Clearance at

First place of entry

Cigarettes/ Cigars/ Tobacco Products Duty Free Allowance

For outbound: 4 cartons of tobacco products

Alcoholic Beverages Duty Free Allowance

For inbound: 2 bottles each not exceeding 0.75 litre if staying less than 6 months;
4 bottles each not exceeding 0.75 litre if staying more than 6 months

Chinese Herbs & Patent Medicines

For outbound: Max. 300 Yuan per person to foreign countries. Max. 150 Yuan per person to Hong Kong, Macao. Exceeding the limit on musk and other Chinese herbs and medicines are prohibited.

Gifts Items Duty Free Allowance

For inbound: reasonable quantity of perfume for personal use

Gold, Silver & Ornaments

For inbound: amount not exceeding 50 grams.

Exporting any of these purchased items (including handicrafts of inlaid gold/silver ware) is only allowed with special invoices issued by PRC.

Cultural Relics

Items for export should be sent to the cultural administrative departments first for verification and issuing of invoice permits or export licenses.

Electronic Appliances

For inbound: One each of the following items is allowed: Camera, portable tape-recorder, portable cinecamera, portable video camera, portable computer.

Prohibited Articles

For inbound: Arms, imitation arms, ammunition, explosives of all kinds, counterfeit currencies/negotiable securities, printed matter, films, photos, gramophone records, cinematographic films, loaded recording tapes/video-tapes, CDs (video & audio), storage media for computers, articles which are detrimental to the political, economic, cultural and moral interest of China.
Deadly poisons of all kinds.
Opium, morphine, heroin, marijuana, other addiction- inducing drugs and psychedelics.
Animals, plants and/or products made thereof infected with or carrying diseases