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 People’s 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 People’s Republic of China and the Food Hygiene 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)

During the Expo, we’ll 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 Sino-Tran Guangxi Company 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.

2.2 Diagram for the Entry Inspection and Quarantine Procedures

3. Important Information for Inspection Declaration of the Entry Goods

3.1 The entry goods, including exhibits, gifts and samples, should be declared for inspection and quarantine by the participant or its agent to the CIQ branch at the port of entry, and should be clarified if they would be offered for sale at/after the exhibition.
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 accordingly.
3.3 When the goods arrive at the site of exhibition, the participant or its agent should hand in its application form to the On-site Office of CIQ for follow-up inspection and quarantine.
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 ordered for sale at the Expo, a Certificate of Import-Export Food Labeling Verification or a Certificate of Import-Export Cosmetics Labeling Verification issued by AQSIQ, or, a Specific Certificate of Food/Cosmetics Labeling Verification for CAEXPO Exhibits issued by CIQ GUANGXI should be provided for the entry application for inspection.
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.
3.8 For goods with wooden packing transferred from the European Union, and/or with coniferous wooden packing from the USA, Japan and Korea, an official Phytosanitary Certificate issued by competent authority of the export country is required for entry declaration. If the goods are not packed with wooden materials, or with coniferous wooden materials, a Non-Wooden Packing Declaration or a Non-coniferous Wooden Packing Declaration should be provided.
3.9 To accelerate the customs flow, a beforehand declaration is acceptable. As soon as the goods arrive at the entry port, they will be checked up and released for entry or transferred with the issuance of a Release Notice.
3.10 All exhibits for the Expo will be exempt from charging inspection/quarantine or supervision fee and sterilizing treatment expense.

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 related products:
a. Ornamental fish
b. Edible products of animal origin
c. Silkworm cocoon, raw pearls

——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.
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, 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 excluded from the above mentioned ones are subject to declaration 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 necessary official documents of the Chinese government for the identification of the goods. 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 Prepackaged Food and Cosmetics Assigned for Sale at the Expo Are Subject to Labeling Verification
An Application Form For Import Prepackaged Food / Cosmetics Labeling Verification and two sample labels in original language attached with its Chinese translation as well as two sample labels in Chinese language are required for labeling verification. Application in this regard should be submitted to CIQ GUANGXI at least 7 working days before shipment. Exhibits accompanied by a Certificate of Import - Export Food /Cosmetics Labeling Verification issued by AQSIQ are exempt from labeling verification.

4.4 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.

4.5 The following exhibits assigned for sale without a CCC certificate are subject to record approval:
Cables, switches and electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for connecting to circuits; low voltage electrical appliances; low power motors; electrical tools; welding apparatus; appliances used for domestic purposes; electric sound and visual apparatus; information technique devices; lightening devices; telecommunication terminals; motor vehicles and their safety accessories, tires of vehicle, safety glass; agricultural machinery; latex products; medical appliances; fire preventing articles; safe technique protection products; decorating materials; wireless internal network devices
For detailed information and the complete catalogue, please refer to the website of http://www.cnca.gov.cn, or the Joint Announcement No.33 [2001], No.60 [2002], No.6 [2004], No.62 [2004] by AQSIQ and Certification and Accreditation Administration of the People's Republic of China (hereinafter referred to as CNCA) and the Announcement No. 3 [2005] by CNCA.
The application for record approval by AQSIQ should be submitted to CIQ GUANGXI at least 7 working days before shipment. The exhibitor or its agent should provide necessary official documents of the Chinese government for the identification of the goods, together with Product Qualification Certificate issued by manufacturer and Safety Certificate issued by competent inspection authority of the export country. 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.

Application for motor vehicles for sale subject to permission by CNCA should be submitted to CIQ GUANGXI. Without permission by CNCA, CIQ GUANGXI will accept no declaration of motor vehicles for exhibition.

