中华人民共和国海关关于过境旅客行李物品管理规定
海关总署
中华人民共和国海关关于过境旅客行李物品管理规定
1991年9月2日，海关总署
第一条 根据《中华人民共和国海关法》和《中华人民共和国海关对进出境旅客行李物品监管办法》制定本规定。
第二条 本规定所称过境旅客系指持有效过境签证（与我互免签证国家的旅客，凭其有效护照）从境外某地，通过境内，前往境外另一地的旅客；包括进境后不离开海关监管区或海关监管下的交通工具，直接出境的旅客。
第三条 在进境口岸不离开海关监管区或海关监管下的交通工具的过境旅客，可以免填“旅客行李申报单”，海关对其行李物品均准许过境，一般不予查验，但是海关认为必要时除外。
第四条 在过境期限内离开海关监管区的过境旅客，携带的行李物品应以旅行需用为限，海关依照对进出境非居民短期旅客行李物品的规定办理，其中属于《旅客进出境行李物品分类表》（见附件一）第三、四、五类的物品，在规定范围内的，经海关核准可予登记暂时免税放行，过境旅客出境时必须将原物复带出境。超出规定范围的，除按本规定第五条办理外，均不准进境。
第五条 过境旅客携运物品超出本规定第四条所述准予放行范围的，由旅客自行委托经海关批准或指定的报关运输公司代理承运，比照海关监管货物，按有关规定办理手续，将监管过境物品运交有关海关监管出境；否则，海关不准进境。
第六条 对于不准进境的物品，除经海关总署特准征税或者担保放行的以外，应当自物品申报进境之日起三个月内由物品所有人或其代理人办理退运、结案手续。逾期不办的，由海关按照《中华人民共和国海关法》第三十三条的规定办理。
第七条 海关准予过境的物品及经海关登记暂时免税放行的旅行需用物品，未经海关批准，均不得擅自留在境内。因丢失、被盗或其它不可抗力的原因而无法复带出境的，应提供公安部门的证明文件，向海关办理结案手续。不能提供证明文件的，过境旅客应照章补税。
第八条 过境旅客不论其是否离开海关监管区，均不得携带《中华人民共和国禁止进出境的物品表》（见附件二）所列物品。
第九条 对过境旅客违反本规定有关条款的行为，海关将依照《中华人民共和国海关法》和《中华人民共和国海关法行政处罚实施细则》的有关规定予以处罚。
第十条 本规定自一九九一年九月十日起实施。
附一
旅 客 进 出 境 行 李 物 品 分 类 表
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| 第一类物品 |第二类物品| 第三类物品 | 第四类物品 | 第五类物品 |
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|------------------|----------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
| 食品、衣料、衣|烟草制品 | 价值在人民 | 电视机、洗衣 |打字机和价 |
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|着、工艺美术品、 |酒精饮料 |币1，000 |机、电冰箱、照 |值人民币 |
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|价值人民币200 | | 元以上的生活 |相机、音响组合、 |200元以 |
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|元（含200元） | | 用品。 |收录音机、摩托 |上、500元 |
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|以下的手表和其它 | | |车和价值人民币 |（含500元） |
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|生活用品。 | | |500元以上、 |以下的电子 |
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| | | |1，000元 |琴、照相机等 |
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| | | |（含1，000元）|其它生活用 |
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| | | |以下的其它生活 |品。 |
| | | | | |
| | | |用品。 | |
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注：1．本表所称进境物品价值参照海关审定的完税价格确定。出境物品价值以
国内法定商业发票所列价格为准。
2．准许各类旅客携带本表所列物品进出境的具体征、免税限量由海关总署
另行规定。
3．本表内未规定限值的列名物品不再按价值归类。
附二 中华人民共和国禁止进出境物品表
（一）禁止进境物品
1、各种武器、弹药及爆炸物品；
2、伪造货币及伪造的有价证券；
3、对中国政治、经济、文化、道德有害的印刷品、胶卷、照片、唱片、影片、录音带、录像带、激光视盘、计算机存储介质及其它物品；
4、各种烈性毒药；
5、鸦片、吗啡、海洛英、大麻以及其它能使人成瘾的麻醉品、精神药物；
6、带有危险性病菌、害虫及其它有害生物的动物、植物及其产品；
7、有碍人畜健康的、来自疫区的以及其它能传播疾病的食品、药品或其它物品；
8、人民币（按照货币协定办理的除外；人民币外汇兑换券按有关规定办理）。
（二）禁止出境品
1、列入禁止进境范围的所有物品；
2、内容涉及国家秘密的手稿、印刷品、胶卷、照片、唱片、影片、录音带、录像带、激光视盘、计算机存储介质及其它物品；
3、珍贵文物及其它禁止出境的文物；
4、濒危的和珍贵的动物、植物（均含标本）及其种子和繁殖材料。
LAW OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON CONTROL OF THE ENTRY AND EXIT OF ALIENS ——附加英文版
The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
LAW OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON CONTROL OF THE ENTRY AND EXIT OF ALIENS
(Adopted at the 13th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the
Sixth National People's Congress, promulgated by Order No. 31 of the
President of the People's Republic of China on November 22, 1985, and
effective as of February 1, 1986)
Contents
Chapter I General Provisions
Chapter II Entry into the Country
Chapter III Residence
Chapter IV Travel
Chapter V Exit from the Country
Chapter VI Administrative Organs
Chapter VII Penalties
Chapter VIII Supplementary Provisions
Chapter I General Provisions
Article 1
This Law is formulated with a view to safeguarding the sovereignty of the
People's Republic of China, maintaining its security and public order and
facilitating international exchange.
