A Guidebook for Inspection and Quarantine

on the Entry and Exit Articles Exhibited

at China-ASEAN Expo

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 A Guidebook for Inspection and Quarantine on the Entry

and Exit Articles Exhibited at China-ASEAN Expo

This guidebook serves to provide access for the participants and businessmen
attending the China-ASEAN Exposition (hereinafter referred to as CAEXPO) to
further understanding of the regulations and procedures of the inspection and
quarantine on the entry and exit articles as well as personnel for the Expo. It is made
in accordance with the Law of the Peoples Republic of China on Import and Export
Commodity Inspection, the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Entry and
Exit Animal and Plant Quarantine, the Frontier Health and Quarantine Law of the
Peoples Republic of China and the Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of
China, in the light of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection
and Quarantine (hereinafter referred to as AQSIQ) to provide convenient services for
the CAEXPO.

1. Institution of Guangxi Entry and Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau

(hereinafter referred to as CIQ Guangxi) for CAEXPO
During the Exposition, well arrange special passages at the entry ports respectively
for cargos and guest passengers destined for the CAEXPO, to ensure them enjoy
preferences and priority in inspection and quarantine. CIQ Guangxi has set up offices
at the airports of Nanning, Guilin, Beihai, at the sea ports of Beihai and Fang Cheng
Gang, at the land ports of Pingxiang and Dongxing to perform their duties in the
realm of their administration.

China-ASEAN Expo Secretariat has designated Guangxi Golden Global Exhibition

Co.,Ltd and Guangxi Postal Logistics Co. Ltd for all the affairs concerning the
inspection and quarantine of the entry goods for the Expo.

2. Mode of Inspection and Quarantine, and Related Process and Diagram

2.1 Mode
After on-site check-up at the entry port, the entry goods to be displayed at the Expo
will be transferred to the designated place at the exhibition center, where they will
undergo the application reception process and the follow-up inspection and
supervision.

An On-site Office of CIQ will be set up at Nanning International Convention and

Exhibition Center (hereinafter referred to as the On-site Office of CIQ) to provide
consultant service, application reception and follow-up inspection and quarantine
service. The office will stay open 24 hours each day during the Expo.

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2.2 Diagram for the Entry Inspection and Quarantine Procedures

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 Organizer or its agent submits List(s) of the Entry Goods

Submitted to CIQ
Y
Undergo approval /verification
Guangxi at least 7
procedure if necessary working days before
If necessary shipment

N
Declare for inspection and quarantine
to CIQ at the entry port

Submit Inspection Application to the On-site Office

of CIQ at the Convention & Exhibition Center

State if exhibits conform to

N
requirements upon
quarantine treatment.

Y
Declare if exhibits
Inspection
are for sale
Attending Goods
are for sale
Y N need to be sale
Qualified Released for
or not exhibition

N
Handling of exhibits To be shipped back
Sale to be permitted after the Expo or destroyed

To be shipped back or To be shipped back Remain for other use with the permission
destroyed from CIQ Guangxi

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3. Important Information for Inspection Application of the Entry Goods
3.1 The entry goods, including exhibits, gifts and samples, should be declared for
inspection and quarantine by the exhibitor or its agent to the CIQ branch at the port of
entry, and should be clarified if they would be offered for sale after the exhibition.
Related documents, e.g. List of Entry Goods, Bill of Lading, etc. together with an
official confirmation for attending the Expo, should be ready to present.
3.2 The CIQ branch at the entry port will carry out, according to the nature of the
articles, sensory inspection or quarantine treatment, and will issue a Release Notice or
relative documents, if necessary, before releasing the goods.

3.3 When the goods arrive at the site of exhibition, the exhibitor or its agent should
hand in its Application Form to the On-site Office of CIQ for follow-up inspection
and quarantine. Prepacked foods should bear labels on external packing which
indicate the name of the product, name and country of the exhibitor, booth No. and
quantity/weight, etc.
3.4 Exhibits that are not for sale will be exempt from inspection, with the exception
of heavy metals and stone materials that are subject to radioactive examination.

3.5 For the entry of animals and plants as well as their products, an official
quarantine documentation of the exporting country or region should be provided, and
a Certificate of Plant/Animal Quarantine Approval issued by AQSIQ or CIQ Guangxi,
or relative approval notice issued by the competent agricultural and forestry authority
must be offered if the goods are subject to quarantine approval.