5. The Handling of Entry Goods at/after the Expo

5.1 For General Products
For articles assigned for sale at/after the expo, the exhibitor or its agent should fill in the Application Form for Entry Inspection and provide related documents issued by CIQ GUANGXI branch at the entry port. No sale will be permitted without a qualification certificate; 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, Related Products
Normally products of this kind should be shipped back to where they come from or be destroyed after the Expo. At the request of the exhibitor or its agent, they can be reserved with the permission of CIQ GUANGXI. CIQ GUANGXI will give 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 with a Certificate of Import-Export Food Labeling Verification or a Certificate of Import-Export Cosmetics Labeling Verification issued by AQSIQ, or, a Specific Certificate of Food/Cosmetics Labeling Verification for CAEXPO Exhibits issued by CIQ GUANGXI ordered for sale at the Expo, the exhibitor or its agent should apply for quality inspection at entry application. No sale will be permitted without a qualification certificate. All the food and cosmetics that have proved unqualified upon inspection will be destroyed. For those without a Certificate of Import-Export Food/Cosmetics Labeling Verification or a Specific Certificate of Food/Cosmetics Labeling Verification for CAEXPO Exhibits issued by CIQ GUANGXI, no sale will be granted at the exhibition, and they will be shipped back or destroyed after the Expo.

5.4 For Goods Listed in the Catalogue of “CCC” (China Compulsory Certification)
For Goods listed in the Catalogue of China Compulsory Certification, only those having been granted with a CCC certificate, sealed with a CCC certification mark and undergone record approval can be sold at/after the Expo. For those without a CCC Certificate or a record approval, no sale in China will be granted , and they will be shipped back or destroyed after the Expo.

6. Inspection and Quarantine Chart for Entering/Exiting Passengers

6.1 For entry
Passenger filling in Quarantine Declaration Form on Entry→Quarantine examination Temperature taking→ Inspection of articles carried by passengers → Getting passed

6.2 For exit
Questioned passengers filling in Quarantine Declaration Form on Exit→quarantine examination
Temperature taking →Getting passed

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 Rules and Regulations on Articles Carried by Entering/Exiting Passengers” in Official Announcement No.56 released by AQSIQ in 2003.

7.1 The following articles are prohibited from being carried into China:
1. Human blood and its products (excluding human blood serum albumin);
2. Fruits, peppers, eggplant and tomatoes;
3. Animal carcasses and specimens;
4. Soil;
5. Pathogenic micro-organisms of animals and plants, pests and other harmful organisms;
6. Live animals (except cats and dogs as pet) and genetic materials including semen, zygotes and embryos;
7. Eggs, raw hides and skin, hair, hoofs, fat or oil, animal meat (including viscera) and its products, fresh milk, cheese, butter, cream, whey powder, silkworm chrysalis, silkworm eggs, animal blood and its products, and aquatic animal products;
8. Genetically modified organisms;
9. Waste and used clothes.
If you carry any of the above-mentioned articles, please hand them over to the inspection and quarantine officials or dispose of them into the dustbins.

7.2 The following articles are allowed for Entry but subject to Mandatory Declaration:
1. Seeds，nursery stocks and other propagation materials, tobacco leaves, cereals, and beans. All the above articles require pre-entry quarantine permit;
2. Fresh flowers，cut flowers and dry flowers;
3. Plant samples，exhibits and specimens;
4. Nuts，dried vegetables，pickled Vegetables and frozen vegetables;
5. Bamboo，rattan，willow，straw and wooden handcrafts；
6. Pets including cats and dogs (Each passenger is allowed to carry one pet only，with rabies vaccination certificate and health certificate issued by the competent quarantine authorities of the departing country or region. Pets are required to be quarantined in the designated area by the quarantine authorities for 30 days upon entry.)
7. Human blood and the related products, micro-organism, human tissues and bio-products. All these need special permit.
If you carry any of the above-mentioned articles，please declare to the Inspection and quarantine authorities and be ready for quarantine．

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 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