This Law is applicable to aliens entering, leaving and transiting the
territory of the People's Republic of China and to those residing and
travelling in China.
Article 2
Aliens must obtain the permission of the competent authorities of the
Chinese Government in order to enter, transit or reside in China.
Article 3
For entry, exit and transit, aliens must pass through ports open to aliens
or other designated ports and must be subject to inspection by the
frontier inspection offices. For entry, exit and transit, foreign-owned
means of transport must pass through ports open to aliens or other
designated ports and must be subject to inspection and supervision by the
frontier inspection offices.
Article 4
The Chinese Government shall protect the lawful rights and interests of
aliens on Chinese territory.
Freedom of the person of aliens is inviolable. No alien may be arrested
except with the approval or by decision of a people's procuratorate or by
decision of a people's court, and arrest must be made by a public security
organ or state security organ.
Article 5
Aliens in China must abide by Chinese laws and may not endanger the state
security of China, harm public interests or disrupt public order.
Chapter II Entry into the Country
Article 6
For entry into China, aliens shall apply for visas from Chinese diplomatic
missions, consular offices or other resident agencies abroad authorized by
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In specific situations aliens may, in
compliance with the provisions of the State Council, apply for visas to
visa-granting offices at ports designated by the competent authorities of
the Chinese Government.
The entry of nationals from countries having visa agreements with the
Chinese Government shall be handled in accordance with those agreements.
In cases where another country has special provisions for Chinese citizens
entering and transiting that country, the competent authorities of the
Chinese Government may adopt reciprocal measures contingent on the
circumstances.
Visas are not required for aliens in immediate transit on connected
international flights who hold passenger tickets and stay for no more than
24 hours in China entirely within airport boundaries. Anyone desiring to
leave the airport temporarily must obtain permission from the frontier
inspection office.
Article 7
When applying for various kinds of visas, aliens shall present valid
passports and, if necessary, provide pertinent evidence.
Article 8
Aliens who have been invited or hired to work in China shall, when
applying for visas, produce evidence of the invitation or employment.
Article 9
Aliens desiring to reside permanently in China shall, when applying for
visas, present status-of-residence identification forms. Applicants may
obtain such forms from public security organs at the place where they
intend to reside.
Article 10
The competent authorities of the Chinese Government shall issue
appropriate visas to aliens according to the purposes stated in their
entry applications.
Article 11
When an aircraft or a vessel navigating international routes arrives at a
Chinese port, the captain or his agent must submit a passenger name list
to the frontier inspection office; a foreign aircraft or vessel must also
provide a name list of its crew members.
Article 12
Aliens who are considered a possible threat to China's state security and
public order shall not be permitted to enter China.
Chapter III Residence
Article 13
For residence in China, aliens must possess identification papers or
residence certificates issued by the competent authorizes of the Chinese
Government. The term of validity of identification papers or residence
certificates shall be determined according to the purposes of entry.
Aliens residing in China shall submit their certificates to the local
public security organs for examination within the prescribed period of
time.
Article 14
Aliens who, in compliance with Chinese laws, find it necessary to
establish prolonged residence in China for the purpose of investing in
China or engaging in cooperative projects with Chinese enterprises or
institutions in the economic, scientific, technological and cultural
fields, or for other purposes, are eligible for prolonged or permanent
residence in China upon approval by the competent authorities of the
Chinese Government.
Article 15
Aliens who seek asylum for political reasons shall be permitted to reside
in China upon approval by the competent authorities of the Chinese
Government.
Article 16
Aliens who fail to abide by Chinese laws may have their period of stay in
China curtailed or their status of residence in China annulled by the
competent authorities of the Chinese Government.
Article 17
For a temporary overnight stay in China, aliens shall complete
registration procedures pursuant to the relevant provisions.