3.6 For prepackaged food and cosmetics that are to be sold after the Expo, an
application for inspection on quality, safety and labeling should be made by the
exhibitor or its agent, and the following documents should be provided:
1. sample label of original and its translation copy in Chinese. The content of the
translated label in Chinese should comply with relevant laws and regulations of
the Chinese government.
2. if some contents such as awards, certification and specific place of origin are
especially mentioned on the label, related diploma or certificate should be
provided . For new resource food and health-care food, an Import Approval
issued by Chinese health administration should be required.
3. For cosmetics, the label should bear a list of the complete components of the
product, and additional descriptions of the main components will be needed.

All prepackaged food and cosmetics should be subject to mandatory inspection and
issued with a Sanitary Certificate before they are sold in China.

3.7 For the entry of special stuffs such as biotic and its products, blood and its
products, Sanitary Approval Certificates of Special Articles issued by CIQ Guangxi
should be submitted.

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3.8 Goods subjected to China Compulsory Certification should have the valid
Certificate for China Compulsory Product Certification or Certificate of
Exemption from Certificate for the China Compulsory Certification.

3.9 Goods with wooden packing should have undergone quarantine disinfection
treatment and been attached with special labels under the supervision of the
competent quarantine authority of the export country/region, according to the
provisions of International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC). The method of such
treatment and labeling should comply with those prescribed and promulgated by
AQSIQ.

3.10 To accelerate the customs flow, a beforehand declaration is acceptable. As soon

as the goods arrive at the entry port, they will be briefly checked up and released for
entry immediately.

3.11 All exhibits for the Expo will be exempt from inspection/quarantine or
supervision fees and sterilizing treatment expenses.

4. Restriction on Articles Assigned for the Expo

4.1 The following articles are not allowed for entry:
Zoopathogen and phytopathogen (including germs and virus); harmful insects and
other harmful biotic; dead animal body; soil; animals and plants as well as their
products from epizootic countries and regions. The catalogue of such articles can be
found on the column of Quarantine on Animals and Plants included on the website of
AQSIQ at http://www.aqsiq.gov.cn.

4.2 Regulations on Quarantine Approval for the Entry of Animals and Plants as
well as their products

4.2.1 The following animals and plants as well as their products are subject to
quarantine approval for entry by CIQ Guangxi before shipment:

----Animals and the related products:

a. Ornamental fish
b. Edible products of animal origin (meat products)
c. Silkworm cocoon, raw pearls
d. Edible bird's nest
----Plants and their products:
a. Fruit and vegetables: fresh fruit, tomatoes, aubergines (eggplants), fruits of the
genus Capsicum
b. Cereals: barley, rye, oats, grain sorghum as well as their products of the milling
industry such as malt, etc.
c. Leguminous vegetables: green bean, peas, red bean, broad bean, peak bean, etc.
d. Potatoes, manioc, sweet potatoes, etc.

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 e. Feedings: wheat bran, bean cake, bean dregs

4.2.2 The following seeds, nursery stocks and other propagation materials are
subject to quarantine approval for entry by the competent agricultural and
forestry authorities of Guangxi.
Plants or parts of plants, of a kind used for propagation (cultivated or natural:
plants), nursery stocks (including test-tube stocks), fruits, seeds, stocks, cions,
cuttings, foliages, gemmas, tuberous roots, tuberous stems, bulbs, crowns, pollen and
cellular media.

4.2.3 The following products are exempt from quarantine approval:

Animal products: hides (dried or wet), tanned skins, washed feather and down,
washed hair, carbonized hair; crustaceans, aquatic products(but amphibians, reptiles,
aquatic mammals, breed salmon, and all aquatic products from Japan are subject to
quarantine approval), honey products, egg products (excluding fresh eggs), dairy
products (excluding fresh milk), cooked meat (i.e. sausage, ham, canned meat, animal
fat and oil refined with high temperature, etc.)

Other animal products, which are excluded from the above mentioned items, are
subject to application to CIQ Guangxi for quarantine approval for entry by
AQSIQ.

4.2.4 With regard to exhibits for quarantine approval, related application should
be submitted to CIQ Guangxi at least 7 working days before shipment. The
exhibitor or its agent should provide a list of the exhibits for the Expo, together with
an official confirmation for attending the Expo. In case the application for quarantine
approval has not been submitted before shipment, a retrospective procedure at the
time of entry will be needed.

