China Travel Tips

What you should do when entering China is to fill in the Entry Registration Cards and have your passport and visa checked, including other procedures such as a quarantine check and frontier inspection. All your goods, luggage and packages should also be checked. People with VD, leprosy and infectious pulmonary are not allowed to entering China. Dangerous, harmful or toxic articles prescribed by Chinese law are prohibited into China and you must declare them to the Frontier Inspection Station.

According to the regulation of the China’s Customs, inbound and outbound visitors must declare all the luggage and goods they carry, which must be in line with the limited quantity for private use. Goods that outnumber the amount should be taxed or rejected.

The following things should be declared.
For people entering China:
• Animal and their products, plants, biological products, blood products and human organs;
• Cigarettes with the number of more than 400 pieces, cigars 100 pieces, tobacco 500g and alcohol (above 12 degrees) 1,500ml
• (for Chinese residents) Items worth more than CNY 5,000;
• (for foreigners) Items reaching a value of CNY 2,000;
• Foreign currency worth more than US$ 5,000, or Chinese Currency exceeding CNY 2,000;
• Communication devices and transceivers;
• Separately transported luggage;
• Cargoes, advertising items and commodity samples;
 

For people exiting from China:
• Gold, silver and other valuable metals;
• Cultural relics, endangered animal, plants and their products, and biology species resources;
• Foreign currency worth more than US$ 5,000, or Chinese currency exceeding CNY 2,000;
• Communication devices and transceivers;
• Cargoes, advertising items and commodity samples;
• Items that are forbidden or limited in accordance with the law of the PRC.

For the convenience of inbound or outbound visitors, on February 1st, 2008, China made simplification of the custom declaration procedures. People who have nothing to declare can pass through the green channel directly. And people who carry articles that need to be declared must fill out a Chinese custom declaration form and pass through the red channel. However, for children under 16 and accompanied by their parents, there is no obligation to fill in the declaration form themselves. For those who hold diplomatic or courtesy visas should present the effective certificates or documents to get more efficient services from China Customs. When departing from China, travelers can choose either to complete the same declaration form listed with relevant items or to fill out a new one.

Yes, you shall. The China Customs conforms to the declaration regulations vigorously. So make sure that you have a clear idea of what items you carry are compulsory to be declared and check them against the declaration form carefully. If you have any questions on China declaration regulations, you’d better to enquire in advance.