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| Arriving from Abroad |
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On arrival in Beijing from abroad, foreigners have to go through
the following procedures, just as in other countries. To save time,
you will be given some forms to fill in on board before landing.
They include the Entry Registration Card, Health Card and Custom
Luggage Declaration Form.
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| Health check |
On arrival, the first check you have to pass is the
Quarantine Check. At the check point, you show your passport and the
form you filled in on board. Anyone with listed diseases such as yellow
fever, cholera, VD, leprosy, infectious pulmonary tuberculosis or
AIDS will be forbidden to enter or be sent to the airport clinic for
further checking. Those arriving from areas with epidemics yellow
fever must show their valid certificates of inoculation against this
disease. Those with symptoms of fever, diarrhea, vomiting or rashes
must declare this information accurately.
For those who are going to stay longer in China, they have to show
their quarantine certificate issued by an authorized health department
abroad. |
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Border entry
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| After passing through the Health Check, you come to
the border control area (equivalent to the immigration control in
the West) where you show the officer your passport and the Entry Registration
Card. Your passport should be valid with a visa to China. A tourist
visa is necessary and easy to apply for. You can apply for one at
the Chinese embassies or consulates in your own country. Without a
valid visa, you will find it difficult to enter the country. China
does not normally issue at-the-border-visas, so you risk being sent
back. |
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| Customs |
After collecting your luggage, you will pass through
the Customs. There are two channels, red and green. If you have nothing
to declare, go through the green channel, otherwise take the red channel.
If you are not sure which channel you should take, then you should
take the red channel.
If you take things listed on the Customs Luggage Declaration Form
in the red box such as computers, cameras, video cameras, gold and
silver, printed or recorded materials, or anything more than you need
during your travel in China, or something that you will not take out
of China when you leave, you have to fill in the Customs Luggage Declaration
Form which you are given on the plane or at the Customs. Then you
take the red channel and the Customs officer will check it to see
whether you have to pay duty or you have to deposit the things at
the Customs, or whether you can take them into China but have to take
them out on your departure. Please keep the stamped form with you
and do not lose it, because you will be asked to give it back to the
Customs officer for checking on your departure. If you do not take
out all the things that you have brought in and you filled in the
form, you will probably be asked to pay duty. |
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to be taken into China. |
1. Weapons, ammunition or explosives;
2. Forged currencies or forged valuable securities;
3. Printed, audio, video, computerized and other materials which are
harmful to China's political, economic, cultural and ethnic life;
4. Various poisons;
5. Opium, heroin, marijuana and other addictive drugs;
6. Plants, animals or other products which may carry diseases, viruses,
parasites, etc.,
7. Foodstuffs, medicines or other products which may cause harm to
human or animals, which come from areas with epidemics or which may
spread diseases or contamination. |
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