4.3 Verification of Health and Quarantine for Special Articles

For special articles such as microorganism, biotic products, blood and its products and
tissue of human body, etc., the exhibitor or its agent should apply for verification of
health and quarantine before entry. The application should be submitted to CIQ
Guangxi at least 7 working days before shipment, accompanied by a Certificate of
Entry Permit for Special Articles for Medical Usage issued by the provincial
government authority.

4.4 Products listed in the Catalogue of China Compulsory Certification (CCC)

without CCC certificate need to go through record approval procedures:
4.4.1 The following products are listed in the Catalogue by Certification and
Accreditation Administration of the Peoples Republic of China (hereinafter referred
to as CNCA):
Cables, switches and electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical
circuits, or for connecting to circuits; low voltage electrical appliances; low power

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motors; electrical tools; welding apparatus; appliances used for domestic purposes;
electric sound and visual apparatus; information technique devices; lightening
devices; motor vehicles and their safety accessories, parts and spare parts of vehicles,
tires of vehicle, safety glass; agricultural machinery; telecommunication terminals;
fire preventing articles; safe technique protection products; wireless internal network
devices; decorating materials; toys.

For detailed information and the complete catalogue, please refer to the CNCA
website of http://www.cnca.gov.cn/, or the Official Notice No.33 (2001), No.60
(2002), No.6 (2004), No.62 (2004), No.137 (2005), No.198 (2005), No.103 (2006)
,No. 7 (2008), No.117 (2012), No.6 (2014) by AQSIQ and CNCA, No.33 (2009) by
AQSIQ, Ministry of Finance(MOF) and CNCA, No.55 (2011), No 12 (2014) by
AQSIQ, Ministry of Public Security of the People's Republic of China (MPS). And
CNCA, No.52 (2013) by AQSIQ, China Food and Drug Administration (FDA), No.3
(2005), No.25 (2008), No.8 (2009), No.26 (2010), No.27 (2012), No.30 (2012), No.28
(2013), No.33 (2013) by CNCA and No.117 by AQSIQ.

4.4.2 The application for approval and certificate issuance by CIQ Guangxi should be
submitted to CIQ Guangxi at least 7 working days before shipment. The exhibitor or
its agent should provide necessary official confirmation for attending the Expo,
together with Product Qualification Certificate issued by manufacturer, Safety
Certificate issued by competent inspection authority of the manufacturers country
and a written declaration made by the manufacturer stating that it will be responsible
for all the safety problems occurred during the exhibition. Approval form or approval
letter of Temporary Admission by Customs are also needed. Application for vehicle
products and motorcycle products also need Automatic Import License. For detailed
information, please refer to Application Guide of Certificate of Exemption from
Certificate for the China Compulsory Certification on the website of
http://www.gxciq.gov.cn/. Quantity declared should be of exhibit permission. In case
the application for record approval has not been submitted before shipment, a
retrospective procedure at the time of entry will be needed.

5. The Handling of Entry Goods after the Expo

5.1 For General Products
For articles assigned for sale after the expo, the exhibitor or its agent should fill in the
Application Form for Entry Inspection and provide related documents issued by the
On-Site Office of CIQ or CIQ Guangxi branch at the entry port. No sale will be
permitted without a qualification conclusion; for goods that will be dispatched back
after the Expo, an Application Form for Exit Inspection should be completed,
accompanied by relevant documents, and the goods will be released with a Release
Notice issued by CIQ Guangxi.

5.2 For Animals and Plants and Related Products

Normally products of this kind should be shipped back to where they come from or be

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destroyed after the Expo. At the request of the exhibitor or its agent, they can be
reserved with the permission of CIQ Guangxi, who gives no permission without a
qualification conclusion upon inspection or quarantine. The unqualified products will
be disinfected or destroyed.