Article 18
Aliens holding residence certificates who wish to change their place of
residence in China must complete removal formalities pursuant to the
relevant provisions.
Article 19
Aliens who have not acquired residence certificates or who are on a study
programme in China may not seek employment in China without permission of
the competent authorities of the Chinese Government.
Chapter IV Travel
Article 20
Aliens who hold valid visas or residence certificates may travel to places
open to aliens as designated by the Chinese Government.
Article 21
Aliens desiring to travel to places closed to aliens must apply to local
public security organs for travel permits.
Chapter V Exit from the Country
Article 22
For exit from China, aliens shall present their valid passports or other
valid certificates.
Article 23
Aliens belonging to any of the following categories shall not be allowed
to leave China:
(1) defendants in criminal cases or criminal suspects confirmed by a
public security organ, a people's procuratorate or a people's court;
(2) persons who, as notified by a people's court, shall be denied exit
owing to involvement in unresolved civil cases; and
(3) persons who have committed other acts in violation of Chinese law who
have not been dealt with and against whom the competent authorities
consider it necessary to institute prosecution.
Article 24
Frontier inspection offices shall have the power to stop aliens belonging
to any of the following categories from leaving the country and to deal
with them according to law:
(1) holders of invalid exit certificates;
(2) holders of exit certificates other than their own; and
(3) holders of forged or altered exit certificates.
Chapter VI Administrative Organs
Article 25
China's diplomatic missions, consular offices and other resident agencies
abroad authorized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall be the Chinese
Government's agencies abroad to handle aliens' applications for entry and
transit.
The Ministry of Public Security, its authorized local public security
organs, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its authorized local foreign
affairs departments shall be the Chinese Government's agencies in China to
handle aliens' applications for entry, transit, residence and travel.
Article 26
The authorities handling aliens' applications for entry, transit,
residence and travel shall have the power to refuse to issue visas and
certificates or to cancel visas and certificates already issued or declare
them invalid.
The Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs may,
when necessary, alter decisions made by their respectively authorized
agencies.
Article 27
An alien who enters or resides in China illegally may be detained for
examination or be subjected to residential surveillance or deportation by
a public security organ at or above the county level.
Article 28
While performing their duties, foreign affairs police of the public
security organs at or above the county level shall have the power to
examine the passports and other certificates of aliens. When conducting
such examinations, the foreign affairs police shall produce their own
service certificates, and relevant organizations or individuals shall have
the duty to offer them assistance.
Chapter VII Penalties
Article 29
If a person, in violation of the provisions of this Law, enters or leaves
China illegally, establishes illegal residence or makes an illegal
stopover in China, travels to places closed to aliens without a valid
travel document, forges or alters an entry or exit certificate, uses
another person's certificate as his own or transfers his certificate, he
may be penalized by a public security organ at or above the county level
with a warning, a fine or detention for not more than ten days. If the
circumstances of the case are serious enough to constitute a crime,
criminal responsibility shall be investigated in accordance with the law.
If an alien subject to a fine or detention by a public security organ
refuses to accept the penalty, he may, within 15 days of receiving
notification, appeal to the public security organ at the next higher
level, which shall make the final decision; he may also directly file suit
in the local people's court.
Article 30
In cases where a person commits any of the acts stated in Article 29 of
this Law, if the circumstances are serious, the Ministry of Public
Security may impose a penalty by ordering him to leave the country within
a certain time or may expel him from the country.
Chapter VIII Supplementary Provisions
Article 31
For the purposes of this Law the term "alien" means any person not holding
Chinese nationality according to the Nationality Law of the People's
Republic of China.
Article 32
Transistory entry into and exit from China by aliens who are nationals of
a country adjacent to China and who reside in areas bordering on China
shall be handled according to any relevant agreements between the two
countries or, in the absence of such agreements, according to the relevant
provisions of the Chinese Government.
Article 33
The Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall,
pursuant to this Law, formulate rules for its implementation, which shall
go into effect after being submitted to and approved by the State Council.
Article 34
Affairs concerning members of foreign diplomatic missions and consular
offices in the People's Republic of China and other aliens who enjoy
diplomatic privileges and immunities, after their entry into China, shall
be administered in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State
Council and its competent departments.
Article 35
This Law shall go into effect on February 1, 1986.
Important Notice:
This English document is coming from "LAWS AND REGULATIONS OF THE
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA GOVERNING FOREIGN-RELATED MATTERS" (1991.7)
which is compiled by the Brueau of Legislative Affairs of the State
Council of the People's Republic of China, and is published by the China
Legal System Publishing House.
In case of discrepancy, the original version in Chinese shall prevail.
