and Their Products Prohibited to Be Carried or Mailed into China; and 
(6)waste and old articles, radioactive materials and other articles whose entry is prohibited by the state. 

Sources: China Daily; General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China

Updated on December 20, 2024