5.3 For Prepackaged Food and Cosmetics

For prepackaged food and cosmetics destined for sale after the Expo, the exhibitor or
its agent should apply for quality, safety and labeling inspection at entry application.
No sale will be permitted without a qualification conclusion. All the food and
cosmetics that have been proved unqualified upon inspection will be shipped back or
destroyed, or subject to other treatments after the Expo.
5.4 For Goods Listed in the Catalogue of China Compulsory
CertificationCCC
For Goods listed in the Catalogue of China Compulsory Certification, only those
having been granted with a CCC certificate and sealed with a CCC certification mark
can be sold after the Expo. For those import with Certificate of Exemption from
Certificate for the CCC without a CCC Certificate and a record approval, no sale in
China will be permitted, and they will be shipped back or destroyed after the Expo.

6. Inspection and Quarantine Diagram for Entering/Exiting Passengers

6.1 For entry

Conscious Declaration for quarantine on entry according to relevant guidance
Quarantine examination Inspection of articles carried by passengers
Getting passed

6.2 For exit

Conscious Declaration for quarantine on exit according to relevant guidance
Quarantine examination Getting passed

If you become ill with one of those symptoms of fever, shiver, cough, difficulty
in breathing, diarrhea and vomiting, or suffer from infectious disease or mental
disease, please consciously make an oral declaration to the CIQ officer and be
ready for inspection and quarantine.
7. Administration Rules on Inspection and Quarantine on Articles Carried by
Entering/Exiting Passengers

Exhibits carried by entering passengers should be in accordance with related

administration rules on exhibits. Detailed information in this regard will be released
by CIQ Guangxi at entry ports and on the website of China-ASEAN Expo Secretariat
at http://www.caexpo.org.
According to the Catalogue of Articles prohibited from being carried or mailed
into China published as Official Notice No.1712 released by AQSIQ and the

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Ministry of Agriculture of China, the following articles are prohibited from being
carried into China:
I. Animals and their Products
a. live animals(except for dogs and cats), including mammals, birds, fish, amphibians,
reptiles, insects and other invertebrates, animal genetic material.
b. meat (raw or cooked) and their products (including viscera), and aquatic animal
products.
c. milk and milk products of animal origin, including raw milk, fresh milk, yogurt,
and other dairy products such as cream, butter, cheese.
d. eggs and their products, including fresh eggs, preserved eggs, salted eggs, egg
liquid , eggshell, and egg products such as mayonnaise.
e. edible birds nest (except for canned products)
f. fats and oils, hides, hairs, hoofs, bones, horns and their products
g. feedstuff of animal origin (including feed such as meat meal, bone meal, fish meal,
whey powder, blood meal), and Chinese medicines of animal origin , animal-derived
fertilizers
II. Plants and plant products
h. fresh fruit and vegetable
i. tobacco leaves (excluding cut tobacco)
j. seedsnursery stocks and other propagation materials
k. Organic Growing Media
III. Other articles
l. Bacteria and viruses and other animal and plant pathogens, pests and other harmful
organisms, cells, organs and tissues, blood and blood products and other biological
materials
m. animal carcasses and specimens, animal-borne wastes
n. soil
o. genetically modified organisms
p. other animals , plants and their products prohibited from being carried or mailed
into China as elsewhere stipulated.

Notes:
----This Catalogue excludes those animals, plants and their products carried or mailed
into China with the permission from competent administrative authorities of China
and accompanied with Quarantine Certificate issued by competent quarantine
authorities of the departing country or region
---- Each passenger is allowed to carry one pet (dog or cat) only, and it must bear a
rabies vaccination certificate and health certificate issued by the competent quarantine
authorities of the departing country or region

8. Legal Liabilities and Relevant Interpretation

8.1 Anyone who intentionally provides false information on articles, or escapes
intentionally from inspection and quarantine procedures, which causes serious

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consequences such as the spread of epidemic diseases, shall be held liable according
to the relevant laws and regulations of inspection and quarantine. CIQ Guangxi
officials must stick firmly to their duties. Those who violate the laws and regulations
and /or neglect their duties shall be charged with administrative punishment, or with
criminal sanction if they convict a crime.

8.2 CIQ Guangxi has the discretion to provide for final interpretation of this
Guidebook.

Guangxi Entry and Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau

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 Notes for Inspection and Quarantine on the Entry
Articles Exhibitedat China-ASEAN Expo

June, 2016

According to the inspection and quarantine at the previous China-ASEAN Expo, the
exhibitor or its agent of entry articles shall pay attention to the following issues (if
there is any inconsistency with the Guidebook for Inspection and Quarantine on the
Entry and Exit Articles Exhibited at China-ASEAN Expo, the Guidebook shall
prevail):

1. For the entry of animals and plants as well as their products, an official quarantine
documentation of the exporting country or region should be provided.

2. For those import permits of quarantine required, the application for entry inspection
and quarantine shall be submitted. The catalogue is included in the Regulations on
Quarantine Approval for the Entry of Animals and Plants as well as Their Products
stated in the Guidebook for Inspection and Quarantine on the Entry and Exit Articles
Exhibited at China-ASEAN Expo.
The following seeds, nursery stocks and other propagation materials are subject to
quarantine approval for entry by the competent agricultural and forestry authorities of
Guangxi: plants or parts of plants, of a kind used for propagation (cultivated or
natural: plants), nursery stocks (including test-tube stocks), fruits, seeds, stocks, cions,
cuttings, foliages, gemmas, tuberous roots, tuberous stems, bulbs, crowns, pollen and
cellular media.
For instance, imported basil seeds are subject to quarantine approval.

3. Wood exhibits are allowed. Raw wood (with bark) exhibits, however, shall be
subject to inspection and quarantine. Before entry, they shall be subject to quarantine
treatment (fumigation or heat treatment) and the Certificate of Plant Quarantine
Approval shall state the treatment method, chemical name, dose, treatment time and
temperature.

4. Animal specimens are allowed upon passing inspection and quarantine. CIQ
Guangxi has not been authorized to conduct inspection and quarantine on animal
specimens. The exhibitor or its agent of such articles shall submit the application to
AQSIQ. Highly processed animal crafts are allowed.

5. Having not been granted with qualification access to China yet, tobacco-leaf
(preliminarily processed ones included) from ASEAN countries is allowed upon
passing inspection and quarantine. CIQ Guangxi has not been authorized to conduct
inspection and quarantine on tobacco-leaf. The exhibitor or its agent of such articles

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shall submit the application to AQSIQ.

6. For the entry of animals and plants as well as their products, please refer to the
Guidebook for Inspection and Quarantine on the Entry and Exit Articles Exhibited at
China-ASEAN Expo.

7. The following articles are prohibited from being carried into China:

a. Zoopathogen and phytopathogen (including germs and virus), harmful insects and
other harmful biotic;
b. Dead animal body, soil;
c. Animals and plants as well as their products from epizootic countries and regions:
cloven-hoofed animals, poultry and their products from Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam;
poultry and their products from Cambodia and Indonesia; cloven-hoofed animals and
their products from Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand.
d. The catalogue of animals and plants as well as their products from epizootic
countries and regions can be found on the column of Quarantine on Animals and
Plants included on the website of AQSIQ at http://www.aqsiq.gov.cn.

8. Rice
China has inspection and quarantine regulations on importing rice. The import of rice
shall pass quarantine risk analysis and expert field-trip assessment. The exporting
country or region shall also sign exporting agreement with China. Currently the rice
from the following countries or regions is allowed: Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia,
Myanmar, Pakistan, India, Japan, Paraguay and Taiwan, China.
The amount of import rice shall not exceed the need for exhibits.

9. Edible birds nest

Among ASEAN countries, only Malaysia and Indonesia have the permit to export
edible birds nest and its products to China. The Expo allows the exhibition of edible
birds nest and its products from 25 eligible Malaysian and Indonesian edible birds
nest producers approved by AQSIQ. Before entry, the exhibitor or its agent of such
articles shall submit the application to CIQ Guangxi.
The list of eligible Malaysian and Indonesian edible birds nest producers (see
Attachment I and II) can be found on the column of System Query included on the
website of Certification and Accreditation Administration of the Peoples Republic of
China at www.cnca.gov.cn.

10. Inspection Application of the Entry Articles Exhibited at sub-venues of China-

ASEAN Expo
In light of unified management and enhancing supervision efficiency, the exhibitor or
its agent of entry articles exhibited at sub-venues of China-ASEAN Expo shall submit
the inspection application to the On-site Office of CIQ at Nanning International

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Convention and Exhibition Center. Upon approval, the entry articles are released for
exhibition.
The entry inspection and quarantine procedures at Nanning International Convention
and Exhibition Center are applied to other sub-venues.

Attachment I: the list of eligible Malaysian edible birds nest producers

Attachment II: the list of eligible Indonesian edible birds nest producers

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